Chinedu Okonkwo
Founder, CO Imports
2013
Started selling lace at Balogun Market.
One stall, three styles, my mother as my first customer.
2016
Opened a second stall.
Hired two of my cousins. Paid them more than my last boss paid me.
2018
First import from Dubai.
Thought I'd lose everything. Sold out in nine days.
2020
COVID closed the markets. Pivoted to WhatsApp.
Customers from Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna. Some I still have not met.
2024
First export to London.
Diaspora sending money home for my own pieces.
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