Looking up at the sky, you can vividly see that the sun is actually shining so brightly. It was a bright Wednesday Morning in the streets of Kabba. You could tell that the day would be filled with lots of activities because of the cars and the bus conductors calling the names of streets.
Buy, there is this small kiosk that was painted yellow. There in the kiosk is Mummy Bola, who was arranging her provisional goods like peak milk and more.
"It seems like you are not hearing a word. How many times will I repeat that you should stop your drawing and attend to customers?" That was her shouting at the top of her voice.
"Mummy, I am actually designing, and I believe someday you will see my clothes on TV and in big companies", Tayo responded in a low voice.
That statement touched Mummy Bola. That young boy has big dreams bigger than their present situation. But in Nigeria, dreams will not bring food to the table.
Mummy Bola have been catering for her family all since she lost her husband through a ghastly accident. She started by first selling akara by the roadside, and gradually that gave her enough money to open the mini kiosk that she runs today.
But presently, there has been a massive drop in sales because of the hardship happening in the country.
That particular afternoon, she looked at her provisional goods that had still remained untouched for weeks. Then suddenly, an idea just dropped into her mind.
"Tayo, my son, can you help me draw a label for egg rolls?"
"Mummy, are you talking about something like branding?" Tayo responded
"Exactly, you get it right. We're starting to make egg rolls, and we will give them a name that everyone in the street will not be able to resist."
"Mummy, how about One Bite as the name?"
"That also sounds good, Tayo."
The next day, Mummy Bola went straight to the market to get the necessary ingredients to make a spicy dough so that they would be in the form of rolls.
Tayo also did a very good job on the logo. They packaged the tools inside a paper and started selling.
Though Mummy Bola was not on WhatsApp, Tayo had a functioning social media account, so he posted it on his status.
From there, others saw the role of Tayo's status and began to repost, and it became so popular that Mummy Bola started selling egg rolls, adding it to the provisions she was already selling.
By weekends, Mummy Bola already have a lot of customers queuing to buy the new egg roll.
Roughly 4 days later, someone from Vensa came down to the front of the kiosk shop and asked Mummy Bola.
"Please, ma, are you the one selling egg rolls?" She asked politely.
"Yes, I am."
"Wow, that's good, alright ma, we run a catering platform and we would like to actually list your product on our platform if that will be enough for you?"
Mummy Bola was shocked. That fateful day, keep meditating on how fast the egg roll has actually transformed their life around financially in less than 2 weeks, and it seems this is just the beginning. In trying to make ends meet, she finally encounter her financial fortune
Her son rushed to meet her.
"Mummy, look at my recent design, how does it look?"
"Tayo, my son, it looks so beautiful"
"Thank you, mummy, my dream someday is to be a mega designer"
"You will be my son, and it seems we are already working towards it", Mummy Tayo responded.
