This week we are crushing on serial entrepreneur and business tycoon Sim Shagaya Aka CEO of online retail giant konga.com.
In 3 years, under Sim’s direction Konga has grown to become one of the top online shopping sites in Nigeria. But we aren’t only crushing on Mr. Shagaya’s successes, which are obviously laudable, we are also crushing on his failures.
Prior to starting Konga, Sim tried his hands on various online businesses. A dating site (alarina.com), a job placement site (jobclan.com), a classified site (gbogbo.com) and media streaming service (iNollywood.com) are amongst some of his initial business ventures. In his recent interview in Forbes, Shagaya says “the timing [for these businesses] was wrong. These startups were just way ahead of their time.”
Undeterred by what some would label serial failures Shagaya used the experience gleaned from his previous endeavours to pioneer the online industry in Nigeria, particularly e-commerce retailing. In 2013, Konga.com won the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the CNBC/All Africa Business Leaders Award in West Africa and the Konga.com brand has continued to grow leaps and bounds since its inception.
Sim’s audaciousness, focus and unreltenting focus and zeal are a major inspiration to us today!
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