How Ariana Oluwole helped develop the early childhood education industry in Sierra Leone

<p>It’s very common to observe something in society that is not working and complain about it, complain that it needs to be solved. Less common so, to take accountability for whatever isn’t working, be proactive in finding solutions that work for you and in so doing, fix the problem for the society as a whole. This is something that Ariana Oluwole has done in founding <a href="http://narnia.sl/" target="_blank">Narnia Daycare</a>. Narnia is a children’s daycare founded in 2013 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, that has to date catered to over 900 children, all inspired by the desire for a mother to care for her child.</p> <p>When Ariana got her first child, she realised that there were not many early learning centres for children in Freetown. Knowing the value to children of early education and being in a nurturing and engaging environment, she decided to quit her job so that she could support her son's development. In doing that, she had the thought to extend that care to people around her.  </p> <p>Listen in on this episode, to learn how Ariana got introduced to business, financed launching her business, navigated and recovered from the Ebola crisis that took hold of Sierra Leone, the role that mentors have played in her journey, how her experience with multiple car crashes and paralysis has built her resilience in business, how she supports other upcoming centres and how she even supports her staff to start their own businesses as well.</p> <p>For further infos and the full blog on Ariana, please go to <a href="www.africax.org/blog" target="_blank">www.africax.org/blog</a> .</p>