In Streetwise episode 4, we had Usman, a cobbler and security officer who makes a living to take care of himself and his family of eight back home in the north.
He relies on the daily income from working as a cobbler to survive, while he sends his full security officer salary to his family back home.
During our conversation with Usman, he talked to us about how he had been working these two jobs for the past 7 years and how his financial priority at the moment is his family.
Is there another way to prioritize your family’s present and still save for their future? Absolutely. But with his earnings, we recognise that it’s easier said than done.
We asked him the second one of our golden questions:
“If you received 1 million naira right now, what would you do with it?”
His answer showed that he had goals for a lucrative business in Lagos other than what he currently does, and it was especially commendable that he answered the question without a second thought. He even answered it with a smile on his face and a gleam of hope.
Usman is not much of a talker, so this is the shortest episode yet, but Streetwise episode 4 is one you should watch if you love realistic human stories. Tap on the video below and get to watching! It’s only five minutes long.
Streetwise Episode 4
In case you’re curious, find out why we decided to do Streetwise here.
Have you watched this episode yet? What stood out most for you? Let me know in the comments.
Ohh, and what did your friends think when you shared it with them or when they saw Streetwise Episode 4 on your Whatsapp status? ?
Or you haven’t shared it yet? Let’s fix that now, shall we?
Really enjoyed this article, I think I should venture into real estate
Great Read! My takeaways are to plan accordingly and have a long-term investment. I’ll keep this in mind.
Building generational wealth is simple, but Nigerian companies, nowadays. Would convert the funds to their personal use.
For example, I started investing in Aims Assets Management Limited, from 2008 to 2014. When the investment matured, the company could not be able to hand over my funds to me: even the shares that I bought, I couldn’t get access to it.
What are we talking about?
If Nigerians, are competent to open a company like Cowrywise. That can manage people’s funds that can turn into generational wealth, it would help many Nigerians to become wealthy in one, two, or three centuries to come.
I hope . . . this would happen in our dear country Nigeria, soon if we have the mindset of managing funds to each individual that would make our generation becomes wealthy people. Then, the records would show that Nigerians are among the richest nations.
Congratulations to Cowrywise for making Nigerians wealthy.
A very insightful article. ?
I learned a lot from this.
Thank you, Ope and Cowrywise Team.
Very educative and insightful read.