From Zurich investment banking to building a recycling company in Kenya Published by Jaco Maritz on 25 July 2024 Entrepreneur Keiran Smith left his investment banking career in Zurich to establish Mr Green Africa, a plastic waste recycling company in Kenya.
Ghana: Company sells homegrown shea butter to Unilever and L’Occitane Published by Tom Collins on 17 February 2022 Entrepreneur Raphael Gonzalez’s company capitalised on growing global demand for organic shea butter.
Supplying Nestlé with cassava products: How this Nigerian entrepreneur built her agri-processing business Published by David I. Adeleke on 19 March 2021 Yemisi Iranloye established a cassava processing company that turns over $12 million annually.
Smaller packs and increased food spending: Trends that will shape Nigeria’s retail sector in 2021 Published by Staff Writer on 12 January 2021 The impact of the pandemic, rising inflation, border closures and other issues drove significant changes in behaviour for retailers, distributors and manufacturers.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, come face to face at the Africa CEO Forum Published by Press Office on 16 March 2018 The President of Ghana and Polman will discuss ways of building sustainable public-private partnerships in Africa and their respective expectations of this process.
Local sourcing: A multi-billion dollar opportunity for companies in Africa Published by Jaco Maritz on 21 May 2017 Executives from Heineken and Unilever weigh in on the next big opportunity for Africa’s private sector.
Profit-making idea: What do dried egg yolk, sorbitol and sodium sulphate have in common? Published by Jaco Maritz on 11 April 2017 Import substitution opportunities identified at Africa CEO Forum.
Ethiopia: Import substitution likely to be a growing theme Published by Maritz Africa Intelligence on 30 August 2016 The Ethiopian government is pushing hard to boost the country’s domestic manufacturing sector.
Are sustainable brands in line for greater profits? Published by Kate Douglas on 19 May 2016 At the 2016 Sustainable Brands conference a number of companies claimed they are seeing growing interest for their sustainable products.
Well-paid executive quits job, buys Unilever juice brand, and starts own business Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 5 May 2016 Bernard Njoroge quit his US$10,000-a-month job to reintroduce a juice brand that had been off the shelves for nearly two decades.
Employee wellness: Africa’s hidden opportunity to bolster growth Published by Staff Writer on 19 April 2016 Absenteeism is costing economies across the continent valuable opportunities for growth, at a time we can scarcely afford it. How can companies turn this trend around?
FMCG success in Cameroon: Business leaders share their tips Published by Kate Douglas on 23 April 2015 How we made it in Africa asks business leaders to share their tips and strategies for FMCG success in Cameroon.
Business leaders need courage and humility, says Unilever MD Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 6 January 2014 “In today’s world you cannot be a leader that professes to know it all.”
Meet the Boss: Yaw Nsarkoh, managing director, Unilever East and Southern Africa Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 19 December 2013 “We have to hold ourselves to global standards. Do not accept false benchmarks.”
