- With African mobile gamers growing from an estimated 77 million in 2015 to 186 million in 2022, gaming startups across the continent are pulling in multimillion-dollar investments.
- Pauline Koelbl, founder of investment firm ShEquity, talks about the firm’s investments and business opportunities in sectors ranging from fintech and agribusiness to healthcare.
- Incofin Investment Management is about to launch its Water Access Acceleration Fund, which aims to capitalise on opportunities in the drinking water sector in Africa and Asia.
- It is estimated that in Africa, over 70% of food, beverage, and personal care products are sold through informal channels such as open-air markets, kiosks and table-top sellers.
- Andrew Nevin, a partner and chief economist at PwC West Africa, talks about the steps that must be taken to ensure Nigeria's enormous potential is realised.
- A number of African governments are introducing tax cuts and other incentives to boost the e-mobility industry and drive the demand for eco-friendly vehicles.
- Zachariah George, managing partner at Launch Africa, discusses the firm's investment philosophy and the potential of "fringe" markets such as Sudan, the DRC and Madagascar.
- Jaco Maritz selects his six favourite Business Growth Stories from 2022, featuring entrepreneurs from various countries and covering a range of industries, including food and beverage, property, e-commerce and logistics.
- The AfCFTA presents opportunities for financial institutions to serve financially excluded individuals and offer cross-border financial products for seamless and safe financial services.
- The business model of Mobility for Africa, a company that provides low-cost electric tricycles for the transportation needs of small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe.
- Femi Ogunjimi, a partner at Lagos-based private equity firm CardinalStone Capital Advisers, discusses healthcare opportunities and trends in Nigeria and beyond.
- AKM Glitters is a poultry business in Tanzania that operates using a franchise model where it provides farm inputs and technical services to smallholder farmers to start their own poultry ventures.
- From locally-made baby food to providing cold storage to farmers and market merchants, these five entrepreneurs are taking advantage of West Africa's agribusiness and food potential.
- In some manufacturing value chains, African countries are important producers of initial inputs but do not participate much in intermediary steps required to produce the final product.
- In the years to come fintech will likely become even more integral to African economies as businesses and customers alike recognise the long-term benefits of digital transactions.
- Investors seeking opportunities in Africa should consider backing domestic companies that provide services to international mining, and oil and gas operators.
- Pearl Capital Partners' Wanjohi Ndagu talks about the potential he sees in the snacks industry and opportunities to export food products to the wider East African region from Uganda.
- Oluwasoga Oni, co-founder of the BeaconHealth chain of medical diagnostic centres, talks about the company's early days and dealing with Nigeria's medical brain drain.
