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Rising unemployment has left many a young person in Nigeria, with limited options for a career. Many wait for often promised but rarely delivered jobs to be created in the public and private sectors, but others have taken matters into their own hands. Sophia Adengo tells the story of Emmanuel Ngene who has taken up his entrepreneurial skills to make a living.

Emmanuel Ngene, is a political science graduate from Abuja University. He began his search for a job long before he wrote his final paper.

When his hunt for employment failed, he created his own – manufacturing leather shoes using locally sourced leather material.

He is part of a growing number of young people turning to entrepreneurship as a solution to joblessness.