Exporting dried fruit from West Africa to Europe: How this businessman built a sizeable company

Published by James Torvaney on 25 August 2021

HPW is one of the largest producers of naturally dried fruits in Africa. Founder Hans Peter Werder explains what it takes to penetrate the European market.

Niger: Businessman sees both local and export demand for superfood moringa

Published by Jeanette Clark on 24 August 2021

Entrepreneur Aziz Mahamadou has turned an area of degraded farmland into a company that produces a variety of moringa products.

Netflix and Showmax are pumping money into locally-produced African movies

Published by Seth Onyango on 24 August 2021

African films strike a chord with movie fans on streaming services.

Kenya is moving aggressively to tax digital business. What next?

Published by Mercy Muendo on 23 August 2021

Kenya’s digital service taxes could end up punishing struggling start-ups that shifted into the digital space for survival.

Ethiopia: Digital farming platform targets revenue of over $10m by 2025

Published by Jeanette Clark on 23 August 2021

Entrepreneur Abrhame Endrias built a digital platform, called Lersha, that gives Ethiopian small-scale farmers access to seeds and equipment.

Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture

Published by Audrey Simango on 21 August 2021

Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force.

Capitalising on opportunities in Africa’s fish farming industry

Published by Betsy G Henderson on 19 August 2021

FirstWave Group is a vertically integrated fish farming business with production operations in Zambia and Uganda.

The “Research Hub by african|markets” goes live

Published by Press Office on 19 August 2021

The Research Hub is an Africa-focused research distribution platform that connects investors to some of the best equity analysts covering Africa’s frontier markets.

Nigeria: Entrepreneur grows farming business into chocolate and plantain flour producer

Published by Jeanette Clark on 18 August 2021

Disillusioned by the price fluctuations of raw commodities, Nobert Okafor decided to venture into agri-processing.

Côte d’Ivoire: Investor-backed entrepreneur sees gap for real fruit ice lollies

Published by Nelly Murungi on 18 August 2021

Syn’el, a company founded in 2017 and based in Côte d’Ivoire, specialises in the manufacture of sorbets on sticks (ice lollies), under the Paletas brand.

City on the move: Enugu, Nigeria

Published by Jeanette Clark on 17 August 2021

“If you make it here, you can use it as a platform to launch into other places,” notes businessman.

Can empathy help drive economic growth and transformation?

Published by Press Office on 17 August 2021

The UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) is hosting its 22nd Women in Business Conference on 20 August 2021.

Profit-making idea: Modern, affordable hotels catering to the African middle class

Published by Staff Writer on 16 August 2021

Investment firm believes Africa’s growing middle class will drive demand for modern and affordably priced branded hotels.

Africa’s rapidly urbanising cities a money-making opportunity for food producers

Published by Seth Onyango on 13 August 2021

Africa’s export-oriented farmers and food producers may want to look at markets closer to home as Africa’s rapidly urbanising cities fuel a voracious appetite for food.

Exporting dried fruit from West Africa to Europe: How this businessman built a sizeable company

Niger: Businessman sees both local and export demand for superfood moringa

Netflix and Showmax are pumping money into locally-produced African movies

Kenya is moving aggressively to tax digital business. What next?

Ethiopia: Digital farming platform targets revenue of over $10m by 2025

Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture

Capitalising on opportunities in Africa’s fish farming industry

The “Research Hub by african|markets” goes live

Nigeria: Entrepreneur grows farming business into chocolate and plantain flour producer

Côte d’Ivoire: Investor-backed entrepreneur sees gap for real fruit ice lollies

City on the move: Enugu, Nigeria

Can empathy help drive economic growth and transformation?

Profit-making idea: Modern, affordable hotels catering to the African middle class

Africa’s rapidly urbanising cities a money-making opportunity for food producers

Ghanaian CEO shares lessons from building a retail business

Ghana: From side hustle to 16 stores – a retail entrepreneur’s story

Building an investable and scalable business in Kenya: Founders share their thoughts

Entrepreneur spots opportunity in Nigeria’s informal retail market

DRC could be lucrative market for Zambia and other neighbours

Tanzania: From rejections to $40m – an entrepreneur’s rocky road to success

Ghana: Profiting from local rice production

Sierra Leone: Seeing an opportunity in onion farming

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