IN THE MIRROR:

practitioners doing well despite the recession

in Ikorodu, Lagos

Nigeria. Went back to England in his early 20s. Attended the Lagos State University, but dropped

first business was actually a Danfo bus washing enterprise

flush doors produced from the factory of an uncle had a factory

cleaning offices and driving taxi-cab. From driving cab, he opened his cab office and employed many drivers

together. First, they ran an IT training consultancy, which expanded from a one-room business to one whole building. They used to gain experience in renovation. They bought a rundown building and renovated it

which boosted the profit of the company. They also benefitted from the massive rate of appreciation of property between 1998 and 2004

allegedly exposing organised foreign currency fraud by officials of the CBN