 Success to me is not about you making more money but which life do you invest or globe around you? And what happens you putting people around you? Do you make them cry or they laugh? My success is to wish everybody that's around me happy to look happy, look good, feel good and achieve what you want to achieve in life. If someone ever call you an African, tell them that what Amaya says, we are Africans. When I say Africans, Africans are capable of managing their own affairs. Africans are capable of building their own continent. Listen, I know Africa is not perfect but Africans are trying their possible best to change the narrative of the Africa that we all know. When I show you staffs like that, most of you might be like, yo this is beautiful but this is not owned by an African and this is why I am here. You're number one braga to celebrate every successful African. Can you guys give me my song? Yes, I'm here to celebrate a young man who built something out of nothing. When we got married, we had nothing. Not even a quarter plot, talking of half or one plot. We got married before we bought a plot of land. That is how the story started. This is the scarce of hustling. Everything is possible. We started this construction for the past, let's say, three years now and look at where we are. We started this three years ago. Yeah, three years ago. We started in a car as an office. Ahundai ascended 2005 model. That was our office. For Agazi homes. The whole group of companies. When you see me this happy, what you need to do to make me more happy is by liking the video, sharing this video so that this video can reach a lot of people. Because my job and what inspired me to do more of what I do is to see people being inspired to go out there to be great. It doesn't matter where you're born. I'm a village boy myself. People also call me village boy. Two village boys in the building. And let the story inspire masses. Help me like this video, share and subscribe if you are new to the channel. Do you actually see that so many Africans hate successful Africans? Exactly. 100% true. I've seen it. I've never asked anybody before. 100% true. Why are we like that? But a young person like you and you've been able to achieve something incredible like this, you don't think we need to celebrate you? I am not God. So you can celebrate me. I love that. Successful people in Africa are so humble. I am not and I need to brag on behalf of them. So today, I'm going to talk about you in a bragging way. But forgive me. It's just my nature. When I'm on camera, I brag a lot. Off camera, I'm very humble, just like you. It's around the name Agazi. No, no, no. Agazi is never my name. Agazi is not your name. No. Were you born and raised in Ghana? Yes. 100%. 100% Ghanaian. Tell me more. Where were you born in Ghana? I was born in Cufordia. Okay. Okay. And then raised up from the village called the Seshiyosu also. That's where I grew up from. So, people also call me a village boy. Two village boys in the building. If you're a village boy, let me know how was childhood like when you were growing up? It was very tough. It's like a punishment. How? Because imagine you are from the cocoa farm, the bush inside. You go to the city and all your colleges are dirty. And you meet your colleagues, your classmates. Looking very nice, gentle. How will you feel first? I feel embarrassed. Embarrassed. Where do you go to? You can't go. I mean with a tough childhood, how did you come out of it? Hmm. That is something I can say. It is my power. But it is God. God did it. God made me who I am today. Because I was zero, zero, zero. I was negative. I came from nowhere to become who I am today. I can't remember when I was going to to IPS. And I wanted to really tell my dad I want to go to school. And I got admission in IPS. He said there is no money. Okay? Then I have to go to my mother. You know my dad's how he feels like. Yeah. You see, your mother is still alive. Come on. Hi. How are you? Hi, I'm Rapo. Hi, I'm Niddo. So I went to this woman, my mother. I call her this woman because she's like a magician in my life. You see, my brother, my son, I don't have money, but I'll go and borrow money for you. I say, yeah, borrow me money. But then, what time? Change the currency to I want to know my new currency. So I said, he said, I will give you five hundred dollars. Go to the city. Go and think of what you do to make money. So I picked up five hundred dollars. And I went to Kokoro to the sawmill where they would be selling wood, carrying wood and all those things. So I start business with that five hundred dollars. And that five hundred dollars, when I wake in the week, then I'll go to school. When I every weekend, I will go to the sawmill where I pick for that, go inside the market like that. Then my first year in the IPS was like crazy. I have to patch in my friend's dormitory, a hostel. When I was going to school, I have only two clothes and then one foot. For the first semester, what I did was like a kiss from God. But I survived it today. Through the struggling, I met a couple of friends. Then now they started doing scrap businesses. Scrap? Yes, scrap, scrap. They go run by scraps and sell. Then I started that scrap business also with them. So that's more capital I was having. So every weekend, I go for scrap business and I have one boy. I give him the money, go run, go buy. And then weekends, I will come and go and sell. Is it when you do scraps here, probably it gives you a mark? Yeah. I'm sorry, because I've done it before. So