Liberia, July 24 -- The Chief Executive Officer of God's Willing Gas Station Incorporated, Odoshall Karnue, has recounted how steady reinvestment and hard work transformed a small kerosene trade into one of Nimba's growing business enterprises.

His company now operates 14 fuel stations across Liberia and has started construction on a 10 storey hotel in Ganta City, Nimba County.

Mr. Karnue told FrontPage Africa (FPA) that his entrepreneurial journey began in 1994 at age 14 when he earned US$2.50 a day working on farms.

He said that he pooled his savings to buy a gallon of kerosene at the time for L$35 and resold it, using the profits to support his family and pay school fees at St. Mary Center High School.

"I realized selling kerosene...