Nana Otedola details career hurdles

Nana Otedola, Nigerian businesswoman and wife to billionaire Femi Otedola has spoken about her career struggles before her breakthrough.

While speaking on the How Far podcast hosted by her daughter Temi Otedola and son-in-law Mr Eazi, Nana revealed that she experimented with about 10 different business ideas before finding her footing.

She disclosed that she worked as an administrative staff member and also tried buying and selling.

“I tried like 10 other things. I tried to work as an admin staff member in an office, although your dad kicked against it. I tried to buy and sell. I was trying other things while doing the dry-cleaning business. I remember a consultant known as Brian said to me, ‘Do you think this will work?’ Your dad also asked me, ‘Do you think this will work?’ Lagos needs a good dry-cleaning and laundry service,” she said.