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Every week, Zikoko will share the hustle stories of Nigerians making it big in and out of the country. With each story, we’ll ask one crucial question in several ways: “How you do am?”

Deola Durodola’s hustle story gave us insight into a career path many don’t immediately consider: development in the non-profit sector.

What does a development specialist do? This Hustleprint guide explains it.

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Who is a development specialist?

As the name implies, a development specialist is someone whose major objective is to ensure “development” for their organisation by securing funding, sponsorships, and generally increasing the brand’s awareness.

They do this by constantly seeking ways to push the business or organisation to profitability. If they work for a non-profit, their work is to generate funding by developing fundraising plans and actively seeking new partners, as well as maintaining donor relationships.

What do they do?

From the job role, it’s clear what they do. In simple terms, they actively chase money.

And by chase money, we mean they pursue every avenue to ensure the organisation reaches its revenue and development goals. A development specialist works with the internal team and various business partners to advance the objectives of the company they work with — from organising events, and identifying business/funding opportunities to managing donors and partners.

What kind of skills does a development specialist need?

An important skill needed for this career path is proactivity. A successful development specialist has to be a proactive, self-motivated individual who isn’t afraid to actively pursue and foster relationships with current and potential business partners.

A bit of strong head is necessary.

They’ll also need to be skilled in managing people and several projects at once effectively. Knowing how to talk a good game is also a plus. Remember, a major part of their job is to get people to open their wallets.

Where can they work?

Development specialists can work in the regular business and the non-profit sectors (including non-governmental organisations “NGOs”).

You may have heard of “Business Development Officers”. Those are also development specialists, and while they usually focus on sales and marketing, they’re ultimately responsible for identifying opportunities for business growth and development. The main focus is also bringing money in.

This also goes for development specialists in the non-profit sector. They might not be pursuing business profitability, but they also have to bring in money and opportunities through fundraising, training and donor management.

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How do I become a development specialist?

There’s no specific course of study required for this career path. While a degree in business administration, social work and related marketing or public health degrees are nice to have (especially in the non-profit sector), most organisations want to make sure their development specialist can promote the brand image and leverage their network (and build new ones) to achieve the stated goals.

Like Deola, many development specialists in the non-profit sector start by volunteering with NGOs to get the required experience for subsequent roles. There are also opportunities to take up entry-level development officer roles.

How much money do they make?

Depending on the organisation and level of experience, a development specialist can make around ₦150,000 to ₦350,000 per month. Entry-level interns and volunteers may not make as much when they start, but consistency will give you a higher tendency to be retained as a full staff.

Is there a market for this career in Nigeria?

In a word, yes. Whether you choose to work in the non-profit sector or not, businesses will always seek ways to improve their brand awareness, network and revenue, so there will always be a need for development specialists. This is one job that might just be safe from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Tife Oni

April 18, 2023

Hustleprint, Money

development specialist, how to, hustle, hustleprint, Jobs, Nigerians
A Friends with Benefits (FwB) relationship is one ship you should try entering before you die. If it’s done right and with the right person, it can be a fulfilling experience. Here’s a list of tips to help you navigate them better.

1. Pick someone that respects you and your time

Yes, we all like disrespectful knacks, but let it be from someone who respects you. It doesn’t have to be a cold relationship but it also doesn’t have to be hot with drama. It’s knacks and friendship, not Fuji House of Commotion.

2. Before you start the knacks, know what you want

Is it just knacks or knacks with a side of lovey-dovey? Please know it and make it clear to everyone involved. That way, you can prevent stories that touch.

3. Communicate

Speak your mind, tell them your needs. If you like calls or you do not like calls, the best time to say it is in the beginning. Anything else might lead to chaos.

4. Always practice safe sex

Splurge on condoms and dental dams for oral sex, if possible. Also, make sure you and your partners test regularly for STIs.

5. Establish boundaries

Boundaries are very important for making sure things go in the intended direction. Also, it allows for mutual respect and allows you to avoid see-finish. Setting boundaries will help you avoid saying “Had I known.”

6. Stay wicked

In everything, don’t forget to stay wicked and let nobody take you for an idiot. Na knack you wan knack, e no mean say dem go use you play.

7. Don’t let anybody know your moves

Yes, you two are not in a relationship. They must not know every single thing about you but be sure to let them know how things affect them. Don’t be a Yoruba man.

8. At the first sign of disrespect, run

You are there for a fun time not a long time. Once you see red flag, carry your load and move. No need for endurance. No be you kill Jesus.

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Mariam Sule

October 27, 2021

Her

friends with benefits, how to
Puff puff is a popular African snack. It is basically fried dough. Different countries have their different names for it, but that’s what we call it in Nigeria. Some people love pepper in it, while some people don’t like it at all. Today, we’re going to teach you how to make puff puff.

