Weekend tapioca on campus, with party bookings in mind

Aliu Raheemah Oyindamola is a student at Lagos State University and an entrepreneur on campus. On weekends, cassava pudding goes on sale there; she also calls it Tapioca. Henna is the other half of the business. She is a henna artist, and a serial volunteer, with what she describes as an extreme passion for adding a positive impact everywhere she finds herself.

"Sincerely being an entrepreneur and student is not easy," she says.

“I care about hospitality and I want to be able to serve people what they crave for.”

Aliu Raheemah Oyindamola

The henna business is not stable yet, and Raheemah puts that down to a lack of funds. Contract work has been lost for want of the necessary resources, which she calls "very painful." The same shortage is why she has not been able to focus on the business properly. She is, in her own words, all in for the positive impact, and she wants to be successful.

That is the reason Raheemah gives for the next step. She is working on making the food a big business, one where people book her for parties and the tapioca is cooked for them. She also wants to add small chops to the menu, and wants to be able to contribute to every successful event.

There is a third line of work. Raheemah is a frontend developer who builds responsive web applications for clients, and has volunteered at numerous tech events. She is also a video editor, and is open to paid roles.