it gives you a mark. The marks are there. No, I need to confirm. No, I want to see it. This is the scars of the hustling of this mark. I will show you. I'll show you. Big ones are there. Let's do something. It's such a story, isn't it? Whoa. What is here? This is a scar. What is here? That's another scar. And then we'll share. For my second years in IPA, even though things were tough for me. So I made this friend. Daniel, then he tried to help me. And then there he helped me link me up to a unibank. Then there I started working with unibank as a sales officer. So through there, then I have in mind one day I must be somebody in life. Wow. So through the bank, then I started packing notebooks. I started writing a little bit. I started writing about people's businesses. Because when I come to you as a company, like the way you are here today, I will ask you maybe, we call something KYC. So know your customer. Okay. Know your customer. So when I come to you, I ask you a lot of questions about your businesses. Okay. And then if it's a loan we are coming to give you, I will ask you so many documents. Who are your suppliers? How do you process? How do you make it? And how do you get raw materials? And then when you get it, how much do you sell it? So automatically, you give me your source of business. I get it from you. Wow. Source of capital. I've already got it. Okay. And then all your idea, your techniques in the business, I have them already. Because you had a sales and marketing. So I started packing those books down. So somewhere 2009, 2011, then I moved from that place to Mechand Bank, now Universal Mechand Bank. There too, I became a sales person and at the same time doing loans, scheme loans and things. And if you asked my teams, they would tell you, I am like a magician. Before 15th of every month, I meet my target, meet everything already. So it got to a time. The same thing that I was doing there. Then I get more knowledge about it. How to do it bigger and bigger for the sales. So I started going to oil companies, factories who consume oil and all those stuffs. Then there too, I said, packing the books. Okay. So I packed the books to like 2014, no, 2013. Then there, I left the bank to work with one company. Which is one? Which is an oil company. Over there, they said they'll pay me commission. But I didn't already, I didn't demand to work like maybe 50, 70, 100 trips. And the trip, they are supposed to mark me 500. So imagine, if I work for you and 500 by 100, how much? Supposed to give me like 50K. It's my pocket. And the CEO said, hey, they can't pay me that amount of money. Wow. He said they'll pay me 2000. I said, okay, I will take it. The month ends, he gave me, my first month, he gave me thousands of this. He didn't even give you your 2000. After the thousands of this, then now he pay me 500 every month. And I was like, why all this? I said, okay, well, it is me who said I wanted to learn. I was any like 1000, 800, 2000 from the bank. I passed my commission and make like 3000, 4000 a month. And I, I lived that to come say, okay, let me go and learn something there. So somewhere 2014. Yeah. One Sunday, I moved from the house and then my whole house got burnt. And everything in the house, including my certificate, everything got burnt. So when it got burnt, and I said, well, maybe it is good. Even some people's money that are with me as customers' money also got burnt. Whoa. So it became a headache for me. Everything of mine, even clothes to wear, only the clothes that I was wearing like this, that I went out. Cobert was lit for me. So everything there got burnt. So my friends, everybody, those who can help me, help me. Even said company I was working with, I went to them, beg them to borrow me money. They have to seize my car and pack it down. I take my car documents before they can give me the money. Wow. Which I did. Then to that struggling, I was chasing a contract for the same company. The very day they gave me the contract, I was fired from the company. The contract that you were chasing for the same company? Same company. I was fired. Wow. So it was there, I realized, no, God don't like me. Before I said God, God hates me. So quickly, I also started chaining my mind from God. Then something said, don't do, don't be a fool. Stick to it. You forgot it. You had something called agazi. Agazi is your motto, agazi is your story. Agazi has to be this. Your future company has to be agazi. Then there, I remember, in the hardship during the Mechand Bang time, I registered a company called agazi. So I called my friend that helped me get the contract for the company. And then I explained the whole thing to him. He said, forget it. Go and see Mr. Shoshone. So he will give you the product. I will pay for it. Madin, I was nobody. They helped you. I worked for them. I was working for them. They are making their millions of dollars. I don't have a problem. But I don't envy anything. The small one that comes into my pocket is mine. So if I work for you and you make one million dollars, and I get like 50,000, 70,000 dollars, why should I complain? That's it. Before I don't have any money. That's it. So through that, I was able to marry. Oh. On my wedding. When you were getting the 70,000 dollars, you were like, go, let me get a wife. No, before then, I was having some small fees deputies of 15,000. So I used it to make a knocking. I would pay a knocking down that would let me get married. Because my reverend kept telling me, if you get married, your life will change. So