Ingredients:
- Flour (duh)
- Yeast
- Warm water
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cooking oil
How to make puff puff:
1. Activate the yeast. What that means is that you mix it with salt, sugar, and water.
2. The next step is to add flour and mix it properly.
3. Cover the mixture and leave it for about an hour so it can rise.
4. Fry the mixture.
How to fry:
1. Heat your oil in a deep pan.
2. Check if the oil is hot enough by putting a tiny portion of the dough in it. If it’s hot enough, it will rise to the top.
3. Once you’re sure the oil is hot enough, drop as many balls of dough as you want into the pan. Not too many though, you don’t want to crowd your pan.
4. Fry till the bottom is golden brown, then flip it.
5. Leave it to fry till the other side is golden brown too.
6. Take it out of the oil, put it in a sieve to drain the oil or place it on kitchen towels to soak up the oil.
And that, my dears, is how to make puff puff.

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Tuntamilore

July 24, 2021

Chopist

Food, how to, puffpuff, Quick recipes, snacks
I saw this tweet and it had me, a resident broke person, thinking. There’s no foolproof method on how to survive on ₦15,000 a month but I wrote this guide last month.

This one is for those of you that didn’t read it.

1. Plan your budget

Budget which family member you are cutting off and do you really need a romantic interest right now in the midst of poverty? You can even remove drinking water and drink from the tap. If poverty doesn’t get you, dehydration will.

Life is tuff innit

2. Announce to your boss that you’re now working from home

If they can pay you a salary that leaves you with just ₦15,000 at the end of the month, they can survive without you for a couple of days.

If you lose your job please don’t @ me

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3. There is rice at home

Rice can roughly be translated to mean garri, noodles, beans, and bread. It’s time to hone all the cooking skills you learnt during lockdown.

4. Avoid going to a church

Notice how it’s always when you’re broke that your pastor would be lead to tell you to empty your bank account? You’ve been warned. Except they share food in your church then please, run there.

You in church when you see an usher bringing food

5. Start a food truck

Pay a carpenter ₦4000 to build a small table and stool, use another ₦4000 to invest into the food you want to sell. There you have it, surviving on ₦15,000 like the boss you are.

You’d be surprised at people’s willingness to eat anything these days

6. Cut down on soda

You’ve been talking about how you want to do this for years, well now’s your chance. Water is healthier after all

By the time you get paid you’ll have six packs

7. Go to a money doubler

This is your best chance at surviving, there are plenty of money doublers in your Instagram inbox, check for the one that goes with your spirit and let the money in your bank account rise

Money-oney-oney-oney-oney-oney

God to you when you’re left with 15k again next month:

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Malakai Bassey

March 25, 2021

Inside Life

how to, Humour
Nigeria’s hit machine, Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel (Mayorkun), aka The Mayor of Lagos (TMOL), notable for his ad-libs “Gege!”, “This bread no be Agege!”, is the toast of every musician for a hit song. Have you been wondering how you can meet Mayorkun? We have brought fast and guaranteed ways for you.
1. In your dreams
Your dreams are valid, my dear. Go to bed listening to Mayorkun at exactly volume four; it won’t work if it gets higher. Listen to his songs for precisely 27 minutes and fall asleep. He will show up in your dreams and discuss Agege bread with you.
1. When you stream his videos
Or you can just stream his videos to see why Davido said he is the biggest artist in 2020.
1. Attend his concerts
This one will be hard now that they have started closing event centres, but when they open, break your piggy bank and pay for a Mayorkun show. If you don’t have enough money, manifest it.
1. Tell God
You can just report him to God and beg God to manifest your love into Mayorkun’s heart. If Mayorkun does not see you, he should not be able to Gege again.
1. Try Davido
Just go to his dm every day and be calling him boss until he responds. When he finally replies to you, ask him to fix a meeting between you and Mayorkun.
1. Go to the Agege and shout TMOL 3 times
What is his name? The Mayor of Lagos. What is his favourite saying? Gege. Think about it. If you stand at the highest peak of the busiest roundabout in Agege and call his name, Mayorkun will appear in flesh and blood.
1. Mayorkun becomes your driver
In the Close-up Season of smile campaign, Mayorkun will be driving around Lagos to pick random people and be their driver for the day. Mayorkun will be giving many people a reason to smile. Wahala for who no dey road when Mayorkun dey pick passengers o.

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Muhammed Akinyemi

January 4, 2021

Inside Life

Closeup, how to, how to meet a celebrity, Mayorkun
We’ve all been there.

You turn on a light in the middle of the night and spot a cockroach on the wall. You get up slowly so it doesn’t know you’re coming and grab your weapon of choice. After positioning yourself, you go in for the kill.

