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Building an avocado oil export business from Kenya
The former investment banker who co-founded an avocado oil company now selling throughout the world.
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Brooks Washington’s four lessons from building businesses in Africa
Washington says the biggest determinant of success is simply sticking at it.
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From beer bottles in Ethiopia to data centres: The American entrepreneur who goes big in Africa
Having launched a glass factory, a pan-African data centre business and an equipment financing company, Roha Group’s Brooks Washington is now building a hospital in Addis Ababa. This is his story.
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‘It’s a very hot market’: Co-working space operator bullish on Guinea
Why Grégoire Schwebig, founder of AfricaWorks, is considering opening shop in Guinea.
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Beyond remittances: Freelancers and China trade are big cross-border payment flows for Africa
Cross-border payments in Africa: A conversation with TransFi's Raj Kamal.
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This entrepreneur went from Goldman Sachs to building a financial firm in Nigeria – all part of his 30-year plan
Femi Ogunjimi discusses his journey as an entrepreneur and investor.
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From Treatment Room to Shelf: How Abby Bakare Turned Years of Clinical Experience into Skincare for Every Skin Type
After more than a decade in medical aesthetics and more than 10,000 aesthetic procedures, Nigerian skincare expert Abby Bakare identified a problem beyond the treatment room: helping clients achieve results was only half the battle.
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How to build a profitable co-working space business in Africa
Grégoire Schwebig on growing AfricaWorks to seven cities across the continent.
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Building trust: How one developer in Zanzibar built investment safety into the resort’s structure
When Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021, he was not expecting to build a village.
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Betting the family home on sausages in Rwanda
Herve Tuyishime started his own business with a simple ambition: to build a better life for himself and his family. A few years later, that same ambition cost them their home.
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Meet the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10
Ten entrepreneurs from eight African countries are heading to the Grand Finale in Kigali.
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A Mbappé-backed French health insurer just bought this Senegalese startup. Its founders reflect on the journey
Alan, the French health insurance company with footballer Kylian Mbappé as an investor, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Tanel.
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Are African stocks riskier than the US market?
Why American investor Finn Walker is bullish on African equities.
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The 23-year-old American running an Africa-focused investment firm
"If you want to outperform, you have to be a contrarian," says investor Finn Walker.
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Five things this investor looks for before backing an African company
Ibrahim Sagna reveals the five things he looks for when investing in a company.
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West Africa: Five entrepreneurs to watch
We highlight five entrepreneurs building businesses in West Africa across sectors ranging from retail and footwear manufacturing to fitness.
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Africa’s Business Heroes Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs Advancing to 2026 Semi-Final in Nairobi
The Top 20 were selected from an expanded Top 100 cohort drawn from more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries.
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The making of a honey export business in Tanzania
Swahili Honey sources honey from 3,000 smallholder beekeepers in Tanzania and exports it around the world.
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The business of fashion in East Africa
“I don’t come from a fashion background, so I tend to approach things purely from a business perspective,” says Wandia Gichuru, founder and CEO of Vivo Fashion Group.
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What it takes to sell African agricultural products in supermarkets abroad
Entrepreneur Seun Rasheed unpacks the realities of exporting African fruits and vegetables.