Ismael Belkhayat launched Chari in 2020 to streamline shopkeepers’ stock orders. It has since grown into a platform offering financial services.

Earlier this year, Lagos-based private equity firm Aruwa Capital Management invested in Yikodeen, a Nigerian manufacturer of ...

South Korea’s ODA to Africa The visit to Africa was also the debut of the Korean Initiative for the Development of Africa, which promoted a swift increase in South Korea’s official development ...

This article is an excerpt from Standard Bank’s Can Africa take the platform economy forward? report. *** The burgeoning platform economy, which refers to value-creating interactions facilitated by ...

Smart cities leverage on technology and use the large amount of data their citizens generate every second to optimise resources, to connect people and to improve business and trading. A smart city ...

Japanese investment firm AAIC seeks to capitalise on the growing demand for medical services in Africa by backing healthcare startups.

We speak with Miit Pandoliker, CEO of Luano Food Company, about his entry into the honey industry and the company’s growth opportunities.

We speak with Kevin Conroy, founder and CEO of Lagos-based Bature Brewery, about his journey in establishing a craft beer business in Nigeria.

"TROTRO Tractor is the Uber for tractors. We digitally connect people in the agriculture sector to farm implements and machines," says CEO.

How this entrepreneur started a business that sells Nigerian commodities, like hibiscus flowers, in the US and beyond.

Hadija Jabiri is the founder of GBRI, a Tanzanian agribusiness company that started with vegetables and now exports avocados to Europe and India.