- Supported by the UAE’s pioneering award, the Zayed Sustainability Prize, M-KOPA is on track to reach 4 million underbanked consumers in sub-Saharan Africa by this year.
- Ibrahim Sagna, chairman of Silverbacks Holdings, discusses investment opportunities in Africa's sports, media and entertainment, and lifestyle/fashion sectors.
- DigsConnect is an online student housing marketplace started in 2018 by co-founders Alexandria Procter and Greg Ramsay-Keal in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Founder of Chemsols talks about about the initial challenges of setting up a chemical manufacturing business and how his company stands to profit from the burgeoning construction and leather industries in East Africa.
- Nigeria’s new Dangote petroleum refinery is Africa’s biggest – it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address the country’s energy supply crisis.
- CEO of logistics company Paps talks about identifying an opportunity in the market, building the company, and pivoting to a business-to-business model.
- Les scieries Wood-Mizer ouvrent les portes aux entreprises de scierie en Côte d’Ivoire pour prospérer, aux usines de transformation du bois à démarrer et à la protection des forêts naturelles du pays.
- Wood-Mizer sawmills are opening the doors for sawmilling businesses in the Ivory Coast to prosper, timber factories to start up, and for the country’s natural forests to be protected better.
- At the African Private Capital Association's annual conference, a panel of venture capital investors in Africa were asked to each identify a company from their portfolios that excite them the most.
- Some North African countries, including Morocco and Egypt, have emerged as attractive destinations for healthcare investments, according to Afsane Jetha, CEO of private equity firm Alta Semper.
- Sudan's acacia trees provide over 70% of the global gum arabic supply, a vital ingredient in fizzy drinks, cosmetics, and candy, with few substitutes available.
- Co-founder of Forest Africa Zambia talks about the company's business model, the benefits of targeting smaller retail outlets as a sales channel, and future diversification plans.
- Afsane Jetha, the CEO of Alta Semper, discusses the firm's investment in Macro Group Pharmaceuticals, highlighting the company's import substitution strategy and the efforts to prepare it for a stock market listing.
- Entrepreneurs across Africa are pioneering innovative business models in the sports industry, creating opportunities for athletes to earn more money.
- The MD Finance & Group Chief Financial Officer’s primary objective is to develop, implement, align, and control the Group’s financial strategies with the overall strategy of the Group.