Transport & Logistics

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

Published by Jeanette Clark on 19 January 2021

Warehousing with appropriate technology and processes in place would solve a problem for farmers and provide a potentially lucrative business opportunity.

Ugandan company streamlines vehicle maintenance through online platform

Published by Nelly Murungi on 19 January 2021

SpareWo is a Ugandan e-commerce platform that sells automotive spare parts from partner merchants.

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.

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.

Startups solving the decades-long challenge of moving goods around in Africa

Published by Alison Buckholtz on 17 December 2020

African e-logistics companies are jump-starting intra-regional trade. Investors are paying attention.

Launching an electric vehicle ride-hailing service in Nairobi: Finnish businessman shares his story

Published by Jeanette Clark on 14 December 2020

NopeaRide can best be described as Uber but with electric vehicles.

‘Its pure, hardcore survival’: Jumia Uganda CEO on business conditions in light of Covid-19

Published by Ron Kawamara on 11 December 2020

Ecommerce CEO explains how Covid-19 and the lockdown have impacted Uganda’s business environment.

Building Ethiopia’s first online food delivery company: Entrepreneur shares his story

Published by Carien du Plessis on 27 November 2020

The Addis Ababa-based company delivers take-away restaurant food, groceries, beverages, flowers and books.

Leveraging partnerships to reach the last mile in Africa

Published by ThirdWay Africa on 26 November 2020

In Africa, last-mile distribution continues to be one of the biggest challenges that companies face when attempting to deliver products and services at scale.

Profit-making idea: Last-mile e-commerce distribution in South Africa

Published by Sven Hugo on 19 November 2020

In the next five years, e-commerce platforms may approach smaller, local service providers to deliver parcels by bicycle or scooter.

Tapping Africa’s $180bn internet economy opportunity

Published by Alison Buckholtz and Ken Oloo on 12 November 2020

Africa’s internet economy has the potential to reach 5.2% of the continent’s GDP by 2025, contributing nearly $180 billion to its economy.

Kenyan entrepreneur adapts courier company to changing business environment

Published by Nelly Murungi on 7 November 2020

Crosstown Courier is a Kenyan company that delivers food to corporate clients. In addition, the business offers moving services to both companies and individuals. Founder and CEO Jimmy Tune answers our questions.

A wild ride: CEO shares his experiences of building a company that finances motorcycle taxi drivers in East Africa

Published by Sven Hugo on 20 October 2020

Tugende provides financing to motorcycle taxis drivers – known as boda-bodas – in Uganda through a lease-to-own agreement.

Temie Giwa-Tubosun: the Nigerian entrepreneur delivering blood to patients

Published by Kingsley Ighobor on 16 October 2020

In 2016 Giwa-Tubosun founded LifeBank, a logistics company that collects blood from registered blood banks and delivers it to patients in hospitals.

Transport & Logistics

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

Ugandan company streamlines vehicle maintenance through online platform

Kobo360 is digitising cargo delivery in Africa

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

Startups solving the decades-long challenge of moving goods around in Africa

Launching an electric vehicle ride-hailing service in Nairobi: Finnish businessman shares his story

‘Its pure, hardcore survival’: Jumia Uganda CEO on business conditions in light of Covid-19

Building Ethiopia’s first online food delivery company: Entrepreneur shares his story

Leveraging partnerships to reach the last mile in Africa

Profit-making idea: Last-mile e-commerce distribution in South Africa

Tapping Africa’s $180bn internet economy opportunity

Kenyan entrepreneur adapts courier company to changing business environment

A wild ride: CEO shares his experiences of building a company that finances motorcycle taxi drivers in East Africa

Temie Giwa-Tubosun: the Nigerian entrepreneur delivering blood to patients

How this French serial entrepreneur started investing in Africa

What it takes to build a logistics network from scratch in West Africa

Building a restaurant chain in Nigeria: The story of Toasties

Where this investor sees the best opportunities in Africa

Gyms in Nigeria: ‘We could be a thousand times larger’

Sell first, produce later

From beverage cans to gyms: Verod’s investment playbook for West Africa

‘All businesses are hard,’ says Tanzanian entrepreneur

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