Charles Antwi-Boahen is the founder of Kab-Fam, an electronics and home appliance retailer that has grown from humble ...

Entrepreneur Deepankar Rustagi saw an opportunity to make the informal retail system more efficient by digitising the flow of ...

From fintech to foodtech, local entrepreneurs are building products that respond to real challenges and cater to ...

Entrepreneur Deepankar Rustagi saw an opportunity to make the informal retail system more efficient by digitising the flow of consumer goods.

Swiss-born entrepreneur Jérôme Lapaire identified an opportunity to sell eyeglasses to price-sensitive customers in Africa. He shared the story of his entrepreneurial journey with Jack Thompson. How ...

How American-born Carl Jensen and his co-founders at Good Nature Agro built a business with $10 million in revenue by collaborating with smallholder farmers in Zambia. Agriculture in Africa is ...

Afri Foods, a horticultural company in Rwanda, was started in 2019 by Sakina Usengimana. It exports crops such as chilli, avocado, eggplant and passion fruit to Germany, the Netherlands, France, the ...

While many real estate developers avoid affordable housing, Johannesburg-based International Housing Solutions (IHS) has crafted a profitable model for such projects in South Africa and beyond. In a ...

Entrepreneur Deepankar Rustagi saw an opportunity to make the informal retail system more efficient by digitising the flow of consumer goods.

When Tanzanian businessman Joseph Kadendula, CEO and co-founder of Central Park Bees and its retail brand Swahili Honey, decided to set up an apiary, he had no knowledge of bees. What he did have was ...

The article has been adapted from a Bowmans Africa Insights report, a research collaboration between Bowmans and the University of Stellenbosch’s Centre for Complex Systems in Transition. By Nina ...