Solar energy, fishing, and the local manufacturing of imported consumer goods identified as three promising areas for ...

The Africa Jobs Fund backs companies that can raise incomes for Africans, focusing on international labour mobility and ...

Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here. The book was recently shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa (BCA) ...

Pamela Anyoti Peronaci runs Sunshine Agro Products Ltd, a company that specialises in the export of agricultural commodities from Uganda to Europe. It also markets processed items such as herbal teas, ...

Throughout Ethiopia, the smell of frankincense can be found wafting around street corners and drifting in and out of homes. The fragrant incense is almost as ubiquitous as the age-old practice that it ...

Grey Matlock Bakery, a Canadian-based business, was established in 2018 by Adewale Rabiu, who relocated from Nigeria to Ontario in 2016. Upon arrival, he noticed the absence of his beloved Lagos food, ...

Forest Africa Zambia, an agro-processing company located in Chilanga, Zambia, produces juices and other products from wild fruits. In this interview with Jeanette Clark, co-founder Frazer Handondo ...

Nigerian dried fruit snacks producer ReelFruit recently raised $3 million in series A funding from investors Alitheia IDF, Samata Capital and Flying Doctor Healthcare Investment Company. The capital ...

Development in the African innovation ecosystem is still at the take-off stage. The level of growth witnessed in the space is still a country mile away from those achieved in America’s Silicon Valley ...

FreshSource Global, founded in 2018, is an Egyptian B2B agricultural supply chain platform that buys fresh produce directly from farmers and delivers it to businesses such as restaurants, retailers, ...

The end of World War II was yet another turning point. The Togolese started to demand an end to the French protectorate. Sylvanus Olympio, a descendent of a wealthy Afro-Brazilian trading family, ...

Pretty much everyone is feeling the heat. Most of us are aware that we have entered unprecedented economic times, both globally and in Africa. In this article, I want to highlight five simple but ...