Hassan Rilwan
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As a smart investor, you can take advantage of the over 43, 000 population of undergraduate students in the Ahmadu bello university alone and earn an income for yourself by meeting certain need of students around you. Some businesses you can start include:
Making of local drinks - Students love fruit juice, Zobo and Kunu (the two types) more than any other people. That’s why companies like La Casera and Chivita
are making it big in the country. You can start in a small way and win over customers with sweet and quality drinks.
Sales of used items – Tokunbo market is a very big market in Nigeria which is evident with the Aswani market. There is no need to travel far from the university campus to get some materials. You can simply buy some materials like cooking
utensils, gadgets, clothing, shoes, phones and so on from graduating students and other students who can prove that the items were not stolen and their contacts and reg no for emergencies. Repacking and selling at affordable prices that will profitable is all you need to do.
Dry cleaning- professional dry cleaning at affordable prices are what students desire. What we have are professionals who have high prices. This will yield a lot of income if you can balance up and strategize well.
Investing in internet business- this is a new crop of investment opportunities that is creating billionaires around the world including Nigeria. If only you can properly harness the social and information needs of the over 43 thousand undergraduate students of ABU. Blogs can be the key to your success in life
. All you need is to visit a blog host like blogger or wordpress and you will easily design and keep your blog running. Startup is not always hard but maintaining and givig your audience what they want is always the issue.
Become a real estate agent- it is no news that the university can only provide
accommodation 33% of it students of which some don’t want it at all. You can make your profit by genuinely helping students to get accommodations at affordable price by helping them to look for their desired places whether off k or on campus
Start an employment agency- this is a business opportunity that need not much emphasis. Students want extra source of income even more at the end of semesters and staffs want extra hand s in their quarters linking them will be a very lucrative opportunity to harness.
Photography – you can start a photography business harnessing on female student crave for digital photo session mostly on their birth days and other occasions and
provide such service at affordable prices. All is skill camera and concepts to differentiate yourself from others
Recharge cards voucher printing and selling- with the population in the university campuses, almost, everybody has mobile phones with at least 2 SIM , it means that
recharge cards and subscription will be in high demand and will even be sought for at affordable prices. All you need is star up capital of about N48,000 ;38,000 for the voucher printing machine and 10,000 for printing the recharge pins and the data subscriptions.
Events and party planning – if you have been complimented few times on you parties
then you cannot fail in this aspects. You can begin with offering to plan parties and
evens for your close friends and associate at cheap prices and make them promise recommendation to others. Before you know it contracts to plan seminars, dinners etc. will start coming your way from association in the campus.
Barber’s / Hair making – salon business is among the most lucrative business and more
lucrative on campus and student environments. The business requires little start-up capital whether a barbing or hair making dressing business its pays well . You just need training in the area and good strategy and packing coupled with affordability. You can begin with your neighbours in the hostel or your apartments and in no time you will be having waiting list and queues at your place.
All these are business ideas that have been proven to be lucrative on campus but you still need to plan extensive and strategize well. The profits may not come immediately you start up because you might still need to earn goodwill which still come down to the entrepreneurs endurance and perseverance. Remember that nothing good comes easy. If you play your cards well you might be employing people to work for you in the business.
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