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Title: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on December 28, 2024, 11:04:27 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: bitterguy28 on December 29, 2024, 08:09:37 AM
What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
most of us have no idea mate we are not from nigeria and no matter how much context you give us we would not be able to fully realize the state of your country let alone what could be best for your economic state there is a board here in this forum called nigerian languages so i would advise you to go and post this here as i am sure your fellow nigerians would understand more what you are trying to ask and could give you a more valuable insight since you guys are the ones living in nigeria
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: rachael9385 on December 31, 2024, 09:39:35 PM
I'm glad you mentioned Rivers state, Port Harcourt precisely. Man the cost of being an entrepreneur in that city is too expensive especially when you are a stranger, that is totally greediness how can a single shop alone be rented for a million naira before sticking the shop before considering customers that alone would add to the increase in price of goods in that area.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Chilwell on January 06, 2025, 07:14:26 AM
I'm glad you mentioned Rivers state, Port Harcourt precisely. Man the cost of being an entrepreneur in that city is too expensive especially when you are a stranger, that is totally greediness how can a single shop alone be rented for a million naira before sticking the shop before considering customers that alone would add to the increase in price of goods in that area.
Being an entrepreneur in Nigeria is extremely challenging. There are numerous obstacles to overcome. Putting government issues aside, one of the major problems is the exploitative behavior of some individuals.

For instance, renting an apartment can be a daunting task. It's outrageous to charge one million naira for a single apartment, this is pure wickedness, especially when the landlord takes advantage of the tenant's vulnerability, knowing they're new to the state and have limited options. This kind of exploitation is unacceptable and highlights the need for greater regulation and protection for tenants. Only God knows the struggles and sacrifices the entrepreneur makes to raise capital to start a business. The same person also works hard to provide for their family's needs. It's disheartening to see others, driven by greed and wickedness, adding to their problems and making life even more difficult for them.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Agbe on January 06, 2025, 10:35:59 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
  With the current economic situation in Country Nigeria is one of the worst places that someone can actually start a business because the Nigerian environment is not one that actually supports small scale business not to even talk about starters because of key aspects of business is constant power supply and access to good transportation systems of which we know currently speaking that there is no power supply in the country so business owners has to generate their own power for them selfs and with the current price of fuel a lot of business has no options than to Close down secondly the cost of transportation is something else so transportation of goods from one place to the other is a problem because with the removal of subsidy on fuel fuels has become out of reach for the ordinary Nigeria so there are a lot of problems associated with being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Penlex_Writer on January 07, 2025, 12:04:02 AM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
the pain of being an enterpreneurs is circulated in other cities as well,the cost of shops are very expensive,and the increament of transportation is really affecting them,while for the power supply is 10%,lack of power supply,and the power supply is needed at all time for there busineses,nigeria in terms of power supply they are zero,look at ghana,they have steady light more than nigeria,and nigeria has every resources to generate power supply.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Rruchi man on January 10, 2025, 11:14:20 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.
it is a difficult task being a successful entrepreneur in Nigeria but that is not to say that they are not those who are successful in entrepreneurship so far. The challenge is bigger than the obstacle so you require more technical skill in business to be able to navigate successfully through the ever changing policies and the difficult economic terrain to operate business.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: albon on January 28, 2025, 04:41:08 PM
Finding credible information to ensure a place in the nigerian market continues as a challenge. Moreover, many companies who are doing business in migeria face the same problem. The difficulty of finding the necessary information among many other challenges reduces the chances of achieving business success in the nigerian market.
Anyway,  it is important to understand the main challenges of doing business in nigeria because doing so will help you to alleviate potential risks and to speed up your business goals. As far as i know, adverse business environment, difficulty in finding skilled workers, a weak state of infrastructure, lack of market information and data all things have more effect.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Aanuoluwatofunmi on January 29, 2025, 10:19:01 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?

Inflation is what many countries are also battling, not only in Nigeria this is being felt, we have to understand why we should be more hardworking in whatsoever thing we do in other to make us independent of what the leaders and those in power provides or promised to provide, in any business we do, we have to face the challenge thereof, not to discourage us, but to make us stronger in other to face the bigger obstacles in the future and overcome.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: bisdak40 on February 10, 2025, 04:28:51 PM
It’s tough right now, but don’t give up. Tough times often push out the best ideas and solutions. Keep pushing, look for creative ways to cut costs, and network with other entrepreneurs for support. Things can get better, and your hustle will pay off.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Agbe on February 11, 2025, 03:12:27 PM
It’s tough right now, but don’t give up. Tough times often push out the best ideas and solutions. Keep pushing, look for creative ways to cut costs, and network with other entrepreneurs for support. Things can get better, and your hustle will pay off.
You sound more like a motivational speaker because with the way you are sounding but the fact is that these kind of speech will do little or nothing because the fact is that the Nigerian business economy system is not business friendly due to several factors that militates entrepreneurship in the country and one of such is the problem of power because setting up a business with out appropriate power supply affects the progress of such business because as far as Nigerians are concerned we have this spirit of not giving up in the face of challenges so but government has failed in it responsibility in making sure that the Nigerian business environment is friendly to people with the mind of setting up one form of business or the other
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on February 12, 2025, 03:34:04 PM
I'm glad you mentioned Rivers state, Port Harcourt precisely. Man the cost of being an entrepreneur in that city is too expensive especially when you are a stranger, that is totally greediness how can a single shop alone be rented for a million naira before sticking the shop before considering customers that alone would add to the increase in price of goods in that area.

