Natalie Kolbe, general partner at Africa-focused venture capital firm Norrsken22, believes social commerce could transform how Africans shop.

After building a property portal and a corporate transport venture, Moroccan entrepreneur Ismael Belkhayat, together with his wife, Sophia Alj, launched Chari in 2020 to give small shopkeepers a ...

Ismael Belkhayat and his wife, Sophia Alj, launched Chari in 2020 to streamline shopkeepers’ stock orders. Five years on it has grown into a platform offering financial services, effectively a bank ...

“Entrepreneurship is not for the faint-hearted,” says Lesly Marange, founder and chief executive of Glytime Foods, a Zimbabwean producer of granola and other food products. “It’s a game of patience, ...

Ismael Belkhayat and his wife, Sophia Alj, launched Chari in 2020 to streamline shopkeepers’ stock orders. Five years on it has grown into a platform offering financial services, effectively a bank ...

For Mohamed Sowe, there is something magical in the transformative power of a tiny onion seed. In just four months, with the right conditions, Sowe says, the seed, as small as a grain of sand, can ...

If you are an ambitious entrepreneur looking to scale your impact and gain unparalleled support, now is your chance! Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is back for its 7th edition, with applications open ...

Teddy Ruge left Uganda at a young age for the US, where he built a career as a photographer. After many years in the US, he had been looking for a way to return to Uganda. In the early 2000s, he ...

Malawi is “a virgin country in terms of business,” said Victor Chambayika Mhango, co-founder and CEO of agribusiness company Ziweto Enterprises, in a recent interview with How we made it in Africa.

From a meat processing venture in Rwanda to a Tanzanian fruit and vegetable business, and a Malawian supplier of animal feed and veterinary products – these are just a few of the companies in the ...

Entrepreneur Nana Owusu-Achau is the founder of Agro Kings, a Ghana-based company that produces the Nana’s Rice brand, among other food products. Last year, it sold over $1 million worth of rice. Jaco ...

After making a three times return on his previous venture, South African entrepreneur Kgomotso Lekola spotted an opportunity in manufacturing heavy-duty plastic pipes for industries such as mining, ...