Block making (commonly called block industry) business can be a very profitable venture.  It is funny to me that some people still think that block making is a vocation for the uneducated and unskilled.  To the contrary, it is a lucrative business that can be scaled to become a large employer of labour.  Whether you are a school dropout, a graduate, a professional or a retiree looking for profitable business to engage in; block making is a venture to consider. The block industry is growing rapidly, why? The simple reason is rising population and increasing housing needs. Nigeria is estimated…

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Its history is modest but sachet water production and sales has become a big industry in Nigeria. Before one smart entreprenuer started packaging water sachets in Lagos in early 1990’s, market women and children hawked iced water in small bottles.  The water was largely untreated as all the seller had to do was filled a couple of botlles with water from he tap in the compound, arrange the bottles in a Cooler then hawk them on the streets and in busy marketplaces.  No wonder that entrepreneur called his product Pure Water to differentiate it  from the crowd of iced water…

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