- 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.
- Brian Waswani Odhiambo, a partner at venture capital firm Novastar Ventures, highlights the verticals within West Africa's tech industry that excite him most from an investment perspective.
- Snehar Shah, CEO of coding school Moringa, talks about demand for tech talent, expansion opportunities and students' earning potential once they've completed a Moringa course.
- Digital sales are the next horizon of business growth for all consumer-facing businesses in Africa, but only a fraction of this potential has been tapped.
- Singaporean businessman Shaun Jayaratnam has been doing business in Africa for over a decade in various capacities. He shares his advice for foreign companies seeking to enter Africa’s consumer goods industry.
- Entry-level consumer electronics, plant-based dairy substitutes and snack food are some of the items Asian businesspeople could consider if they want to expand to Africa.
