Just last week, I watched excerpts of an interview that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, granted to newsmen. Very exciting to the ears.
But before giving you details of that, a few weeks ago, my wife was toying with the idea of whether to wear her winter jacket to work or leave the thing at home. What solved the problem was when I reminded her that it’s better to have it and not need the thing, than to have need of it and realise you don’t have it with you. She concurred and so, wore it.
This is exactly how it is with opportunities. It’s better to prepare and not have any, than for opportunities to show up and you discover that you are not ready to grab them. That brings me back to the Dangote interview.
The cement man, now an oilman, revealed that he’s going “to float the refinery “ in a couple of months. That, according to him, will “give opportunity” for members of the public to buy shares. As if that isn’t enough good news, Africa’s richest man went further to say investors will even have the option of earning their dividends “in dollars.” For many of us, that’s an opportunity to earn our first income in foreign currency.
Folks, this opportunity is just about three to five months away and yours truly even referenced it in one of last year’s pieces in this same publication. If you’ve not been putting your monthly savings or investment money of at least five thousand Naira away in an account, you’ve got to start doing so by the end of this month.
Secondly, the Federal Government Savings Bond for April is round the corner. With just five thousand Naira, you can have a piece of the action. Try to not miss out.
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Tunde Oyedoyin is a London-based personal finance coach and founder of Money Intelligence Coaching Academy, a specialist academy of personal finance. He can be reached as follows: +447846089587 (WhatsApp only); E-mail: tu5oyed@gmail.com
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