Nigerian entrepreneur Yemisi Iranloye recognised this industrial potential. At 40, she quit formal employment to focus ...

Ade Sun-Basorun, CEO of FoodCo, talks about the company’s growth and the lessons he has learnt in the retail industry.

Africa’s Business Heroes is calling on African entrepreneurs who are building businesses defining the continent’s future.

Singapore-based Tolaram sees opportunity in infrastructure with new port and free zone. In late January, the largest container vessel ever to berth in Nigeria, the CMA CGM Scandola, with a capacity of ...

Malawi is “a virgin country in terms of business,” said Victor Chambayika Mhango, co-founder and CEO of agribusiness company Ziweto Enterprises, in a recent interview with How we made it in Africa.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Nigerian manufacturing sector is dominated by the production of food, beverages and tobacco, with sugar and bread products generating the ...

Baobab powder, extracted from the fruit of the baobab tree, contains nearly four times the vitamin C of oranges and is rich in essential minerals such as potassium and magnesium. Zimbabwe-based ...

Ebun Feludu is the founder of Kokari Coconuts & Company, a Nigerian agro-processing company which turns coconuts into a variety of food and personal care products. In this interview with Jeanette ...

Yemisi Iranloye conceived the idea for Psaltry International, a cassava processing company, in 2005. At the time, she was an employee at a firm where she worked extensively with cassava and was ...

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 ...

Chika’s Foods is a UK-based company offering nuts, plantain crisps, and rice crisps. Founder and CEO Chika Russell was inspired by snacks and flavours from Nigeria, where her family originally hails ...

Botswana’s diamond mining industry, the backbone of its economy, faces challenges from the rising popularity of lab-grown diamonds. Lab diamonds have captured 15% to 20% of the market due to their ...