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Essien and Amanda return to Venture Valley to talk honestly about what happened to Messenger. They raised $300,000, built the technology and had the traction, but the follow-on funding did not come and eventually, they were running on fumes. In this episode, they share what they could have done differently, why relationships matter in business and what it really feels like to walk away from something you spent years building. They also discuss moving from founders to operators, putting ego aside and why failure should not be the end of a founder’s story.

In this episode of Venture Valley, the Director General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun reveals why Nigeria's unemployment crisis exists. Discover how the government's SUPA program is set to train 5 million Nigerians annually, and why skilled artisans are the one making millions.

In this powerful episode, Sanmi Lajuwomi, founder of Winock Group, shares his incredible journey from a lucrative business analyst career in the UK (earning £500 a day) to returning to Nigeria to build a solar energy, agro-trading, and microfinance conglomerate. He explains the 'call to adventure' that led him to give up his comfortable life, the challenges of navigating FX volatility and economic crises, and the mindset of patriotic entrepreneurship.