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Building an avocado oil export business from Kenya
The former investment banker who co-founded an avocado oil company now selling throughout the world.
Oct 26
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How we made it in Africa
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Brooks Washington’s four lessons from building businesses in Africa
Washington says the biggest determinant of success is simply sticking at it.
Oct 20
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How we made it in Africa
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From beer bottles in Ethiopia to data centres: The American entrepreneur who goes big in Africa
Having launched a glass factory, a pan-African data centre business and an equipment financing company, Roha Group’s Brooks Washington is now building a…
Oct 16
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How we made it in Africa
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‘It’s a very hot market’: Co-working space operator bullish on Guinea
Why Grégoire Schwebig, founder of AfricaWorks, is considering opening shop in Guinea.
Oct 5
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How we made it in Africa
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September 2026
Beyond remittances: Freelancers and China trade are big cross-border payment flows for Africa
Cross-border payments in Africa: A conversation with TransFi's Raj Kamal.
Sep 29
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How we made it in Africa
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This entrepreneur went from Goldman Sachs to building a financial firm in Nigeria – all part of his 30-year plan
Femi Ogunjimi discusses his journey as an entrepreneur and investor.
Sep 24
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How we made it in Africa
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From Treatment Room to Shelf: How Abby Bakare Turned Years of Clinical Experience into Skincare for Every Skin Type
After more than a decade in medical aesthetics and more than 10,000 aesthetic procedures, Nigerian skincare expert Abby Bakare identified a problem…
Sep 21
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How we made it in Africa
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How to build a profitable co-working space business in Africa
Grégoire Schwebig on growing AfricaWorks to seven cities across the continent.
Sep 15
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Building trust: How one developer in Zanzibar built investment safety into the resort’s structure
When Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021, he was not expecting to build a village.
Sep 9
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How we made it in Africa
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Betting the family home on sausages in Rwanda
Herve Tuyishime started his own business with a simple ambition: to build a better life for himself and his family. A few years later, that same…
Sep 9
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How we made it in Africa
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Meet the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10
Ten entrepreneurs from eight African countries are heading to the Grand Finale in Kigali.
Sep 3
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How we made it in Africa
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A Mbappé-backed French health insurer just bought this Senegalese startup. Its founders reflect on the journey
Alan, the French health insurance company with footballer Kylian Mbappé as an investor, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Tanel.
Sep 2
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How we made it in Africa
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