Trailblazing in Tech: Adedayo's Da-Google Transforms ICT Education
TheNiche Young Entrepreneur: Giant strides of Adedayo’s Da-Google International in ICT, Mathematics Competition
Darasimi, the wife of Ijoba Lande, has apologized for her alleged adultery and begged her husband and Nigerians everywhere to forgive her.
She expressed her sadness and swore never to make the same mistake again in an interview with the Talk to B podcast.
Don't be angry with me, Ijoba Lande. Additionally, I'm pleading with Nigerians worldwide and everyone I've let down. I did not pray to repeat this error, but this is not who I am. And I'm never going to step near it again," she remarked with tears in her eyes. She said, "I implore you in the name of God, I'm so sorry, I'm very sorry."
She expressed her sadness and swore never to make the same mistake again in an interview with the Talk to B podcast.
Don't be angry with me, Ijoba Lande. Additionally, I'm pleading with Nigerians worldwide and everyone I've let down. I did not pray to repeat this error, but this is not who I am. And I'm never going to step near it again," she remarked with tears in her eyes. She said, "I implore you in the name of God, I'm so sorry, I'm very sorry."
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How Adedayo started
Adedayo started his business when he could no longer cope with the little salary from his teaching job. That was in 2016 after completing his National Youth Service in 2015. He had picked up a teaching job in one of the private schools in Lagos as a Mathematics Teacher. First it was his love for children and his zeal to impact on younger generations, but when he could no longer cope with the meagre and unsustainable salary, he decided to establish something in line with education. He started a small business unit that does everything about online registration for students’ exams. He commenced with a laptop and photocopy machine in a small rented shop.
“I love children and I wanted to impact on them. So, I took up a teaching job in a private school as a Mathematics Teacher after my NYSC in 2016. When I could not cope with the poor salary, I left to start my own business which was also in education. I just rented a small place with my computer and photocopy machine like a cyber cafe. That was how I started”, he recalled.
In an interview with TheNiche at his office where he guides students on Computer Based Test (CBT) and other student registrations, Adedayo traced his entrepreneurial interest to when he was in SS1, that was about 2006.
He said: “I used to have a small phone that you could use to download PES, football, games etc. I didn’t call anybody and nobody called me with it. I would just charge at home in the morning and take it to school. During break time, my friends would pay me N20 to play games for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, I would collect it back and gave it to another person. Before you knew it, I would make N100.” That business-oriented spirit was what came to play when he could no longer survive with the little pay from the private school where he was teaching.
Sourcing for capital
Adedayo said he saved up to get a laptop from his teaching job and other necessary items required for his little cyber cafe business, and money stated trickling in when he started solving people’s problem. He said: ”You know people are looking for solutions to their problems. I saw that students often have problems with their registration, either in JAMB, WAEC, etc. So, I was doing everything online registration, helping people to solve their problems while I made my money. If I solve your problem, you will pay me for it. You will go home happily with a solution while I go home with my money happy too. Money started coming when I started solving people’s problems.”
Da-Google International
Adedayo said the name Da-Google International started as a nick name during his university days. “Da-Google International came from the nick name Google which I was being called in my university days when I would help people in school do their assignments online. Because I was always searching online, they gave me the name, Google. They would say: ‘this one na google ooo’ whenever I helped them out. So, in 2019 when I wanted to register my company, I sent Da-Google Ventures, they rejected but when I added International to it, it was accepted. And that ‘International’ I added to it has helped my business to be known,” he said.
Surviving through hard time
Adedayo said, people tend to be afraid of starting up because of the economic situation, but for him, he was never afraid. He said instead of being afraid or looking at the present situation like others would, he just looks at the future, where he would be in next few years with his business.
“I understood the process. I knew that I can’t just start making money. I knew I had to give myself time. When I started it was not big; It was just small like a cyper cafe. I was doing everything online registration. My profit in a day, then, was N50. But I was not discouraged. I kept on doing what I was doing, that’s solving people’s problem because I knew where I was going. Today, the story is not the same,” he added.
Business stability
Adedayo said it took him three years to get settled in business. “When I started solving people’s problems, mainly school registration, money started coming in. That was from 2016 when I started to 2018.” In 2019, Adedayo took a bold step in registering his company with the name, Da-Google International. “At first I put Da-google ventures and it was not approved so I added Da-google International and it was approved.”
A terrible experience
Adedayo’s unforgettable experience was buying an old bad generator. The stress of dealing with the generator was so destabilizing that it landed him in the shrine of a native doctor.
He explained: “If someone is going through issues, different thoughts would start going into his or her mind. The generator set I bought was giving me issues. It was taking money from me because I was spending on it with the little I was making then. It was so much a concern to me that it was reflecting all over me. One day as I was walking on the road, a guy stopped me and said I looked like someone that had issues and immediately my mind went to my generator and he told me that his father could solve it. And I asked who was his father and he said I should come and see him tomorrow. It was the first time and last I visited a herbalist because his father was a herbalist.
