Eight agribusiness ideas to consider in West Africa: Catfish, cassava, fonio and more Published by Staff Writer on 14 September 2021 Investors and businesspeople highlight eight agriculture-related ideas to explore in West Africa.
Industrialisation of cassava in East Africa: Investor identifies gaps in the market Published by Jeanette Clark on 13 September 2021 Wanjohi Ndagu, partner at Pearl Capital Partners, highlights market opportunities for processed cassava products.
Zimbabwe: Start-up finds traction with health foods made from baobab and bananas Published by Irene Kalulu on 13 September 2021 Artisinal Foods produces baobab juice, green banana flour and green banana porridge.
Opinion: South African retailers retreat from East and West Africa Published by Dianna Games on 10 September 2021 The recent announcement that South African retail company Massmart was selling off its Game stores in five African countries rang alarm bells about the future of the consumer opportunity in Africa.
Demand for locally-produced fish opening up a multi-billion dollar market in Africa Published by Seth Onyango on 10 September 2021 Demand for fish will far exceed the 10 million metric tonnes of today and by 2050 may reach between 16-29 million metric tonnes per year.
Digitisation seeds opportunities for Eastern Africa’s farmers Published by Everlyne Situma on 9 September 2021 Trade and supply disruptions are affecting farmers in rural Kenya and Uganda, but digital platforms offer new markets.
Profit-making idea: Opportunities to supply packaging material in Malawi Published by Jeanette Clark on 8 September 2021 Malawi’s packaging suppliers cannot meet the demand and specific requirements from businesses in the country.
VC in Africa had a bumper 2020 – what lessons can private equity learn from it? Published by Bryan Turner on 8 September 2021 There might be potential for private equity investors to put their money behind companies that are still in their growth phases.
New law will make Nigeria’s petroleum industry attractive to investors Published by Omowumi Iledare on 6 September 2021 Nigeria’s new petroleum law will make its petroleum industry as competitive and attractive to investors as its peers.
Malawi: Entrepreneur capitalises on agro-processing opportunities Published by Jeanette Clark on 6 September 2021 Victoria Msowoya Mwafulirwa outlines how she started and grew Homes Industries, a company that processes locally-grown sunflower seeds, groundnuts and rice.
How Prosoya Kenya leverages learning Published by Staff Writer on 3 September 2021 Prosoya Kenya Innovation Manager Fridah Kaburu focuses her every workday on how to improve lives.
Africa’s more than 130,000 USD millionaires creating demand in luxury segment Published by Conrad Onyango on 3 September 2021 As Africa’s fast-growing super-affluent splurge to satisfy a desire for the finer things in life, their tastes and preferences are building one of the continent’s fastest-growing business segments – luxury.
Rwanda: Chilli producer starting to crack the Chinese market Published by James Torvaney on 2 September 2021 Entrepreneur talks about how he built a multi-million dollar business exporting chilli products to Europe and Asia.
Regional trade expected to be the big winner as South Sudan, Sudan look to re-open border Published by Seth Onyango on 31 August 2021 Sudan and South Sudan will reopen their borders on October 1 for the first time in 11 years, in a deal expected to re-calibrate trade between the two states and usher in a new diplomatic dawn for the erstwhile foes.
