This is the worst time to be a youth in Nigeria. The country is bedeviled with so many problems like insecurity, bad leadership, corruption, inflation, a devastated economy, a high debt burden, and worst of all millions of unemployed able-bodied young men and women. Many are now looking at entrepreneurship as the solution. The problem is that most start-ups fail in the first five years.

The Igbos however, have enjoyed great success as entrepreneurs even when great odds were stacked against them in Nigeria state.

- They fought the civil war and lost

- They lost their businesses scattered all over the country.

- They lost all their monies in the bank after the Civil War

- Their properties scattered all over the country were confiscated

- They were not allowed to participate in the bidding process during the indigenization of foreign companies

60 years after the Civil War, they are among the most successful ethnic groups in Africa. Today, Harvard Business School is studying the model which allowed them to overcome the impact of the war and build successful companies in Nigeria.

In this book, we tried to look into their secret. We will learn how they were able to build billion-dollar companies from the ashes of war. What you will learn will help you in your entrepreneurial journey.