"Once you set up a company, whether you are a woman or a man, and you have to pay salaries, it does not matter who is involved. When you are in a battlefield or in a competitive field, you forget whether you are a woman or a man."

"If I had my choice, I won’t borrow from Nigerian banks because on three occasions, they threatened us over a loan."

"Whatever idea or concept one has can easily be destroyed by the banks. There has to be some kind of reforms in the banking system for things to thrive."

"Nothing good comes easy. To build a successful business, it takes a lot of patience and dedication."

"I realized many companies did not have enough computers. I saw an opportunity, so I started initially by buying foreign brands and selling to my customers."

"And now, the end is near"

"More than ever before, we have to realise that it is important to come together as a community."

"There are so many opportunities available right now for African designers to access funds. But the no one is taking advantage of these opportunities."

"Life is a journey. Once you understand that some of the most important things are purpose and passion driven, combined with a deeper need to make a difference beyond self as well as contribute in some way to what is happening around you, it certainly makes waking up daily an easier task for me. When you earn a living this way, it is certainly more fulfilling."

"You never know who you are going to meet, what doors could be opened, or what opportunity awaits you."

"Understanding that some of the most important things in life are purpose and passion driven, combined with a deeper need to make a difference beyond myself and make an impact."

"For us as a company, it’s always been beyond Lagos fashion week. I’m more inspired by the work that we do that people don’t see and they don’t even know about."

"To see where we’ve been and coming back to Earth, it’s almost impossible to deny that there is the existence of a higher being, it surely can’t just be science."

"Persevere – Never give up! Today’s world enjoys electricity because of those who did not give up!"

"Don’t give up when things get tough, just hang in there, stay focused and be patient."

"“People should not just look at people who are on top. They should go and study how they got there and the challenges they had to face as they while climbing the ladder.”"

"“Rome was not built in a day. As you continue to struggle to make ends meet, somewhere, somehow, you will make it.”"

"“I once dared to dream and if I could succeed, then so can you!”"

"It is not every business one ventures into that one would succeed at."

"It was a real eye-opener. It made us better Christians. For every battle we fought, a better lesson was learnt”."

"My wealth allows me to reach out to others, to those in need. I am a God-fearing woman and I am not in competition with anyone. I use my wealth to touch the lives of others."

"For as long as one is alive, one will always have other things to achieve."

"Just start small with what you have and you can grow the business."

"Always see challenges as opportunities in disguise. It’s not really about how much we possess, but rather how well we manage and use what we are entrusted with."

"Thinking opens the doors to our minds and makes us receptive to the very idea of broadening our horizons and learning new things."

"Be diligent to succeed as there is a way where there be no way, only the persistent and diligent find it."

"Unemployment should not be handled with kids’ gloves, but curtailed through the creation of jobs by the instrumentality of entrepreneurship."

"It’s essential to draw up a “things to do” list on a daily basis and set priorities in executing them, making sure that any unfinished task gets posted to the next day’s list."

"We have grown past the stage of fairy-tale. As women, we have one common front and that is to succeed. We have to take the bull by the horn and make the change happen by ourselves."

"Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s smallest number of motorized vehicles but the highest rate of road traffic fatalities, with Nigeria and South Africa leading the pack. Trauma has become a silent epidemic in Africa, an epidemic that will only spread as the economy grows. More and more Africans are buying cars and working in heavy and dangerous industries. At the same time, infrastructure is poor, safety laws lax, and cars badly maintained."

"If you can find a way to combine your passion for making a difference with your desire to live a life that you can be proud of, you will be well on your way to finding true success."

"The more passionate you are about the world (and your business), the more likely you are to succeed."

"You’ll find true success when you are passionate about improving the world and using your skills and talents to make a positive impact. And, to be honest, it’s impossible to hide the fruits of passion."

"Mentorship to me is to continuously figure out how i can add value to the lives of my mentors so that those relationships will be sustainable."

"I have a very different definition of mentorship, to me, it means 99 percent of giving to a person."

"One of the most interesting things that happened to me when starting the business was the realization that all my academic medical training and the prestige that comes with the title of being a doctor was not enough."

"We have a mixed-pool of more than 20 aircraft that we use for different types of evacuation, and about 30 staff all employed in different capacities with us and branches in three major cities in Nigeria."

"I did not want to have another charity setup and rely in fund fund rasing to create impact."

"True success is about a passion to create a better world, live a life that you can look back on and be truly proud of."

"We take pride in being the first Nigerian indigenous company to do this...We are training more people to go into the air ambulance sector and I think our paramedics now have a huge amount of management skills. I just think that we need to start thinking outside the box and be more confident in the concept of African innovation."

"I come from a place where there are opportunities staring you in the eye, but it's looking for the people who have the heart and the courage to do it and do it right."

""I also apply wisdom most of the time""

""In life, you decide on those things that are important to you,""

""I said to myself I could do this, and I could do it right""

""When I started, I displayed some level of commitment to what I was doing and that is what kept me on the track up till date.""

"". I chose to maintain our integrity and retain our credibility.""

"Wherever you sit, look behind you, how has it benefited other women constructively because sometimes, you can’t do what your friends want, but you must do what is strategically effective and positive for building the power of getting women to the table."

"For a country that needs help, women are key to the success of Nigeria."

"The Nigerian woman is smart, beautiful, fashionable, driven, purposeful and has the capacity to take on the world without fear, that is not a tool you leave at home when you are building leadership"

"I want my nation to work, I want to be able to tell my children this is why I say you must live in Nigeria and nowhere else."