The story of entrepreneur and enterprise advocate Mercy Makinde is very inspiring.
She set out to motivate youths and young women after overcoming numerous obstacles and attempting suicide three times.
The entrepreneur has helped preach the message of change and reawakening to the present generation in dire need of motivation and empowerment with iAspire Radio and iAspire Blog.
Here are a few facts about her:
Personal Life
She was given in marriage at 18 to a man older than her father. She also attempted suicide three times, but she got another chance at life and marriage.
Her father also abandoned her university education, but Mary persevered and returned to school.
Education
Mercy holds a degree from the prestigious University of Lagos.
Family life
She is happily married to Larry Makinde, and they are blessed with two children. Mercy also has two children from her previous marriage.
Career
Mercy Makinde is a seasoned entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and enterprise advocate. She is the CEO of IASPIRE RADIO—Nigeria’s first motivational radio station, The Voice of Reawakening.
She is the founder of the NGO, AMAZING AMAZON INITIATIVE, which is a support group for women of all walks of life designed to mentor, motivate, inspire, and empower them to become the very best.
She is also the MD/CEO of Crested Crane Tours and Travels, a renowned travel agency affiliated with Radius Travel Group, one of the world’s leading travel management companies.
She also mentors and expresses her thoughts, knowledge, and experience through her blog, the IASPIRE BLOG—a blog for motivation, inspiration, and devotion.
Makinde is also a feature writer for one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers, The Guardian Newspaper, and Lagos Mum, an online community of Lagos mothers.
Achievements
She is on the board of Team Funding Co-op, U.K., an international Co-operative Alliance company that helps SMEs with funding. She represents the Oxford International Education Group, U.K., in Africa and has the franchise to run the British English Olympics Competition for schools in Africa.
Makinde sits on the Advisory Board of Techie Farmer Limited, an agriculture technology company that focuses on inspiring a green revolution and using technology to bridge the gap in the agriculture sector.
Hobbies
Her hobbies include diving in the Blue Ocean, enjoying building businesses, exploring new ventures, traveling the world, taking chances with novel ideas, and generally trying to improve herself in several ways.
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In celebration of her wedding anniversary, she wrote on Facebook:
IF YOU DON’T KNOW MY STORY, YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND MY GLORY.
Given out to a man older than my own father at age 18
Abused physically, emotionally, Sexually, verbally, and mentally for 11 years
Attempted Suicide three times
Lost my self-esteem, confidence, and sense of being
Was disconnected from family, friends, church, and society at large
But God came through! Rescued me from the valley of the shadow of death!
He gave me a second chance at life and marriage!
Blessed me with a man who loves and cherishes me.
He restored all that I had lost over the years.
Blessed me with two more children after it was said I would never have children again!
He turned my misery to a ministry…my mess to a message!
On this day years ago, God compensated me for all the years of agony and pain and gave me beauty for ashes. I have plenty of reasons to celebrate!
#happyanniversarytous #Godofsecondchances #beautyforashes
