Ghana: Entrepreneurs find opportunity in snail farming
WEBJan 15, 2024 · The concept of commercial snail farming struck Trisolace’s Nyarko while job hunting, a time when he encountered friends and fellow civil engineering graduates also struggling to find employment.
SABMiller: How a South African company turned constraints into …
WEBJun 19, 2017 · Turning weakness into strength. The advantages that SAB gained from its experience in its home country are many. One was employee aptitude. SAB employees had built up an extraordinary resilience, flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit through their exposure to the unsteady South African environment of the 1980s.
Highly profitable machines to start your own business - How we …
WEBJan 1, 2013 · Zhauns Business Opportunity Group offers a unique range of highly profitable machines to start your own business with. We offer the widest range of machinery on the African continent.
Ranked: Africa’s top 20 agribusiness companies
WEBNov 24, 2011 · The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in a recent report titled African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth, published a list of Africa’s top 20 agribusiness and food companies. The list is dominated by South African firms (10), followed by companies from Morocco (3), Nigeria (3), Côte d’Ivoire (2), Algeria (1) and Egypt (1).
African Business Growth Stories, Ideas and Trends - How we made …
WEBDOB Equity has backed well-known companies like M-Kopa, Twiga Foods, and Victory Farms. Former co-CEO Saskia van der Mast shares the investment lessons she has learned and her insights on the region’s business environment.
How Braam van Huyssteen built Tekkie Town, one shop at a time
WEBNov 17, 2015 · About a year ago, South African entrepreneur Braam van Huyssteen sold a significant minority stake in his sports and lifestyle shoe retail business, Tekkie Town, to emerging markets private equity firm Actis for US$65m.
The 2010 World Cup and what it meant for Africa - How we made …
WEBJun 21, 2011 · Another post-World Cup development was South Africa’s invitation to join Brazil, Russia, India and China in the BRIC group of economies. “Since hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010 – an event that surprised the country’s many critics with its success – South Africa has scored another goal with its inclusion in the economic group,” wrote Sven Richter, head of frontier markets at ...
Digital marketing in Africa: The window of opportunity is now
WEBNov 18, 2022 · Experiment constantly. The main principle of digital marketing is to regularly generate, test, and evaluate the efficiency of new ideas. These may relate to working with new channels, launching new types of communications and formats for creative solutions, and testing new audiences.
Ranked: African countries that are the most welcoming to tourists
WEBMay 28, 2013 · Africa’s people are often cited as being one of the best things about the continent. In fact, I would say that at least 80% of Western expats and local business leaders interviewed by How we made it in Africa say that the best thing about the African country in which they operate is the people, along with its geographical beauty of course.
Africa: 14 business ideas with strong profit potential - How we …
WEBNov 26, 2019 · A selection of business ideas that have come across our desk. 1. Electric motorbikes for Africa’s urban centres “I see a huge opportunity in electric motorbikes in urban centres across Africa,” says Mansoor Hamayun, CEO of pay-as-you-go solar power company BBOXX.