By Tunji Faleye
House of Tenposs, an idea and creative hub passionate about creating products that are relevant locally and internationally, yesterday opened for business, with a vision of putting Nigeria on the global stage.
House of Tenposs is an amalgam of four different stand-alone subsidiaries: Gush Book, Nutrica, Bill-Am, and Winca LAB.
Declaring House of Tenposs open, the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo, represented by Mrs Janet Oputa, commended the inventor and Chief Executive Officer of House of Tenposs, Ojo Ayoola, for his ingenuity and creativity.
Keyamo also enumerated the achievements of the government in the aviation sector, particularly reforms in safety, sustainability, maintenance, and space development, which he said were being undertaken to improve the industry.
However, Keyamo said, “None of that can substitute what the inventor of the House of Tenposs is building.”
The minister, while urging Ayoola to keep building, advised Nigerians that “the future depends on the people who are ready to take the risk of ownership.”
The inventor and CEO of House of Tenposs, in his speech, said ownership is the bridge to putting Africa on the global stage.
According to him, “When we own the idea, the intellectual property, the brand, the production capacity, the technology and the route to market, we stop being only users of what others create. We become creators of value that others can use.
“We have already seen glimpses of this. Andela began in Lagos with six engineers and built a model that connected African talent to global opportunity. Flutterwave built payment infrastructure from Africa for businesses operating across markets. These stories matter because they show that African problems can produce African capability – and African capability can travel.”
Ayoola said the idea behind House of Tenposs is to move from possibility to ownership. He added that, for House of Tenposs, the journey has three stages.
The first is independence, which he described as capacity of having enough intellectual, technical, and productive strength to stand on its own feet.
The second is interdependence, which involves collaborating with others and taking relationships from dependency to exchange.
He described the third stage as dominion, stressing that it does not mean dominating others, but becoming so competent at solving important problems that people beyond the borders begin to depend on the solutions created by House of Tenposs.
Titilayo Oshodi, Special Adviser on Climate Change and Circular Economy to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, advised Nigerians to endeavour to take the risk of ownership and engage in selfless service for others towards building a greater Lagos and Nigeria in general.
The event was witnessed by government dignitaries, entrepreneurs, innovators, and other distinguished guests.
Will you start to innovate to take ownership?
