In a career spanning a decade, Jephter Akaehie, a United States (US) certified business success coach, has seemingly done it all. Now the serial entrepreneur has his eyes on a wellness care start-up, DANIEL ESSIET reports.
Jephter Akaehie, 28, is one of Nigeria’s most successful young entrepreneurs. Young, confident, and knowledgeable, Akaehie is a United States (US) certified business success coach. He has many years of life experiences and training in the technical and industrial environments, including healthcare, consulting, technology, education and e-commerce. He is the proverbial ‘does-it-all’ professional.
A member of the American Union of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ( NLP), Akaehie started Power Edge Resources, a youth training company dedicated to maximising human performance and transforming the lives of the younger generation. From here, the fledgling ideas of his business began to form and he spent some time honing his ‘personal branding’ skills before deciding that personal development and skills training were his strength and calling.
Today, the social enterprise is a success story, helping individuals test and turn their ideas into businesses, as well as helping organisations improve the quality of their performance. With the enterprise success, he is now facilitating workshops and speaking on a range of issues, including personal branding and people’s management.
As a certified coach and NLP practitioner, he works with a diverse range of executives, entrepreneurs and leaders. He coaches them on lifestyle issues; helping them reinvent themselves to start their own businesses. His real capability is in achieving results in difficult areas, therefore, his success isn’t surprising for many reasons. The outstanding one is that he brings passion, attention to detail, and strategic thinking to all that he does. As well as running his business, Akaehie facilitates workshops and mentors graduates. Alongside this role, Akaehie, a graduate of microbiology, has been developing strategies for graduates to enhance their skills in order to make headway in the business world.
The health care industry continues to be one of the biggest opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. This has drawn the interest of Akaehie, whose passion for wellness is evident in all his initiatives.
His current venture, Green Power Health Care Limited, is into producing natural wellness products.
Start-up
“After my certification as an American business coach in 2011, I was contracted to revamp our family business, which opened my eyes to what Africans pass through to be able to receive quality healthcare. As a trained science Laboratory Technologist and Natural Medicine expert, I decided to embark on some researches with a team of doctors, microbiologists and biochemists, which eventually led us to setting up Greenpower Healthcare Limited as a manufacturing company with focus on solving Africa’s pressing health challenges, using 100 per cent organic ingredients,”he said.
He started the business with N1,800,000. “I have been in the natural wellness industry since 2007. I worked with our family business for several years with some other experts and we have officially been driving Greenpower Healthcare for almost two years now,”he said.
How many members of staff does he have now?
“We have moved from just one man business to having about 15 full staff and about 300 agents across Nigeria/Africa.
“Every brand we manufacture is targeted at solving a unique problem. The key to success in business is solving unique problems in an innovative and affordable way. Be passionate about what you do, be focused and be open to learning and improving on what you do per time. Never ever give up too soon on your idea/business.”
His most satisfying moment in business
“The feedbacks we get from our customers. We get testimonies from our customers, who have been trying to achieve pregnancy for over 10 years. Some use our product for just 30 days others have to use it up to 90 days. We have over 2,000 verifiable pregnancy testimonies from across Africa. Our flagship brand (FreeFlow Capsule) is really making us proud. Secondly, we were shocked to get a deal from the Deputy Minister of Health, Namibia, who wants to register one of our brands in Namibia.
“In 10 to 20 years, we hope to have presence in about 15 African countries and our brands becoming the preferred brands across Nigeria & Africa.”
