Meet Tabitha Karanja: Founder of the First Large Brewery in Kenya
Tabitha Mukami Muigai Karanja is a Kenyan business woman, entrepreneur and industrialist. She is the founder and current Chief…
South Africa’s Lulalend is Ensuring Fast and Easy Finance for Businesses
Lulalend was founded by Neil Welman and Trevor Gosling in 2014 to improve the running of small businesses and…
Finding Purpose in Passion: Nigeria-based Kasope Ladipo-Ajai is Promoting Healthy Eating Through Her Food Service Brand, OmoAlata
A lot of times, people work in fields that do not even interest them in the tiniest bit. Some…
Meet Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Founder of Africa’s Fastest Growing Footwear Company
Growing up in a small neighborhood in Addis Ababa, beloved entrepreneur Bethlemen Tilahun Alemu discovered that most people in…
Jumo is Improving Africa’s Finance with End-to-end Banking Technology
Jumo is a full-technology stack for building and running financial services founded in 2014 by Andrew Watkins-Ball headquartered in…
Kenyan Agritech Company, FuturePump is Facilitating Low-cost Solar Irrigation for Farmers
There are 500 million one-acre farmers around the world. Rainfall has become very unpredictable due to climate change and…
How to Disrupt a Competitive Industry
Competition is a fact of life and business. But when you are starting a new business or strategizing for…
How To Raise Funds For Your Small Business
Regardless of the industry you are in, money is an important raw material for survival and growth. From bootstrapping…
Nigeria’s OneFi is Providing Credit through Innovation
Fintech has become one of Africa’s most active investment sectors and startup acquisitions and are steadily picking up across…
Interview: Meet Jibril Baba, Founder of Architectural Company, Inkmen Group
Africa's Architectural industry is currently undergoing a massive transformation to meet the demands of the fast-growing population and contemporary…
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How Temitope Ogunsemo Reformed the Edutech Scene in Nigeria
Bolu Okunlola - Jun 15, 2020
Faraja Nyalandu is Improving the Quality of Education in Tanzania
Bolu Okunlola - Jun 12, 2020
Titus Mawano is Enhancing Growth for SMEs in Uganda
Bolu Okunlola - Jun 10, 2020Interviews
Interview: How Ancel Bwire is Using Fruits and Vegetable to Create Valuable Products in Uganda
Christie Uzebu - Oct 26, 2017When you talk about Agribusiness in Africa, what comes to mind is farmers doing the regular planting, harvesting and selling to consumers. Most…
Interview: Omolola Odunowo Wants to Improve Literacy in Nigeria with Bookworms Arise
Christie Uzebu - Jan 21, 2019Over the years, there's been concern about the low reading culture amongst young Africans. This has led to the birth of a lot…
Startups in Africa
Xenom Energy is Easing Access to Petroleum in Africa
Xenom Energy is a platform for easy access to petroleum products and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Xenom aims…
Kenya’s MPost is Easing Mailing Process for Users
MPost was founded in June, 2016 by Abdul Aziz Omar and Twahir Mohamed. The startup developed patented technology that…
Egypt’s Trella Reinvents Trucking to Connect Shippers with Carriers
Trella is definitely one of the startups to keep tabs on in 2020. It is a platform that connects…
Kenyan Startup, Ujuzikilimo is Using Data Analytics to Help Farmers with Crop Productivity
UjuziKilimo (Swahili: knowledge or experience) which was founded in Nairobi in 2015 by Brian Bosire, is an Agritech company…
Kenyan Agritech Company, FuturePump is Facilitating Low-cost Solar Irrigation for Farmers
There are 500 million one-acre farmers around the world. Rainfall has become very unpredictable due to climate change and…
5 African Healthtech Startups Improving Africa’s Health Care System
It is a clearly established fact that healthtech is one of the fastest growing sectors in Africa. Across the…
Ghana-based SyeComp is Providing Digitalisation Services for Farmers and Agribusinesses
Founded in 2009 and Headquartered in Accra with a satellite office in Nairobi, SyeComp is a Remote Sensing (RS)…
Kenya’s iProcure is Re-Inventing Agricultural Distribution for Rural Africa
iProcure is the largest agricultural supply chain platform in rural Africa. The Nairobi-based startup provides a multifaceted market intelligence…
Apollo is Helping Kenyan Farmers to Maximise their Profits
Apollo Agriculture is a technology based company based in Nairobi, Kenya that helps small sclae farmers to increase the…
Survey54 is Helping Users make Decisions through Survey
Survey54 is an on-demand survey platform founded by Stephan Eyeson in 2016 with a focus on emerging markets in…
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Design Your Dream Life Through Passive Income By Alex Szepietowsk
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How to Reinvest your Profit as a Startup
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Business Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs
Unlike most business ideas, social enterprise ideas basically stem from a desire to solve a social need; similar to…
How to Start a Hairstyling Business
Hairstyling, popularly known as hair dressing is an art or skill that involves the arrangement of the hair in…
5 Small Businesses You Can Start at Home
If you're still thinking of what business to start,or scared due to lack of finance, here's good news -…
Business Ideas for Fashion Enthusiasts
If you have a love of fashion or an eye for trends, starting your own fashion-centric business can be…
10 Passive Businesses that Brings Steady Income
Oftentimes, passive income is highly sought after and often misunderstood as it requires an upfront investment and a lot…
10 Health-related Business Ideas
The healthcare sector is an amazing place for aspiring entrepreneurs to open up shop. Exploring healthcare business ideas is…
20 Business Ideas for The Tech Savvy
When you think of high-tech businesses, big names like Google and Facebook probably come to mind. But you don’t…
