. Yet, that is exactly what Tochukwu Ifeanyi – a 400-level Accounting student of Nile University of Nigeria – did following her victory in the women-led category at the national finals of the 2023 WEMA Bank Hackaholics competition., at the WEMA Bank-sponsored youth-focused startup competition, credited Nile University for bringing her from “a bad place mentally” to the brink of achieving her dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Top on her to-do list was ensuring that she never had to experience a traditional 9-5 job again. “The internship came at the worst possible time which tainted my perception of the 9-5 life and made me determined to do everything within my power to never go back to it. Maybe if it had come at another time, my experiences and perception would’ve been different.”
However, while pitching the Fintech Startup idea to the Nile Collective Lab team, Tochi’s lack of passion for it was so evident that she was advised to provide other options. “Mrs. Binta told me that if it was that obvious to her that I wasn’t passionate about the idea, the judges would sense it too and I wouldn’t stand a chance in the competition,” she said.
Between May and October 2023 , Tochi underwent a steep learning curve and accelerated growth that few ever experience in life, never mind the university. From a student filled with self-doubt who “didn’t even know what B2B or Blockchain was,” Tochi was transformed into a proficient and confident entrepreneur capable of effectively selling her ideas and holding her own in any business conversation.
“I believe that most of the change starts from within, then your environment aligns with it,” Tochi stated. True to form, her environment did respond, providing her with the most unusual of “therapists.”Outsidee is a platform that provides a robust search engine customized specifically for users’ entertainment needs.
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