- Thirteen years ago, what later became a leading women’s fashion brand in Kenya consisted of several boxes of clothes in Wandia Gichuru’s living room.
- From a Cape Town clothing brand backed by rugby captain Siya Kolisi to a company commercialising goat meat in Zambia, we highlight seven entrepreneurs building businesses in Southern Africa.
- Dutch investor Barthout van Slingelandt, managing partner of XSML Capital, shares his experiences of backing companies in the DRC, Uganda, and Angola.
- From exporting Nigerian superfoods to the American market to enhancing local food supply chains, these entrepreneurs are tapping into Nigeria’s agricultural potential.
- Chantal Murebwa grew New Kigali Designers and Outfitters from a small venture with just two tailors and one sewing machine, into a thriving fashion company.
- We highlight eight promising opportunities in Africa’s agribusiness sector, from tapping into the growing global demand for baobab powder, to exporting made-in-Nigeria food products to America.
- In 2010, in the aftermath of the global economic crisis of 2007-09, South African food company Fynbos Fine Foods found itself grappling with declining demand.
- French-speaking West Africa’s agribusiness sector presents robust investment opportunities, according to Evelyne Dioh Simpa, managing director of investment firm WIC Capital.
- From trading with small-scale farmers to building a goat meat empire, these five companies are tapping into the potential of Zambia's agribusiness and food industry.
- A significant opportunity exists to supply the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a market of approximately 100 million people, with products from Zambia.
- Rozelle Abramson, co-owner of South Africa’s Fynbos Fine Foods, highlights numerous benefits of the private label approach over exclusively promoting one's own brand.
- Fynbos Fine Foods started in the kitchen of co-owner Rozelle Abramson. Today, the company produces a range of hot sauces, pestos, chef salts, and jams that are sold worldwide.
- L’histoire édifiante d’une industrielle du sciage entreprenante de la RDC qui a encouragé son mari, sa famille et l’Afrique tout entière à dépasser la tradition, à sortir de la pauvreté et à faire le choix d’une vie meilleure est en train de s’écrire.
