How I Made a Fortune Selling Akara as a Student
Back in my Covenant University days, I partnered with a local vendor to supply akara on campus. My mum got involved—she funded the cooking gas, paid her maid to fry in bulk, and even used her driver to deliver from Lagos to Ota daily. Thanks to her support, the akara sold out within hours and we kept scaling up for six weeks. I made good money, but I eventually lost interest and ended up splurging on boots and a phone instead of reinvesting. The real takeaway is that without my mum’s backing—fuel, materials, delivery—I wouldn’t have turned a profit. So when I hear graduates being urged to start akara businesses without infrastructure or funding support, it feels out of touch. Nigeria needs real job-creation and small-scale industry, not just food stalls.
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