Alabi Opeyemi Theophilus
4 min readApr 4, 2021

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5 LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN 2021

Ain’t it time you stopped aging alone and started growing as well?

Well, growing in the 21st century isn’t just about adding age, flesh and weight. It entails development in every spheres and areas of your life, either physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, sexually(chuckles) and most especially in this context, financially.

I know achieving financial independence and stability can be quite challenging and of course, everything isn’t just about making money and the goal isn’t just to make money, the goal is to live life on your own terms.

A wise young man once said, “you must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” Funny right? Lol, I know it’s funny when they say “lack of money will control you” as in, how in heaven’s name is that even possible?

But it’s the truth, you need unrestricted access to financial resources to take control of, improve and to live life on your own terms.

Financial dependency means financial slavery and it’s imperative to seek freedom.

However, achieving financial independence and stability is a very noble goal and its processes should be noble as well. Making money illegally or dubiously does not portray your noble intent.

Trust me, I’m not trying to convince you to opt for an office job or a “white collar job” like we do say (smiles, I’m not a fan as well), likewise, I’m not trying to tell you not to go for an office job.

But I strongly recommend that you try out business and investments. There are several businesses and opportunities in the labour market in which you can invest your time, energy and capital in.

5 LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN 2021.

Listed below are examples of lucrative and legal businesses you can invest in and of course, reasons why you should invest in them and tips needed to invest in them.

1. AGRICULTURE

Agriculture for years has been a very lucrative business and a source of stable income for many.

According to recent statistics, the population of the world increases with an estimate of 81 million people per year and by 2030, the world population is expected to have witnessed an increase of about 1.5 billion people.

That means 81 million more mouths to feed yearly and 1.5 billion more mouths to feed by 2030, (lol, the world sure is growing).

Luckily enough, investing in agriculture necessarily doesn’t require to be in large scale.

Small scale investment is feasible as with little capital, a small piece of land, little labour, you can set up small-scale agricultural businesses like: poultry, fish farming, cattle rearing, crop planting, pig rearing etc.

2. TRANSPORTATION

This is actually one of my favourite business ideas.

I mean migrating from one geographical location to the other is a day-to-day activity of the human society.

Transportation business can be very lucrative, judging from a well-known fact that thousands of people partake in journeying around different locations inside and outside of a country.

People journey around for different purposes on different occasions. You can travel around for business purposes, social events, festivals and for many more reasons. Just name ‘em.

As a short reminder, not only human beings partake in migration. Even goods, services and commodities can be transported across several geographical points and locations.

Transportation remains a necessity for any society with plans for improvement and development. As a result, several lucrative businesses in transportation are surfacing.

From a long list of transportation businesses, you can start up in your locality, very profitable few have been highlighted:

· Vehicles Hiring Service

· Taxi/ Cab Services

· Haulage Services

· Ambulance and Hearsing Services (chuckles)

· Livestock and Farm Produce Transportation Business

· Travel Agency

· Courier Services

· Higher Purchase Services

3. REAL ESTATE

In recent times, real estate ranks top amongst the most profitable and promising businesses in the business world.

As your society’s population grows daily, the need for new accommodations industries and offices grows daily, hence, there is a daily need for the real estate industry.

If the world is to expect 1.5 billion more people, then 1.5 billion more people will need accommodations and offices, hence, the real estate business looks very promising in coming days.

The 3 areas you can invest in the real estate industry are:

i. Residential real estate

ii. Commercial real estate

iii. Industrial real estate

4. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DESIGNS AND DECORATIONS

Interior and exterior decorations is another profitable and promising business in recent times

The need for new accommodations, offices and industries has continuously led to increase in the demand for the interior and exterior decorations industry.

New buildings like: residencies, schools, offices, banks, etc. need to be designed and decorated before use.

5. OIL AND GAS

I know you’ve been told by many that oil and gas is no longer a promising business because of the advent of electric cars and other gadgets.

That’s just a baseless claim and prediction of ignorant individuals.

The oil and gas industry remains a profitable and promising business even in coming days.

It’s advisable to plant your capital in the oil and gas industry.

Even with the advent of electric gadgets like: cars, cookers, tesla and others, the oil and gas industry will continue to boom because the world still possess a large percentage of old-fashioned individuals.

Individuals like that prefer to do manual rather than electric.

Conclusion

My heart breaks! When I see individuals yearn to invest their leftovers, but are not chanced to invest. Probably, owing to their inability to come up with a nice business idea.

Fear not! For it’s very normal. And not everyone is a natural-born entrepreneur. I’m also not one. Besides, business ideas are not stones you can find all around.

Relax and rejoice! For I have come to dish out valuable business ideas and opinions which I hope you’d find useful in investing your leftovers.

5 LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES YOU CAN INVEST IN 2021 proposes business ideas you can invest your leftovers in.

Remember! The goal isn’t just to make money, the aim is to be able to live life on your own terms.

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Alabi Opeyemi Theophilus

I am the horpehtimi. I'm about guiding the paths of striving individuals with alluring contents towards achieving financial independence and help build success.