It's not a funny experience at all. Enterpreneurs are not finding is easy here in the city of Port Harcourt. Landlords and the government have a fair share of the blame
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on February 12, 2025, 03:37:38 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.
it is a difficult task being a successful entrepreneur in Nigeria but that is not to say that they are not those who are successful in entrepreneurship so far. The challenge is bigger than the obstacle so you require more technical skill in business to be able to navigate successfully through the ever changing policies and the difficult economic terrain to operate business.

I agree Completely, there are lots of success enterpreneurs here in Nigeria and Port Harcourt precisely. The only challenge here is that you have to have so much money to be a successful entrepreneur these days
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on February 15, 2025, 08:14:54 AM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?

Inflation is what many countries are also battling, not only in Nigeria this is being felt, we have to understand why we should be more hardworking in whatsoever thing we do in other to make us independent of what the leaders and those in power provides or promised to provide, in any business we do, we have to face the challenge thereof, not to discourage us, but to make us stronger in other to face the bigger obstacles in the future and overcome.

Challenges will make us stronger no doubt but not every beginner has the capability to face the challenges that's why we advocate for favourable conditions for beginners
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on February 15, 2025, 08:17:24 AM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.
it is a difficult task being a successful entrepreneur in Nigeria but that is not to say that they are not those who are successful in entrepreneurship so far. The challenge is bigger than the obstacle so you require more technical skill in business to be able to navigate successfully through the ever changing policies and the difficult economic terrain to operate business.

I agree that it's a difficult task and that people are being successful but at what cost? The cost is an expense price to pay and that's why the government needs to make the environment favourable
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Didia Sofunichi on February 16, 2025, 07:40:55 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
the pain of being an enterpreneurs is circulated in other cities as well,the cost of shops are very expensive,and the increament of transportation is really affecting them,while for the power supply is 10%,lack of power supply,and the power supply is needed at all time for there busineses,nigeria in terms of power supply they are zero,look at ghana,they have steady light more than nigeria,and nigeria has every resources to generate power supply.

Your thought aligns with mine. I think too that the pain of being an entrepreneur is worldwide. Nations of the world feel the pain too as it's not only in Nigeria. The problem of power is almost like an African thing. Africa nations are also suffering from power failure and fluctuations.

The problem of bad road is not also left behind. The roads are bad  and they lack proper connectivity, the distance in transporing finished goods from one place to the other is not left behind.

The issue of hike in transportion is also a concern to young entrepreneurs , the cost of fuel and diesel has impacted adversely on the cost of transportation.

I will not leave behind the cost of shop rent. The increase in the cost of building materials have made landlords to increase the cost of rent abruptly and all these collectively bedevil enterpreneurship around the world.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Chilwell on February 18, 2025, 07:58:18 AM
I agree Completely, there are lots of success enterpreneurs here in Nigeria and Port Harcourt precisely. The only challenge here is that you have to have so much money to be a successful entrepreneur these days
Seriously, the escalating cost of living is stifling the growth of many entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Price of everythings are rising higher, and it is preventing some entrepreneurs from sustaining their businesses. they struggle to sustain their businesses, because their expenses is much more greater than their profits. This disparity can kill their confidence, motivation, and courage, and some will abandon their entrepreneurial pursuits due to the overwhelming challenges, obstacles or difficulties.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Joeboy on March 22, 2025, 04:08:38 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
River State is a very expensive state to live in, accommodation , feeding, is very expensive, and there are even some part of the state that don't even have electricity. So to encourage entrepreneur in a state such as this, the government should state by having a source that constantly supply light since there are a lot of companies there that requires light for their operations, also the economy should be improve by depending more on production rather than buying from other states. Also there should be enough effort in place to tackle insecurity. Because without security most businesses would not like to remain there, coz there life and property will be threatened.
Title: Re: The pain of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
Post by: Agbe on March 22, 2025, 08:56:31 PM
The pain of being an entrepreneur in current day Nigeria is excruciating.

Today enterpreneurs in Nigeria are faced with the challenge of high cost of rent, hike in transportion and poor power supply.

So many businesses have shutdown completely while others are making plans to relocate. Unfortunately many young entrepreneurs have killed their dreams of becoming business owners courtesy of am unrealistic business environment.

What can be done to encourage enterpreneurs in Rivers State, Port Harcourt?
River State is a very expensive state to live in, accommodation , feeding, is very expensive, and there are even some part of the state that don't even have electricity. So to encourage entrepreneur in a state such as this, the government should state by having a source that constantly supply light since there are a lot of companies there that requires light for their operations, also the economy should be improve by depending more on production rather than buying from other states. Also there should be enough effort in place to tackle insecurity. Because without security most businesses would not like to remain there, coz there life and property will be threatened.
unfortunately power is not in the power of the state to produce because as you are aware power has been privatized in the country so private individuals is the one controlling power that is been supplied by the national grid, Nigeria is still far from having a constant power supply because as a country Nigeria is not ready for industrialization which is linked to entrepreneurship so any one setting up a business in any part of Nigeria should be ready for the pains that are associated with owning a business in the country