I have Learnt from Every Challenge - Abayomi Adeola Della

Abayomi Adeola Della is a certified product manager, life coach and entrepreneur. She is also the founder of Taion Academy, a tuition free school in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. In this exclusive interview with our team at NELOC News, Della shares her story with us.

 

Can we meet you?

Guest: I'm Abayomi Adeola Tolulope. I'm a law graduate, blogger, entrepreneur, teens coach and humanitarian.

NNI: Could you tell us more about your brand, My Fine Wears?
Della: My Fine Wears isa brand that stands for a fashion store that is concerned about how people (with no age or sex limit) look in all affordability.

 

NNI: How challenging is running a business amongst other things?

Guest: Well, very challenging. But because, I've learned from every challenge, it makes the journey more interesting and helps my focus.

NNI: What motivation drives your businesses
Guest: I tell people that the big picture I have for my business, keeps me going. That's my driving force. Until I get there, there's no giving up.

 

NNI: Do you intend to practice Law or go the business way?
Guest: Both. I'm going both ways powerfully. They both cannot be a waste for my future. Law is my passion and it has every alignment with my purpose and so is Entrepreneurship.

 

NNI: A lot on your hands there, and still a student? How do you manage all of these?
Della: I just plan my time deliberately and I discipline myself to follow it squarely.

 

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NNI: What's your view on advertising?
Guest: Advertising plays a vital role in promoting a business and could be cheap or expensive too. Either ways, calculated risks should be taken. Its worth it if its going to promote the business.

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NNI: What do you think is the future of the fashion industry in Nigeria? Plus what sustainable advice do you have for studentpreneurs, fashion entrepreneurs and business men/women?
Guest: The future of the Fashion industry in Nigeria is comprehensively a growing one. Everyday, things come and on in vogue and I think in the future, we should be able to boast of international set up brands even from Nigeria.

My advice to fashion entrepreneurs is to be innovative and creative with it because whatever stands them out, can never be taken from them. I advice every other student entrepreneur like me to trust the process. It might not be so easy or smooth but focusing on tomorrow makes the journey smoother.

NNI: What do you for see in the future for My Fine Wears?

Della: A whole lot that words cannot describe yet. Basically, we want to satisfy every need in fashion in our best way. My Fine Wears is becoming more than a brand.

NNI: Thank you for having us.
Guest: Oh. The pleasure is mine.😊

12 Tips to Grow Your Business in 2026

These twelve tips, if followed holistically, would put you on a scale of growth and upspring in your business. 

Here is a list of 12 things for your business this year.

1. Be Consistent

I realized that when you are consistent at what you do, you get better and people get to know you more— your brand.

2. Cheer Yourself

There are ups and downs in business too but you cannot keep staying on your problems. You have to stand up and move on when things don’t go the way you planned.

3. Choose Collaboration Over Competition

The reason for the success of a lot of businesses has been because they have chosen to collaborate more than they have competed. It’s great to have a healthy competition— it drives sales. Collaboration on the other hands does two things— drives sales and also gets your publicity on two different networks— your own and the other company.

Read: Biography of Actress Kehinde Bankole 

4. Learn new Skills

It’s not enough to run a business, you should also take up new skills that your business would need like video marketing, content development, graphics designs, etc.

5. Hire more Staff

If you have the capacity and the cash flow, I strongly recommend that you hire more staff. As the CEO, you cannot do everything yourself. You have to delegate sometimes so you don’t run down or so your consistent and you don’t affect your business.

6. Start working on taking your business bigger: You honestly should start planning how you want your business to be in the next years to come and start working towards it. In dreaming big, don’t leave dreaming big about your business out.

7. When you get an idea, do it: of course after praying about it and you’re sure you want to do it, please do it. You never can tell how well it’d grow. Also, start as small as you can or as big as you can. You don’t need to start with a billion dollars funds.

 8. Don’t just market, make sales: there’s a clear difference between sales and marketing. While the former takes in money immediately, the latter just lets people know about your business and gives them the information they need.

 9. Shake off fear

I know your dreams might be big sometimes or maybe many times but you have to go for them and shake our disbelief in yourself. It’s not from God. It’s a state of mind that restricts your productivity.

10. Maximize your network

Don’t just keep up contacts to call and chat for nothing. They should be able to help you publicize, talk to people about your business and positively help you build your brand by also patronizing.

11. Work harder: Work longer hours for your business and do the things that’d help your business grow bigger. As earlier said, get more skills, higher more staff, through out more sales driving campaigns.

12. Read Business Books

No man is an island of knowledge. There are books that’d help you expand your horizon, teach you more and prepare you in that skill you have or you’re trying to improve in.

Conclusion

Every true business owner 

 

Abayomi Adeola Della Announce Evolufy Africa's New Stuctures, Incorporate Tsion Academy, Maendeleo Africa

 

In a bid to restructure its organizational outlook, Evolufy Africa has

 

Announcing the restructuring via an official LinkedIn Post, Abayomi Adeola Della, shared th excitement. According to her "we are excited to announce our new organizational structure— one that allows us to go deeper where it matters most. As a result, we now operate through two distinct arms:

1. Tsion Academy

Where we work to provide free, quality education to out-of-school children in underserved communities.

2. Maendeleo Africa

Equipping young African changemakers with the tools to lead, influence, and drive sustainable development across the continent.

Evolufy Africa

Started this as a teenager and over the past 9 years, Evolufy Africa has grown from a passion and charity project into a Pan-African platform impacting children, youth, and communities through education, leadership, and advocacy.

But growth demands focus.

Abayomi Adeola Della also deeply appreciated members of the Evolufy Africa team, some of whom have worked with the organisation for over six years. In her words, she mentioned that she is "grateful to Kehinde Adekunle, Monica Samuel-Onyugo, Grace Eyiolawi and Blessing Oluwasakin, ACIPM, HRPL, who have held things on for several years"!

Della asserted that this restructuring is not just an administrative shift— it’s a recommitment to impact, systems thinking, and the future of African development.

We’re building, learning, and collaborating more intentionally and we invite you to join us on this journey.

 

Tsion Academy Opens Second School Campus, Rededicates to Quality Education

 

Driven by a continued passion for education and a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of young people, Tsion Academy has launched its second free schooling facility in Ile-Ife, Nigeria This passion has been the driving force behind Tsion Academy's growth and success, and has led the team to successfully manage the first school facility over the last one year.  

According to Abayomi Adeola Della, founder of Tsion Academy, the launch of the new facility is a testament of the fact that a system of free quality education is possible, and that it indeed takes a village to raise a child. 

Under Della's visionary leadership, Tsion Academy has established itself as a centre of academic excellence and character development. Also, the institution's commitment to nurturing the whole child - intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically, has earned it a reputation in the Ile-Ife Community, as a trusted partner in education.

The new free school facility in Ile-Ife opened its doors to students on Monday, 28th April, 2025. Excited about the possibilities that the new school presents, Abayomi Adeola Della and the Tsion Academy team looks forward to a life of continuous excellence and integrity based service to the students and the Ile-Ife community at large.

While appreciating the Big Brothers, Sisters, sponsors, financial partners and volunteers who have supported Tsion Academy thus far, Della also reiterated the need for continuous sponsorship and partnership  for Tsion Academy. She enjoined future partners and sponsors to reach out via the academy’s website and social media profiles accordingly. Instagram bio @tsionacademy