The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) initiative is pleased to announce that Jerry Yang will join the judging panel at the 7th ...

Joël Sikam is the founder and CEO of Fisco Industries, a manufacturer of home and personal cleaning products in Cameroon. His ambition is to build Africa’s equivalent of Procter & Gamble, the American ...

After building a property portal and a corporate transport venture, Moroccan entrepreneur Ismael Belkhayat, together with his wife, Sophia Alj, launched Chari in 2020 to give small shopkeepers a ...

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes launched Lagos-based Aruwa Capital Management to tackle a significant funding gap for small businesses in Nigeria and Ghana, particularly those led by women. About six years on, ...

Hadija Jabiri is the founder of GBRI, a Tanzanian agribusiness company that started with vegetables and now exports avocados to Europe and India. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz ...

For Mohamed Sowe, there is something magical in the transformative power of a tiny onion seed. In just four months, with the right conditions, Sowe says, the seed, as small as a grain of sand, can ...

At just 41, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Olu of Warri, stands as one of the youngest traditional rulers on the African continent yet his reign reflects the gravitas and clarity of a leader far beyond his ...

From tapping into overlooked crops such as fonio to substituting imported fish with locally produced alternatives, Nigeria’s agribusiness and food sector presents several promising opportunities. Here ...

From a meat processing venture in Rwanda to a Tanzanian fruit and vegetable business, and a Malawian supplier of animal feed and veterinary products – these are just a few of the companies in the ...

FoodCourt is redefining the traditional food delivery model in Nigeria. The company operates over a dozen in-house, delivery-only restaurant brands – including Jollof & Co. (everyday Nigerian cuisine) ...

Botswana’s diamond mining industry, the backbone of its economy, faces challenges from the rising popularity of lab-grown diamonds. Lab diamonds have captured 15% to 20% of the market due to their ...

Earlier this year, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) published a report highlighting several business opportunities in Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector. Zimbabwe’s horticultural output aligns ...