It’s great to be back home!
Yes, my stay in Lagos was a very beautiful one and I’ve been looking forward to sharing it with you. I was given the honor by SwiftThink Company to present my beautiful idea to a group of panelist.
Do you know what took me to Lagos?
You’ll be surprise to know that it’s an idea about the kitchen waste and leftover food we all waste in our homes every day!
Yes, that’s what qualified me to participate in this year The Edge Series Business Start-ups Challenge o.
The event happened in Ereke House, Alausa Ikeja and it brought together 50 top business ideas across the nation.
Oh! I guess you may be thinking, how can kitchen waste idea be part of top 50? Oh yes! Let me put you a step closer.
Do you know about $750 billion worth of food is wasted in Nigeria annually?
Do you know that kitchen waste can actually be converted into organic fertilizer?
Do you know that chemical fertilizer is causing threat to our health and death to millions of Nigerians daily?
Okay, now you know. So the idea is, what if we can turn this annual $750 billion worth of wasted food in Nigeria into new jobs, treasures for farmers and happiness for households?
What if we can eliminate the inorganic chemicals in our food that is causing daily threat to our health and death to our loved ones?
Eh en you can’t believe what you just saw abi, email me at abdulrahemadams@gmail.com if you want the details on how to make it happen.
So let me continue pouring you into the event, it was a beautiful morning in Oworoshoki Lagos Water Point, I actually slept on top of water as the house was built on water but I had a great time spending a night there.
Oh yes! I followed the description sent to me and I didn’t get lost o.
I got to the event venue two hours earlier and I met this calm, warm and handsome man named Victor Okeckukwu from River State who also was there for the event. Something instantly attracted us to one another.
He also works in the development sector and we talked about different kinds of development projects and the need to do more for our nation.
I have not told you that this guy actually knows Google, he told me that Google is organizing free digital training in ten states in Nigeria and Kwara state is one of the states.
That got my eyebrow up and I asked how I can connect with them to make it happen in my community (Afon, Asa LGA, Kwara State). That was how I got their team leader’s number in Kwara.
In the process of our discussion, one of the facilitators called us in as the event was about to start.
Oh yes! Someone is coming behind us, I looked back to see who was coming and the face looked familiar but I couldn’t place where I met him.
I waited as he was approaching, he also looked confused as he greeted me then I asked where we’ve met but he couldn’t remember until I mentioned my erstwhile school, his eyebrow got up and he shook me firmly and excitedly. We talked about life after school and we walked in to the venue together.
Inside the hall, other participants have arrived and we were asked to seat down and wait for the panelist. And we were welcomed to the organization. In a few minute the panelist started coming in one after the other.
Fear eroded my heart as I was told I will be the second person to present my idea before a group of panelist, I breathed in and out heavily several times to allow the fear to get me up instead of pulling me down as I learnt it lately.
In ten minute, I found myself presenting my idea to the panelist, the fear had disappeared and I was excited to see myself using PowerPoint presentation for the first time (LoL).
I talked for ten minute non-stop and answered the questions from the panelist for five minutes.
The panelist did not need to tell me that my presentation was superb because I knew it myself but they still said it was excellent.
And that was how I pack my kaya and waka come kwara o.
Thanks for reading….