Author Archive | Dinfin Mulupi

East Africa: How improved packaging can unlock growth for food producers

By Dinfin Mulupi on '18 July 2016' in Agribusiness & Food, Business Focus, Consumer Goods

Food companies can boost sales by introducing packaging that better cater to the needs of urban consumers, especially those at the lower-end of the market.

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Kenyan businessman aiming big with bicycle assembly plant

By Dinfin Mulupi on '15 July 2016' in Entrepreneur watch, Kenya, Manufacturing

Having set up an innovative bicycle financing model, Wycliffe Waweru is now venturing into manufacturing.

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Meet the Boss: James Craske, country manager Kenya, Yara International

By Dinfin Mulupi on '13 July 2016' in Agribusiness & Food, Kenya, Meet the Boss

'You can make a mistake, just don’t make the same mistake twice.'

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How this Norwegian fertiliser company plans to grow in Uganda and Kenya

By Dinfin Mulupi on '12 July 2016' in Agribusiness & Food, Foreign investment, Kenya, Uganda

An office and a telephone not enough to boost profits.

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‘Not too late to build FMCG brands in East Africa’

By Dinfin Mulupi on '11 July 2016' in Business Focus, Consumer Goods, Kenya

Kenyan company taking on the big boys with household cleaning products.

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Ecobank identifies five hot spots for investment in Africa

By Dinfin Mulupi on '10 July 2016' in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Foreign investment, Ghana, Infrastructure, Kenya, Senegal

Some countries are still growing fast on the back of increasingly diversified economies, an expanding consumer class and rising capital inflows.

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Private equity fund bosses on doing deals in Ethiopia

By Dinfin Mulupi on '5 July 2016' in Best of 2016, Business Focus, Ethiopia, Private equity

A growing number of private equity players are setting up shop in Ethiopia, but it’s not all smooth sailing.

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Côte d’Ivoire: Investors need to keep a cool head, says e-commerce boss

By Dinfin Mulupi on '4 July 2016' in Business Focus, Consumer Goods, Cote d’Ivoire, ICT

'There are lots of business opportunities but investors should not get overexcited.'

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Tullow Oil to ramp up activity in Kenya and looks to SMEs for partnership

By Dinfin Mulupi on '4 July 2016' in Foreign investment, Kenya, Oil & Gas

Tullow Oil is set to intensify drilling activities in Kenya towards the end of this year, with plans to produce ‘early oil’ by the second half of 2017.

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