Ruth Adefolakemi Gabriel-Ajobiewe has an entrepreneurial mind. When she did not find employment after graduating with her BSc in biochemistry and completing a year of national youth service, she started selling fish. With the proceeds, she produced and sold drinking-chocolate powder until she had saved enough money to do her master’s degree in Food and Industrial Microbiology, with a research focus on the fermentation of jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis) and their biochemical composition. A newlywed, she was encouraged by her husband to pursue further training.