Ronke Onadeko is the Principal Consultant of DRNL Consult Limited, UK and Manager of Delt-R Company Limited. The former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ogun State tells ALEXANDER OKERE about her ch...
Ronke Onadeko is the Principal Consultant of DRNL Consult Limited, UK and Manager of Delt-R Company Limited. The former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ogun State tellsYour professional and business experience spans over 30 years. What are the major highpoints of that experience, looking back at what you have achieved?
As a seasoned entrepreneur, what worries you about the fate of young entrepreneurs in Nigeria, in view of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? They are the kind of entrepreneurs who understand how to manage a database so they would know who their customers are and their preference. So, what they would do is to pivot. For instance, if you are a manufacturer of school uniforms for schoolchildren, and obviously, most schools may not resume until maybe September or January, what will you do? You should quickly channel that same business into the production of personal protective equipment.
Did your parents allow you to have the kind of freedom you wanted when you were growing up or were they strict? I was very career-focused, so I guess I didn’t get married early. My first marriage didn’t work. But I knew I really wanted children; I love kids. But in-between all of these, I was very busy with work. I had tried so many things from food science to oil and gas, manufacturing and went back into oil and gas consulting. So, time went by quickly. Everybody knew I wanted children and I was open to medical intervention.
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