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Meet the Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

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In my last post, if you have not read it, please do. It is a must read for everyone, read it  here . I mentioned that i would be featuring someone on the blog whose story inspires me every day because i went through similar roadblocks. The handsome young man in the picture is Oscar Aboje, Amedu and he is a fashion designer specializing in shoe design and manufacture. When he finished secondary school (high school) in 2011, he wrote Jamb (a qualifying college examination in Nigeria) three times but was denied admission every time. He got engaged thinking of what next to do and found shoe manufacturing, quickly growing a passion and love for it. He started a business and it has been growing every day. One of the major challenges he faced starting was finance, he had the idea and the passion but money was not forthcoming to drive this forward. Another challenge was workmanship, getting lot of hands to work with. God was faithful through it all to him and helped him overcome every