How we made it in Africa
Learn from Africa’s most interesting entrepreneurs and investors.
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Is this crop Nigeria’s next big agribusiness opportunity?
A Senegalese village chief holds up the fonio grain. Photo by Richard Nyberg
Fonio – a gluten-free grain with many nutritional benefits – has been cultivated as a subsistence crop in West Africa for thousands of years. It is drought-resist...
Nigerian creates business exporting avocados and chillies from Rwanda to European supermarkets
Africa's agricultural potential is widely recognised. But how easy is it really to build an export business around it?
Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available h...
How we made it in Africa II recognised at 2026 BCA African Business Book of the Year Award
How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, the latest book by Jaco Maritz, has been recognised at the 2026 BCA African Business Book of the Year Award, taking the second runner-up prize at a...
Ghana: From side hustle to 16 stores – a retail entrepreneur’s story
Charles Antwi-Boahen is the founder of Kab-Fam, an electronics and home appliance retailer that has grown from humble beginnings to a 16-store chain across Ghana.
This article is an excerpt from our latest book 'How we made it in Africa II...
The new face of African entrepreneurship
Dr Anino Emuwa
PARTNER CONTENT: Africa’s Business Heroes
By Dr Anino Emuwa
Over the past six years as a judge for Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), I have witnessed first-hand one of the most important shifts taking place across the contin...
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