Sectors

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.

Namibia: Family business commercialising the marula fruit

Published by Vitalio Angula on 5 September 2021

This company identified a gap to produce the highly sought-after marula oil.

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.

Ghana: The story behind locally-grown rice brand Nana’s Rice

Published by Jaco Maritz on 31 August 2021

Entrepreneur Nana Owusu-Achau discusses the ins and outs of establishing a rice brand from scratch.

As Africa gears up for trade, its harbours are going private

Published by Conrad Onyango on 29 August 2021

African countries – including top exporter, South Africa – are turning to private specialist operators to grow capacity at key ports.

South Africa: Electric vehicles on the cards for Africa’s largest car market

Published by Seth Onyango on 27 August 2021

South Africa is on track to become Africa’s biggest market for electric cars and is also looking to become a globally competitive electric car manufacturing hub.

Sectors

Opinion: South African retailers retreat from East and West Africa

Demand for locally-produced fish opening up a multi-billion dollar market in Africa

Digitisation seeds opportunities for Eastern Africa’s farmers

Profit-making idea: Opportunities to supply packaging material in Malawi

VC in Africa had a bumper 2020 – what lessons can private equity learn from it?

New law will make Nigeria’s petroleum industry attractive to investors

Malawi: Entrepreneur capitalises on agro-processing opportunities

Namibia: Family business commercialising the marula fruit

Africa’s more than 130,000 USD millionaires creating demand in luxury segment

Rwanda: Chilli producer starting to crack the Chinese market

Regional trade expected to be the big winner as South Sudan, Sudan look to re-open border

Ghana: The story behind locally-grown rice brand Nana’s Rice

As Africa gears up for trade, its harbours are going private

South Africa: Electric vehicles on the cards for Africa’s largest car market

Nine business ideas to pursue in Africa: Poultry, cannabis, vocational training and more

10 business ideas to pursue in Africa: Packaging, baked goods, affordable housing and more

Creating a fruit juice business in Sierra Leone: The story of Sierra Juice

Made-in-Uganda diaper company secures export market

31-year-old Nigerian reveals how he established his rice production business

Namibia: Entrepreneur quits job and moves back home to start agribusiness venture

Eight agribusiness and food opportunities in Africa worth pursuing in 2021

Nigerian entrepreneur turns side-hustle into thriving bakery business

Africa’s farmers are increasingly using digital tools but not everyone feels the benefits

Craft chocolate: Ugandan manufacturer biting into rising global demand

Investor sees digitalisation transforming sectors from pharma to financial services in Africa

Humanisation of pets: South African duo turn trend into global export business

Exporting chillies and superfoods from Zambia: Company taps into growing market

Nigeria: Agribusiness CEO shares fundraising lessons after securing $3m

How this South African built a pet food company that exports globally

Mauritius: Local cosmetics brand takes on the internationals

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