I said, if reverend said, let me go get married quickly. So quickly, I married my lady that I was with. But then quickly, and then fortunately for me, you see my house there. That's your house. That's my house. I will tell you something. Daniel and Kofi, they were out of the country. So on my wedding day, they said, go collect this money and take 50K. Okay. So I take the 50K that we're supposed to use for honeymoon. I asked my wife. My friends gave me this money. So what do we use it for? It's better you choose from two things. And that will still stick to the rented apartment or let's go and build with this money. And she said, a good woman would tell you, let's go and build. And the bad one would say, let's go and choose. So she said, let's go and build. And is that money you used to? It's not money. I used to start my work. And we built a house with this smart five bedroom house with two bedroom boys' quarters. We got married before we bought a plot of land. That is how the story started. Like everything at once, when he started with the oil company, should I say I was his accountant. When he brings some thousand, two thousand home, the next day I take it to the bank. But then one thing is, I've been his backbone. Jerry, after building my own house, I set up my own company. I started picking contracts on my own to supply fuel oil to other factories. And then there, my business started growing. From working for somebody? Then I set up my own. You set up your own business. So which means now there are a million dollars to be coming into your own pocket. That's a great one. Before I ask you the inspiration behind this whole estate, let me tell you something that you don't know. See, when you were looking for a job, you're struggling. Yeah, 100 percent. Have you seen the number of jobs that you've created? Yeah, for sure. How many people work for you? A lot. A lot. It doesn't even know the number. I can't. I can't. Unless I find out from my foreman, I can't find out from my foreman to come and give me a date. But I think there are about like 400 people. How does this make you feel when you come in here? Well, I feel happy that what I was struggling for, I mean people also enjoying it better. Wow. Because I don't want them to go through that hassle that I went through. You have an oil and gas company. Why start the real estate business? I was living here alone in the bush. So I sit down and say, why can't I create a community on my own for people to move here, whether the whole place become full of. So if you can even say the structures are affordable. Yeah. Everything is affordable. So any mere man come. I didn't intend of making huge amount of profit or money from it. So that's it. That's my main reason. Why should someone invest in these properties? Okay, so first of all, I would say the fact that the price is very competitive. Now with just $150,000, you get to own a home in a gated community. And it's not just about just the house. It's almost finished. Almost? Yes. You see the kitchen I told you, it's almost finished. This comes with it at no extra cost. And it's good brands, quality brands. So you have wardrobes in here. The kitchen is fully fitted. You have your hub, your hood, refrigerator, a washing machine in there already. It's part of the $150. It's part of it. You're not paying extra for it. There is DSTV connection, there is Internet connection. We've done the generator changeover. So when you come, you're just coming with your bed, your sofa, your clothes, and your utensils. That's it. For just $150,000 in a gated community. So rooms up here. Let's check out the master bedroom. First time to see. You feel like sleeping, right? Yeah. I feel like sleeping, but I love salt bed, you know. Oh! Are we still filming? What's the payment plan to? So you do 20% down payment, and then you have 24 months to pay the rest. Interest free. Two years? Interest free, no interest. And then the good thing is that we don't give you a fixed amount to pay. You pay at your own convenience and on your own terms. So you can decide, oh, I want to pay every month, maybe 2,000. I want to pay every quarter. I want to pay the balance in two installments. Anyhow, what we need is that by the end of the two years, you're done paying. This is unbelievable. Four bedroom for $160,000. And by the end of the two years, I'm not done paying. What are you going to do? You're going to take back your house? No, no, no. We won't take back our house. So now you see, we have other arrangements with financial institutions for external mortgage. So if at the end of the three years, you're not done, we would always recommend you to speak to a financial firm for a mortgage so they can give you maybe up to 20 years based on your age and all of that. Wow. So we wouldn't take back the house. No, this is such an incredible deal, man. I am buying one. How many units remaining? Oh, we have about 80 units available now. So a lot for everybody, a lot. I'm buying one, so 79 remaining. Please, let's do this. I mean, the fact that we are Africans, let's support Africans, man. Own a house in Ghana for just $150,000. Two years payment plan. Interest-free. Interest-free. That's what I love. Interest-free. I hate interest. No interest. You build this with a loan or your own money. I work for people. When I get commissions, I invest the commissions into their properties. You mean everything here? Everything here. How many units? Around 40 units. Dude. Four bedroom, three bedroom units? Yes. Four bedroom, three bedroom units. 