You need to go after every opportunity....

"As an entrepreneur, you need to be clever and go after every opportunity that presents itself to be able to grow, particularly when you are in a new and highly capitalised industry. At the beginning, it was hard to get people to put funds in an industry that had not been fully established."

- Damilola Solesi is founder, CEO and creative director of SMIDS Animation Studios Nigeria a company she founded in 2010. Smids animation studios is based in Lagos and creates 3D computer animation, 3D content production, motion graphics and visual effects. Damilola is also the pioneer of TechDivaz (now Women R.I.S.E), an initiative she started at the Co-Creation Hub. TechDivaz is a platform where women are inspired to expand their interests in technology through collaboration, networking, training, mentorship and funding to help them play a stronger role in growing the technology startup scene in Nigeria and Africa.