How We Made It In Africa

23 Nov 2022 - 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.

22 Nov 2022 - 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.

22 Nov 2022 - Africa imports €570 million of food preparations for infant use every year, and this figure is projected to exceed €1.1 billion by 2026.

20 Nov 2022 - We ask founder Tarebi Alebiosu about the company’s business model and e-commerce trends in Nigeria.

18 Nov 2022 - 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.

17 Nov 2022 - Electric vehicle company Roam manufactures fully electric motorcycles and buses in Kenya.

15 Nov 2022 - 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.

15 Nov 2022 - Green hydrogen offers an opportunity for Africa to capitalise on its massive renewable energy endowment.

10 Nov 2022 - 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.

10 Nov 2022 - Money to be made in investments that reduce the damage caused by climate-change induced natural disasters.

8 Nov 2022 - We highlight five investment firms with a focus on backing agribusiness and food companies on the continent.

8 Nov 2022 - Chinezi Chijioke, CEO and co-founder of Nova Pioneer, talks about building the business, demand for private education in Africa and the impact of inflation on the group.

6 Nov 2022 - Traderex directly connects African smallholder farmers to the wider international market through formalised exchanges.

4 Nov 2022 - An interview with the managing director of Health54, a new CFAO-backed African healthcare investment fund.

4 Nov 2022 - Olaide Agboola, CEO of Purple Real Estate Income Limited, shares his perspective on student accommodation, low-income housing and development prospects in cities beyond Lagos.

3 Nov 2022 - In 2017, Lesley Marange, a young food scientist in Zimbabwe, quit his job at a local sugar processor citing poor remuneration. Today he is the founder and CEO of Glytime Foods, a healthy food start-up with over 40 employees.

3 Nov 2022 - Chickin Worx founder talks about his journey so far and the nuances of Egypt's restaurant industry.

2 Nov 2022 - The DRC, Niger, Rwanda and South Sudan, along with the island nations of Seychelles and Mauritius, are set to be the region's fastest growing economies this year.

31 Oct 2022 - From Morocco to Mauritius, African countries are creating special economic zones to accelerate and diversify economic growth.

30 Oct 2022 - There is increasing interest in traditional African vegetables, particularly among wealthier consumers in cities.

27 Oct 2022 - Entrepreneur talks about growing her business and the opportunity she sees under the African Continental Free Trade Area.

26 Oct 2022 - After being battered by Covid-19, African airlines are re-modelling operations to increase connectivity, traffic volumes and profitability.

25 Oct 2022 - There is increasing demand for fresh pineapple and pineapple products in regional and international markets.

23 Oct 2022 - An additional four African cities – Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Khartoum and Luanda – will reach megacity status within the next three decades.

20 Oct 2022 - After working as an IT consultant in Europe for over a decade, Eric Medji took advantage of a business opportunity in his home country Benin.

19 Oct 2022 - Digital health management solution for non-communicable diseases, Wazima, the latest African female-led start-up to secure funding from two gender focused investment firms.

19 Oct 2022 - Scrapays' technology allows others to start and run their own recycling businesses.

13 Oct 2022 - Kenya’s recent twin shipment of batteries and tea to Ghana – the first from an East African economy under the African Continental Free Trade Area – has injected fresh impetus into the fledgling free trade initiative.

13 Oct 2022 - Zanzibar is undergoing an infrastructure overhaul

11 Oct 2022 - Flow Equity is a multi-country poultry business targeting rural households. Chris Issac, chief investment officer at AgDevCo, unpacks the company's business model.

10 Oct 2022 - Turaco embeds its insurance into the products and services of third-party companies.

7 Oct 2022 - Talking business with the founder of Nelwa’s Gelato.

6 Oct 2022 - The business model involves purchasing unwanted electronic appliances from members of the public and transforming them into valuable items sold at a significant discount.

5 Oct 2022 - Africa’s innovation ecosystem has seen a highly eventful start to the year.

4 Oct 2022 - In many sub-Saharan African countries, cold chain infrastructure is underdeveloped, and in some places even non-existent.

3 Oct 2022 - Work-from-home has not replaced the office; corporate accommodation presents attractive potential; and industrial real estate continues to outperform.

29 Sep 2022 - Moving to Lagos from Nairobi three years ago, I thought I knew a bit about fintech in West Africa. Turns out there was more to learn.

29 Sep 2022 - The way we live and work has transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic and even as activities may have gained normalcy, its effects are still evident.

28 Sep 2022 - A strategic focus on exploring business opportunities across the continent.

28 Sep 2022 - Leaders in African finance to meet in Lomé on 28 and 29 November 2022.

17 Aug 2022 - While there are clear opportunities to export fonio from Mali, significant improvements in postharvest processing are required.

17 Aug 2022 - Investor talks about opportunities in the livestock and agro-processing industries, and reveals the investment that bagged his firm an 8x return.

15 Aug 2022 - Savenda Capital has identified a business opportunity in the unfair and inefficient way fresh produce is currently sold in Zambia. It sees potential to expand its solution throughout the continent.

14 Aug 2022 - In a recent report, the International Finance Corporation highlighted growth opportunities in Namibia’s horticulture and livestock industries.

14 Aug 2022 - "TROTRO Tractor is the Uber for tractors. We digitally connect people in the agriculture sector to farm implements and machines," says CEO Emmanuel Ansah-Amprofi.

11 Aug 2022 - Founder of AFA Sports talks about market dynamics in the local sports and athleisure wear industry, and the company’s marketing strategy.

16 Jun 2022 - Nigerian company Releaf has developed equipment and software to make the oil palm value chain more efficient and profitable.

15 Jun 2022 - Congo-based businessman Michel Djombo highlights three opportunities he believes hold potential for prospective investors and entrepreneurs.

14 Jun 2022 - Like many risk assets, African bonds benefited from loose developed country monetary policy over the past decade, which resulted in inflows; however, these have now begun to reverse.

14 Jun 2022 - Cattle protects investors from inflation and can offer attractive returns.