AJK HFB S1 EP9: Toni Abiru on founding an award winning startup 101 --- while you're in College!!! - a podcast by Ali Khan

Oluwatoniloba (Toni) Abiru is the co-founder of Waves of Afro (WOA) clothing brand. After much experimentation and many failures, but ever so passionate about not working 9-to-5, he created Waves of Afro with his best friend --- at 18 years of age!! But Toni wanted it all, and given his penchant to learn, he decided to go to college (in a country more than 3000 miles away!) and manage the business remotely. With his partner managing the day-to-day operations, Toni secured funding, grew the business, attained a college education,  and became Bloomberg Certified, all the while working a minimum wage job to sustain himself. And only six years on, WOA has been recognized as an award-winning campus fashion brand. Through WOA, Toni& co. not only hope to work for themselves, but also hope to give African Culture a global platform through WOA's African tradition inspired designs. But Toni has no plans to stop here: He has enrolled in a full-time master program at the Fox School of Business at Temple University, and a major sports enthusiast, he is also a podcast host for Learn the Game where, with his friends, he covers major sports events across the globe.

In this episode, Toni shares the ups and downs WOA faced in its early years; recommendations for aspiring entrepreneurs and startups; impacts of COVID and recent protests in Nigeria on local businesses; and his podcast. Thank you, Toni, for sharing your insights. You're a personal motivation to me and I have no doubt you're gonna go on to do much much more.

Learn more about Waves Of Afro Clothing Brands here: 

Twitter: @WavesofAFRO | Instagram: AFRO CREATIVE GROUP | website:  http://madinna.com/brands/waves-of-afro/

Listen to Learn the Game Podcast anywhere you get your podcasts; links to all platforms including Spotify & Apple Podcasts can be found on the website: https://podlink.to/d2gA

Connect with the man himself here: 

LinkedIn and Facebook: Toni Abiru | Instagram:  toni_abiru | Twitter: @toni_abiru

Connect with me via the following:

Facebook: Ali Khan | Instagram: Ajk737 | LinkedIn: Ali Khan | Email: ajk737@hotmail.com or akhan@fandm.edu | Twitter: @Ali_Khan737

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