Starting a business is far from glamorous — especially in a challenging and unpredictable environment like ours.

In this episode of the Youth Empowered Podcast, we sit down with Lara Rawa, Founder/CEO of Eventi Cocktails and creator of Lagos Cocktail Week, and Eka Obaigena, Founder/CEO of Toasties, as we unpack the realities behind launching, growing, and sustaining a business in Nigeria.

Our guests share their firsthand experiences navigating the early days of entrepreneurship — from slow sales to capital hurdles, budgeting realities to hiring challenges — and the strategies that helped them maintain quality, build relationships, and reinvest for sustainable growth.