African engineer drops details of how he started his company at 21 with his mom's support

- A Nigerian engineer, Robert Ahen Chenge, has reviewed his professional life, highlighting the help his mom gave to start his company

- Before the age of 21, he had already set up Greencharge Royale Limited which had the skill sets of dedicated team members

- Engineer Robert said he was able to marry and even go for his masters in the UK from the company's growth proceeds

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A Nigerian civil/structural engineer, Robert Ahen Chenge, has said that with the help of his mother, he was able to set his own construction company at 21 years old before he finished the university.

He got a versatile team of people together and ran a company he called Greencharge Royale Limited, giving customers the best services delivery.

Engineer Robert added that his brother also joined as they altogether created a synergy that has survived years of operation, adding that he has served the company for 9 years as a CEO.

The company’s huge break came between 2013 and 2014. He added that the company sponsored his education at the University of Manchester for his masters.

With the Greencharge’s profitability, he was also able to sponsor his lifestyle, adding that he got married to the love of his life too.

While thanking God for how far he has come, he said that he would like to give himself more to public/social services as he asked people to help him choose what would be the way to affect people between Civil service (engineer), Community NGO services, politics for community development, and PhD in civil engineering.

See his tweet thread below:

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Coming from an economically challenged background at Sunyani in the Bono Ahafo Region, Sandra has defeated daunting obstacles and is now a successful entrepreneur.

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