But you miss.

Before you can put yourself together to strike again, you notice the cockroach running (or worse, FLYING) towards a corner of your room that you know if it reaches, there’s no hope of getting it. You sprint across the room as fast as you can, knocking down everything in your path.

But you’re too late.

You watch in horror as the little bugger vanishes into the corner. You’ve lost. You can’t possibly go back to sleep now because you KNOW it’s just waiting for the perfect time to strike (i.e crawl in your mouth and poop). You can’t prove that roaches are that smart and evil but you’re not exactly concerned with rationality at the moment.

This is what you do when such a thing happens.

1) Freak the fuck out.

Who’s going to help you? You live alone. And even if you didn’t, do you really want to become known as the boy who cried cockroach? No, you don’t. You’re alone in this world. And that’s super depressing, which means that you’re allowed at least a 3-minute freak out sesh.

2) Wreck your entire house looking for it.

Even in other rooms. Those things are sneaky as hell and might’ve scurried into another room while you were distracted. (Probably during your freak out sesh.)

3) If you don’t find it (because cockroaches are descendants of Houdini), calm yourself.

Have a nice cup of tea or half a bottle of Chelsea dry gin. Nice big gulps. Anything you know can calm your nerves. You know what has to be done. You’re scared and that’s fine. But you knew this day would come. Be brave.

4) Douse your entire house with petrol and set it on fire.

Shhhh. Trust me.

5) Smoke a cigarette and watch it all burn.

Are you now homeless AND on the run from the police because you’re wanted for arson and the murder of all the people in your building who didn’t get out in time? Yes. But you can take solace in the fact that that creepy little bastard couldn’t possibly have survived.

Feeling like a discount John Conner from Terminator 3 (because of the ecstasy that comes with victory), you begin your life as a drifter.

Astor George

September 6, 2019

Inside Life

how to, infestation, Life
Hello, fellow human. 👋

Is your house currently overrun with rats? Are you unable to keep food in your cupboards for fear of rats getting to it? Are you terrified of leaving your fingers and feet exposed at night because rats will chew on them while you sleep? Do you watch in horror as the adult cat-sized rats in your house climb walls and ceilings like fucking mutant monstrosities?

If yes, I’m so sorry. Your house must be an alternate universe’s version of the apartment in the movie Joe’s Apartment, and sis/bruh, you should really consider moving.

That being said, if you’ve chosen to fight back and reclaim your house, here are ways you can do that.

1) Set traps.

As bait, use foods they can’t possibly resist, like fish or human flesh. Don’t bother using cheese because Nigerian rats don’t roll like that. This is not a Tom & Jerry episode. Feel free to experiment with a bear trap if you have a mutant rat problem.

2) Set one of those rat glue boards.

For when you can handle the blood and gore that comes with regular rat traps. Place food in the middle and any rat that tries getting to it will get stuck as soon as they get on the board.

3) Set poisoned food.

Again, use foods that smell good. Stuff that’ll be difficult to resist. You can scatter the poisoned food in small bits around the areas you know they hang out (lol) or you can make it look like leftovers by putting it in a plate. (Some rats like the challenge and taboo of eating human leftovers.)

4) Place poisoned food on a rat trap and put that rat trap in the middle of a glue board.

Think of this like the “two condoms at a time” theory. One of them is bound to work.

5) When you catch one rat, throw it in the microwave.

Cook that nigga like you’re defrosting a chicken. Make it seem like a scene out of a Saw movie. Put on some super depressing music (opera, maybe) to really set the mood.

6) At the brink of death, retrieve the rat from the microwave and place it in front of an air conditioner. When it starts to relax, plunge a butter knife into its chest.

Butter knife, because the goal here is to impale it, not slice it in half.

7) Hang the rat (butter knife still in its chest) in a public place. This will act as a warning to other rats to stay away.

Only then will you be free. You’re welcome.

Astor George

August 7, 2019

Inside Life

how to, infestation, rat, satire
Hello human. 👋

Have you ever found yourself watching Nollywood movies and wishing you could lower your inhibitions and become more like the less than reputable characters robbing and killing people on screen? Just for the fun of it?

If your answer is “yes,” you’re in luck.

Here’s a guide on how to morph into an every character Hanks Anuku and J.T Tom West character ever.

1) You have to look the part

There’s a saying that goes “You have to dress for success.” This rule also applies to the world of Nollywood crime. Here’s a list of clothing items you need to blend in:
- Baseball hats (turned to the back)
- Bowler hats (set at a jaunty angle)
- Durags
- Fitted t-shirts (sometimes with the arms cut off)
- Giant sunglasses (even at night)
- Baggy jeans (like early 2000s type shit, no matter what year it is)
2) While we’re on the subject of looking the part, get a trash hairstyle.

