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Ehigiator: Entrepreneur creating unique printing services

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In today’s Nigeria, a lot of efforts go into providing solutions to societal problems.

Peter Ehigiator, the brain behind Orasopee Communications, is one of the entrepreneurs creating innovative solutions to societal problems.

With his Orasopee Communications, he provides design, printing and IT services.

Ehigiator was inspired to establish Orasopee Communications out of his love for designs and graphics as well as the need to provide value- added services for businesses.

“My love and passion for designs inspired me as well as the need to create added value services to Nigerian businesses,” he says.

“Orasopee Communication is a close-knit but flexible business that specialises in the provision of design, printing, and IT solutions.”

He explains that the business also conducts entrepreneurship trainings for operators of small businesses.

He registered this business in 2006 but commenced operations in 2018 with an initial start-up capital of N100,000.

The initial start-up capital was spent on acquiring an office space and procuring some essential office accessories.

The entrepreneur says he was able to raise the money from his personal savings, adding that the business has grown and is still growing since starting, as client base continues to increase.

He tells Start-Up-Digest that he currently has four full-time employees and several part-time staff members depending on the nature of project being executed.

Orasopee Communications plans to establish state-of-the-art digital printing solution hubs across the country. It also eyes expanding its entrepreneurship training centres across the country.

“Our dream is to set up state-of-the-art digital printing solution hubs across Nigeria. We also look forward to taking our human capacity development programmes to other parts of the country,” he says.

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Evaluating the Nigerian digital printing industry, Peter says the space is growing rapidly., noting that the industry is huge with lots of potential yet to be harnessed.

“The success of any business organisation, whether in the private or public sector, lies in the quality of its human resources.

“The organisations that know and recognise the importance, invest greatly in the employees who can only perform better through the acquisition of skills, knowledge and ability from training programmes,” he adds.

On challenges limiting his business, the young entrepreneur says that the huge infrastructural gaps in the country remains the major issue hurting Nigerian enterprises.

“The depleting state of infrastructure across the country is a major challenge facing our business,” he says.

“ Irregular power supply has shot up our production cost because we rely daily on generators to run our business,” the promoting designer says.

He identifies lack of finance as another key issue facing the business.

He urges government at all levels to provide key infrastructures to aid growth and development of the economy as well as reduce overhead cost for businesses.

He adds that the government should make single-digit interest rate credit available to businesses.

He notes that despite the challenges, the business has successfully trained 150 youths on entrepreneurship and digital printing within its six months of existence.

On his advice to younger entrepreneurs, he says, “Stay focused, stick to your dreams and pursue it with every resource you have at your disposal.”

 

Josephine Okojie