114. And everything came out of your pocket. Man, this is an inspiration to me, myself, because I'm a village boy just like you. My father had a cocoa farm. Your father had a cocoa farm. And seeing this makes me feel like everything is possible. Will you say you are made in Ghana, brother? Yes, Ghana. 100%. At what point did you see yourself as an entrepreneur? Till now. I never see myself as an entrepreneur. What did you see yourself as? I see myself as a learner. I'm still learning. So I'm never an entrepreneur. And I am never going to be a chairman, see you, or whatever. Who are you in your own company, then? Me? I am an investor. I go one city, I invest it. I get to see this, I invest it. So I am an investor. So which means you have people that run all these things? Yes. Teamwork? Teamwork. Okay. You see your brother in his job. What do you have to do, invest in your brother with your one city that you have? Somebody needs just 20 cities to start a business. You ask him what you think we can make out of that. You check one or two. Maybe the one city can make a lot of profit to you. So invest the one city into the person businesses. Help him to grow. He will help you to make more money. So you invest thousands. He asked for 20 cities. You invest thousands of this into that business. You make more money, more profit out of that. You must go into family. So I would advise that you let's forget about this quick businesses that fetch or maybe importation and all those things. Let's go fully into family. What? We go to Dubai. Dubai, they are soil. You can't even plant anything to grow. But you go there, you see a lot of natural trees there. And in Africa, anywhere, even here, you dig here, you plant cocoa to grow, depending on how you take care of it. So I would advise that you would go fully into that fate. When you hear the name Africa, what comes into your mind? Something great, something powerful, something like a sieve, a mascara on my head. And very in mind, Africa, how does the map look like? Like a human head, a skull. So what is inside the skull? Brain? Brain. And what is inside the brain? Wisdom. But the white nose and they are always every day deceiving us to deviate from. What are the major challenges that you face when you are establishing this? The challenge are management issues. You set up a business, you give it to your friend or your brother or your somebody you trust to manage for you. Then they mismanage, they end up corrupting. So we call it African mentality. I don't know this, I've never asked anybody this question before, but I think I need to ask you. Do you actually see that so many Africans hate successful Africans? Imagine what we're doing here now. If it is a Chinese man or Indian man or American man that is building this, you see all Ghanians rushing to buy, to patronize. But because you are a black man doing it and you are a village boy doing it, you are nobody trying to grow. They will never buy a single for you. No rich man will tell you if you want to buy a black man or a Ghanian property. Why are we like that? If, for example, you let's take something like, let's go to Akra. I won't call names, but you see the big big towers that were erected by the whites or the foreigners are being occupied fully. And those ones that are being built, or established by a Ghanian, it's been collapsed. Or they will end up acquiring maybe some small space and then the rest, they abandoned it, which is very bad. So we always have the foreigners to take our money out. I think he has done an incredible job and believe it or not, this house is worth more than the prizes that they are given. So what I'm going to tell you is that the link is in the description. The numbers are on the screen. Please call them and buy one. This is coming from Guatemala. I'm in Dawson, Nagazi homes. And I know that you have 114 houses. So I'm just telling you that this video, congratulations. You just sold all your 114 houses. Please don't disappoint me. If you guys disappoint me. See, in two weeks time, call me. I will call the call. Tell me that the houses are sold out. Yes. Because we need to start supporting our own. The cheapest house in here, the most, how do you call it? The most expensive house in here is like $160,000. And I just want to tell you guys that let's do this. Let's support your man. Share this video so that others will hear his story. So that they will be inspired. Knowing that you're not the only person who is going through that. That's why I normally love to talk to people like you. If you have the chance to change one thing in Africa, what will it be? Support. From our leaders to the new commerce, like young investors, young entrepreneurs, we need to push them up. Wow. Like for instance, if you go to China, nobody goes to school to learn too much book. They all learn practicals, most of the practicals. And the way we are doing it is full of practicals. The way we live is practical. You're going to be aware of where you're depleted from. It's practical. China. They will say China. And truly it's China. Certainly. And the government promotes such things like that. You see you building like this. Government wouldn't mind to come and give you like maybe some $50 million to invest and do better and then do more. So in Africa, none of our leaders do that. They rather pick their money, go and invest in China, Dubai, UK, America and others. So that's it. Let's stay home and invest home. Thank you so much. 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