helo forumites, Please i need sincere advice and suggestion as regards sustainable business/investment one could start, expand and make a living out of it.

Thanks

@toptic, tanx 4 your response.

From your post, i will suggest you start a desktop publishing business designing and printing business cards, flyers and posters for your locality. You can then progress to multimedia and other things depending on your skills.
Just start from somewhere.

You may find this Business Ideas for Job seekers and others useful

its ok

Thanks All.
@donchippy, nice idea.

I welcome more ideas and suggestions please.

With your p.c, 50k is more than enough to start from home. You don't even need a shop to start.

still hoping to get more suggestions please.

I feel you especially when things are not working as anticipated.
I suggest you narrow your choice of biz down to
A) Would you like to go into manufacturing / production of goods?
B) Would you prefer to go into trading(buying & selling)?
C) Would you like to offer services?
Which of these areas would you prefer to explore if you could have it your way?
Do you like marketing? Have you any experience in mktg? These questions will guide me to give you appropriate advice.
I was once like you, way back in 1997. Though, I eventually got the job with a computer firm in Ilupeju then. I soon realised I was not happy with the job, despite the pay I had to resign in 2001 to start my own business.
10 years after I am happy I took that decision. It has not been easy but I am always grateful to God for the grace whenever I meet some of my old colleagues still struggling with life.
Now, I have over 70 pple on my pay roll. I am not there yet because success is a journey not destination.
I cannot and will not offer you any help beyond the sharing of knowledge, it's left for you to turn the knowledge to money and be ready to make necessary sacrifices in financial discipline and management when the money start coming
Wish you best of luck

@page9
thanks for your concern. In response to ur questions, i would prefer the manufaturing/production or offering of service. Dont realy like trading in any form. Havent been involvd in marketing befor, but i belive if i want to do it, i would do well in it.
Thanx

The truth is, you will have to know a bit of all. You must be a good trader to be a sucessful manufacturer.

The real challenge is that to be a manufacturer of any Fast Moving Consumer Goods 3(FMCG) you probably have to deal with NAFDAC. Setting up smallest NAFDAC standard factory will gulp millions.

The only product I am aware you can produce without worrying about NAFDAC is paints (emulsion,anti-rust etc)
If you do not have "enough or sufficient resources (Money inclusive), then it might be wise to start with trading or offering services and after savings and experience in those areas, you can launch into production.
The services are usually easier to set up than trading while trading are far easier than manufacturing.
FYI, Dangote started from trading cement before he went into
its manufacturing.

His knowledge of the distribution gave him an advantage when he started the cement production.

If you have enough money, you may simply go into beverages or even pure water.
Forget about competition, if the population is within ur areaa, all you need is a good truck and reliable staff.

@page9. thanks bro, really appreciate

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