“Even if it’s petty business, just start something” instead of relying on men, millionaire Akindele tells ladies

“Even if it’s petty business,” put your mind to it and make it grow, she says

By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor

“You don’t have to rely on a man to make it,” millionaire producer Funke Akindele has counselled ladies, recounting how she used to buy second-hand clothes from road side hawkers and wore them to uplift herself.

Akindele started off as a Nollywood actress and went on to produce A Tribe Called Judah whichby February this year grossed N1.5 billion in box offices across cinemas in Nigeria, other African countries, and in the United Kingdom.

She urged women to be creative and self-reliant in a recent interview with Arise TV and pitched the importance of women’s entrepreneurship regardless of their circumstances.

Akindele urged them not to depend on men for success, stressing the potential for women to achieve financial independence.

“Who says women can’t make money?” she asked, citing successful female entrepreneurs like Folorunsho Alakija, an oil mogul who is the richest woman in Nigeria.

“You don’t have to rely on a man to make it.”

Akindele also urged young women to be content and be focused on their goals, rather than envying others and living beyond their means.

“Whatever you have, just start something. Move. Don’t wait for the big opportunity. Even if it’s petty business, just start something.”

She recounted her own life journey, saying: “I used to buy my handbags from ‘bend down select.’ I would wash and iron them and slay with them. Even with the cheap bags, I still felt good. Just believe in yourself.

“Content that would drive you crazy, people that would say things that would upset you, toxic people – avoid them. Because you’re growing in a new space. It’s what you feed yourself with that matters.”

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