Business and Commerce
Access Bank of Nigeria, Akpakpava branch, Benin City.
Nigerians are quick to adopt and utilize new technologies to generate wealth in unconventional ways. POS business is an example of how Nigerians could transform a new gadget into a functional business that generates money for a large number of people. In other countries, the POS is used for payment after buying commodities in supermarkets and shops. But in street corners and market places in Nigeria people are charging fees and taking commissions from POS transactions without exchanging goods or commodities.
Before the clamp down on Cryptocurrency in Nigeria, many people were making a lot of money from the very high volume of the country's P2P trade.
There is a charged and electrifying atmosphere of business activities in Nigeria. Walking down the streets, you see the faces of a people defying the scorching heat of the sun to hawk or shade their commodities in busy streets and those who braced the element to purchase the commodities. Most of Them left their homes in the early hours of the day and won't return home until after sunset.
Pushing wheel barrow has become a source of employment for young people in Benin City, especially those who migrated from the northern part of the country to Benin City. With a little fee, a wheel barrow pusher would help you to transport your goods from the market to the bus stopt or car park or nearby homes and shops. The wheel barrow pushers have become a vital part of offloading goods from trailers to ware houses and from a ware house to the shops.
Conventional and unconventional businesses available in Nigeria are published under Business and Commerce category.