- Jérôme Lapaire, founder of the Africa-focused eyeglasses company Lapaire, emphasises the importance of being willing to close down a business unit that isn't working.
- From Rwandan avocados and chillis to Nigerian cashew nuts and ginger, we highlight nine companies that are successfully exporting African food products to the global market.
- How American-born Carl Jensen and his co-founders at Good Nature Agro built a business with $10 million in revenue by collaborating with smallholder farmers in Zambia.
- Financing for farmers, logistics services for the agricultural sector, and growing food for export to surrounding countries. These are some of the agribusiness opportunities in northern Nigeria.
- The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
- Debby Lawson, founder and COO of Fastizers, a Nigeria-based producer of cookies and snack foods, had not initially planned to start her own business.
- “We believed many of the stereotypes around northern Nigeria were wrong, and that there were bankable ideas and executors that weren’t getting funded.”
- The co-founders of Aduna Capital recognise significant untapped potential in northern Nigeria, a region that encompasses about half of the country's total population but attracts only a small portion of startup funding.
- During a session at the recent SuperReturn Africa conference, a group of African investors were asked to identify a frontier market they are optimistic about.
- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, recently awarded the winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award in sustainability and humanitarianism.
- Glytime Foods, a leading agro-processing company dedicated to producing wholesome and health-conscious products, is seeking passionate distributors to partner with us in expanding our reach across Africa.
- Talking business with Ebun Feludu, the founder of Kokari Coconuts & Company, a Nigerian agro-processing company which turns coconuts into a variety of food and personal care products.
- Kamal Govan, portfolio manager of the Allan Gray Africa Equity Fund, discusses the macroeconomic and idiosyncratic risks facing select businesses in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Egypt.
- While many real estate developers avoid affordable housing, Johannesburg-based IHS has crafted a profitable model for such projects in South Africa and beyond.
- La gamme de déligneuses multiples de Wood-Mizer est conçue de façon robuste pour supporter des conditions de travail difficiles tout en assurant une production de bois uniforme.
- KT Wash’s Sky Washing Powder, Marketing Division have recently appointed a new Marketing Manager, with Shandré Sund joining the detergent manufacturing company.
- Amid ongoing discussions about the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), several food and agriculture companies with operations in Nigeria are already tapping into the massive American market.
- The businesswoman-turned-filmmaker behind 'Namaste Wahala' discusses the prospects for crafting entertainment content that resonates with both Nigerian and Indian audiences.
- Zambia's real estate sector offers three distinct opportunities: gated estates in Lusaka's outskirts, student housing, and retirement properties in Livingstone.
- South African private equity firm Ascension Capital Partners recently acquired a 45% shareholding in Paul's Muesli, a producer of muesli, granola and cereal bars.
