Olamide Babajide makes furniture and accessories from trash.
A young Nigerian woman, Olamide Babajide has devised a strategic way of turning trash to cash by making beautiful household furniture from waste products.
In an era when the rate of unemployment is on a fast increase coupled with the lingering decline in the country's economy, Babajide doesn't want to be caught up among the many young people who sit at home waiting for the government to provide them jobs.
The graduate of Computer Engineering has taken the bull by its horns and is making a living out of her creativity.
To an average Nigerian, waste products deserve a place in the trash bins but this young woman feels differently, she sees those waste products as raw materials with which she makes beautiful furniture and accessories for homes, offices and social events.
In 2014, Babjide established Pearl Recycling in Lagos state where she mans the position of the Creative Design Strategist (CDS).
The organization specializes in transforming recyclables like newspapers, straws, plastics, car tyres, old CD's into household furniture and accessories for sale.
Asides making beautiful pieces of art from these waste products, Pearl Recycling,also helps in keeping the environment clean.
According to Babjide, the organization employs the services of some young persons to gather the waste products and get paid for their efforts in the end.
She had stated sometime ago that the idea was birthed during a trip to the United Arabs Emirates in 2012 where a piece of art that cost several hundreds of dollars was discovered to be made from corn shrubs.
In her words: "We are not like the everyday interior décor merchants, but ours is a different blend of interior crafting, where exquisite office equipment, like shelf, is used to beautify homes.
"Currently, we have trained up to twenty people since inception, and these people have started utilising the skills and knowledge gained in their various localities, encouraging the economy. We are changing the inclination.
"Recycling helps us to convert our old products into new useful products and also helps our environment.
"Our clients are in every state of the country covering a large demographic and we have been able to meet the needs of 98% of our clients.