Joël Sikam is the founder and CEO of Fisco Industries, a manufacturer of home and personal cleaning products in Cameroon.

Tisya Mukuna is the co-founder of La Boîte Kinoise, a coffee company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She is also ...

Iyin Aboyeji reflects on his journey building Andela and Flutterwave, and his shift to investing with Future Africa.

She took over 100 Africans to the Caribbean. Now Aisha Maina is quietly reshaping Afri-Caribbean business and diplomacy. When Aisha Maina hosted the Aquarian Consult Afri-Caribbean Investment Summit ...

From tapping into overlooked crops such as fonio to substituting imported fish with locally produced alternatives, Nigeria’s agribusiness and food sector presents several promising opportunities. Here ...

Teddy Ruge left Uganda at a young age for the US, where he built a career as a photographer. After many years in the US, he had been looking for a way to return to Uganda. In the early 2000s, he ...

Entrepreneur Nana Owusu-Achau is the founder of Agro Kings, a Ghana-based company that produces the Nana’s Rice brand, among other food products. Last year, the business sold over $1 million worth of ...

In 2021, Japanese entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki moved to Ethiopia to establish Dodai, an electric motorcycle company assembling its bikes locally in Addis Ababa. Jaco Maritz spoke with Sasaki to learn ...

These three South African entrepreneurs have navigated the complexities of manufacturing to build thriving ventures, with their products ranging from high-end coolers and industrial piping to ...

Zambia-based Luano Food Company, which specialises in honey and is now diversifying into avocado processing, recently received investment from venture capital firm wCap. We spoke with Miit Pandoliker, ...

Kubik is a company that converts recycled plastic waste into interlocking building materials, such as bricks, beams, and columns. Kubik’s products are at least 40% cheaper per square metre compared to ...

Nimrod Gerber is the managing partner at Vital Capital, an investment firm with a strong focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The firm invests in sectors including food, healthcare, infrastructure, and water.