The Alibaba of Africa: WaystoCap provides a platform for businesses to buy and sell goods

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 19 January 2021

Like the winding highways that connect the five African countries in which WaystoCap operates, Niama El Bassunie’s journey to becoming a tech entrepreneur took many twists.

Ethiopia: Entrepreneur builds business that trains tech professionals and matches them with employers

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 14 January 2021

Gebeya’s CEO, Amadou Daffe, shares how he started a company that trains tech professionals and matches them with employers in Africa and around the world.

Founder of SweepSouth on the ups and downs of starting a platform that connects clients and domestic workers

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 11 January 2021

South Africa’s SweepSouth connects clients with domestic workers, including cleaners, child-care providers and gardeners.

Kobo360 is digitising cargo delivery in Africa

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 6 January 2021

Obi Ozor, CEO and co-founder of Kobo360, reveals how his vision is transforming the way African goods move across the continent.

Kenya’s Peter Njonjo left his corporate job to build a company that connects farmers with small shopkeepers

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 4 January 2021

Peter Njonjo’s mission was straightforward: make food more affordable for Kenyans, who spend about 46% of their household income on food – among the highest percentage in the world.

Egypt: Entrepreneur builds e-commerce platform that connects small retailers to suppliers

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 2 January 2021

Belal El-Megharbel, CEO of MaxAB, describes how he grew his business from a small warehouse outside Cairo to a platform that features 22,000 retailers selling everything from dairy products to laundry detergent.

The Nigerian entrepreneur behind Africa’s response to Paypal and Stripe

Published by Gloria Mwaniga Odary on 31 December 2020

Shola Akinlade, co-founder and CEO of Paystack, discusses how focusing on local nuances helped him build a successful payments business.

The Alibaba of Africa: WaystoCap provides a platform for businesses to buy and sell goods

Ethiopia: Entrepreneur builds business that trains tech professionals and matches them with employers

Founder of SweepSouth on the ups and downs of starting a platform that connects clients and domestic workers

Kobo360 is digitising cargo delivery in Africa

Kenya’s Peter Njonjo left his corporate job to build a company that connects farmers with small shopkeepers

Egypt: Entrepreneur builds e-commerce platform that connects small retailers to suppliers

The Nigerian entrepreneur behind Africa’s response to Paypal and Stripe

Eight agribusiness and food opportunities in Africa worth pursuing in 2021

South African soft drink brand taps into global health trend

Uber-for-tractors platform makes agricultural machinery affordable for African small-scale farmers

An African sneaker brand: Founder of Bathu explains how he built his business

How to build a private schools business in Africa

Agribusiness in Africa: Investor reveals which areas hold the most potential

Entrepreneur wants Uganda to have a bigger slice of the $7bn market for superfood moringa

The Nigerian entrepreneur behind Africa’s response to Paypal and Stripe

Profit-making idea: Manufacturing affordable feed for Ghana’s poultry industry

Ghana: Entrepreneur builds business by turning cocoa waste into organic fertiliser

How Covid-19 did what poverty could not: Convince Africa it needs to manufacture

The Alibaba of Africa: WaystoCap provides a platform for businesses to buy and sell goods

Profit-making idea: Providing grain storage space for Ghana’s maize farmers

Nine entrepreneurs producing branded food products in Africa

Ugandan company streamlines vehicle maintenance through online platform

Entrepreneur explains the ups and downs of building a seed company in Ghana

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