Shave half of your head. Get dreads… in different colours! Who cares if getting dreads with your receding hairline makes you look like one of the predators from Predator? It’ll make you more terrifying, and that’s what you need right now.

3) Develop an accent.

Lol. Who else were we going to reference here?

Also, your voice has to drop like six octaves and your speech must become slurred. Basically, if you don’t sound like a tuberculosis victim who has been roofied, you’re not doing it right.

4) GET BUFF AND TALL!

Because your current height (5 feet and 1 inch) and weight (60kg) isn’t going to cut it. GET TO WORK!

5) Hang out with your gang members in either one of these two locations: A tiny filthy one bedroom apartment with way too many people and property in it OR an uncompleted building.

It goes without saying that you have to join a gang. That or you can start your own.

6) While hanging with your gang, drinking and smoking (at the same damn time), place your gun in your crotch, ensuring that trying to retrieve it (in your inebriated state) will lead to your genitals being blown off.

I can’t be the only who’s imagined this happened to all those movie gangsters that have seemingly never heard of a gun holster.
Astor George

July 11, 2019

Pop

Gangster, how to, Nollywood, Pop
N/B: These are just jokes. Well most of them anyway. We believe that you’ll use your spirit of discernment to separate the wheat from the chaff. Now let’s proceed. Makeup artists are loved and hated almost equally. It’s hard to tell if there’s a balance. We will agree that they give us goals, both obtainable and unobtainable ones. These are characteristic traits that we’ve noticed to be common among all of them.
1. It’s compulsory that you have an Instagram page. AND a Youtube channel too – if you mean serious business.

Twitter is optional, maybe Facebook. But Website is advisable.
2. Find a fancy name. It can be your real name. Then attach “MUA”, “Makeover” , “Beauty by”, “Makeup by” or “Looks” to it.

3. Every place is a potential photoshoot location.

https://www.instagram.com/p/5U9zpKyNLY/

4. Beauty event happening tomorrow? You must attend.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BB7QmWwJEes/

5. You must be able to do this kind of eyebrow. So gather all your brow brushes, brow powder and concealer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BB-Uyh6GM6X/

6. Your contour skills must be good. The face carving must be on point.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBsj0c2DnqG/

7. You must be able to do makeup au naturel.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAccUNPQ3S1/

8. Make sure you post before and after pictures of your clients. And they must be dramatic.

https://twitter.com/Deelishis_Dee/status/524363129967632384

https://www.instagram.com/p/_eDAxQx7Yy/?taken-by=mualounge

https://twitter.com/TheGanjaBus/status/696165473235427329

Someone should tell me there isn't a kind of "make down" in the before pic. Is it me or Makeup artists exaggerate? pic.twitter.com/gb24uAUEjw
— Caramel (@Caramel_Lima) March 29, 2015

9. If you don’t know how to tie gele, you have not arrived!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BA_oCsYyhu_/?taken-by=kristabelmakeovers

10. Clients will always tell you that you charge too much and to reduce your rates. Just tell them…

https://www.instagram.com/p/99REzJRHHf/?taken-by=mrvictoramos

11. You will be broke sometimes, with no money in your Chanel bag. But you must still look fly AT ALL TIMES. Afterall looking good is your business.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBz5UaYS8LD/

12. Some people will not to respect your hustle. But you’ll show them.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAF-3PmJcrK/

Now go forth and slay!

chioma

February 21, 2016

Oldies

how to, Nigerian makeup artist
As ladies, we all have certain times when bad hair day comes knocking or when we just can’t be bothered with hairstyling. Then we get stuck in a rut, not knowing what to do. We have to realise, not everyday hair out, some days hair in — like in a scarf tied turban-style.
We can tie a turban and look like this…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAe1tLxvJA-/?tagged=turban

Or this…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAgsgFMiLt3/?tagged=turban

Or this.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAgje0_y86L/?tagged=turban
Flawless innit? And it isn’t only for when you want to hide your hair, it’s also for when you want to go for a different look, without spending a dime. In case you’re wondering how to go about it, don’t worry, we got you. These beautiful ladies how to easily achieve this flawlessly!
1. Look like an Egyptian goddess, thanks to Sisi Yemmie!

2. Learn multiple turban styles in one, courtesy of JaMexicanBeauty!

3. Even more styles in just one video, by Estarelive.

4. Nadira shows us ten more ways to do it!

5. Nikkimae coaches us on how to leave some natural hair out and still look hot!

You can see that it’s easy-peasy. Now go forth and tie that turban!
Featured image via Vibrantoddisee.

chioma

January 14, 2016

Oldies

how to, turban