African Business Growth Stories, Ideas and Trends - How we made …
DOB Equity has backed well-known companies like M-Kopa, Twiga Foods, and Victory Farms. Former co-CEO Saskia van der Mast shares the investment lessons she has learned and her insights on the region’s business environment.
Start your own small-scale chicken farming venture in Africa
Nov 26, 2024 · PARTNER CONTENT. Start your own small-scale poultry farming venture anywhere in Africa with Kiki Agri’s chicken houses. How we made it in Africa has partnered with South Africa-based Kiki Agri to provide our readers with a full kit plus free digital support.. Kiki Agri’s product range includes the Eggy 80, for egg production, and the Nkoko 100, for broiler (meat) production.
Zambia: The entrepreneur who sold her house to build a fintech …
Nov 22, 2024 · Chilufya Mutale is in the business of lending money to underserviced people in Zambia and beyond. As the co-founder of eShandi, a Lusaka-based company formerly known as Premier Credit, she has overseen the disbursement of over $11 million in loans since 2019.
Three entrepreneurs tapping into Ghana’s farming potential
Oct 15, 2024 · Watch our full in-depth interview with Nana Owusu-Achau. 2. There’s global demand for Ghana’s shea nuts: This CEO saw an opportunity. Dora Torwiseh, CEO of the oilseed processing company Nuts for Growth, has capitalised on the potential of shea nuts, which are indigenous to Africa.
How this Japanese entrepreneur started an e-motorbike business …
Oct 12, 2024 · Interview summary. Yuma Sasaki’s drive for new experiences has led him down unique paths. In his younger years, he once travelled to Paris with no money – only a round-trip ticket – to understand what it was like to live as a homeless person and rely on begging.
'I was very scared, very nervous': Zambian entrepreneur on …
Dec 2, 2024 · Chilufya Mutale is the co-founder of eShandi (formerly Premier Credit), a Zambia-based fintech company that extends loans to small businesses and low-income consumers.Alongside her husband-turned-business-partner, Mutale has overseen the disbursement of over $11 million in loans since 2019.
Three entrepreneurs unlocking Tanzania’s agribusiness opportunities
Oct 30, 2024 · We take a closer look at three entrepreneurs tapping into Tanzania’s agribusiness potential, from processing cashews for export and cultivating apples to building a poultry franchise network.. 1. The entrepreneur bringing cashew processing home to Africa. Fahad Awadh is the founder of YYTZ Agro-Processing, an export-focused cashew producer based in Tanzania.
Ghana: Entrepreneurs find opportunity in snail farming
Jan 15, 2024 · The concept of commercial snail farming struck Trisolace’s Nyarko while job hunting, a time when he encountered friends and fellow civil engineering graduates also struggling to find employment.
An African sneaker brand: Founder of Bathu explains how he built …
Oct 26, 2020 · Bathu is a South African footwear brand started by entrepreneur Theo Baloyi. Sven Hugo talks to Baloyi about how he grew the business from an idea to selling 15,000 pairs per month.. Bathu’s story begins at an airport in Dubai. Founder and CEO Theo Baloyi was cruising the duty-free shops, staving off boredom during an eight-hour layover en route to Saudi Arabia, where he worked on secondment ...
Zambia: A fintech success story that began at a market in Kitwe
Nov 25, 2024 · The couple worked closely with market leaders, who managed the vendors and understood their operations. Because vendors paid levies to the market association, the leaders had insights into which traders were established, consistent in …