Startup snapshot: Invest in Nigerian agriculture from anywhere in the world
Farmcrowdy founder, Onyeka Akumah, tells us about the risks facing the business and his most exciting entrepreneurial moment.
View ArticleResearch: Unpacking Nigeria’s agriculture opportunities
Rice, cashew nuts, groundnuts, cassava and vegetable oil are products the country hopes to export by 2020.
View ArticleProfit-making idea: Backward integration the ‘secret’ to Dangote’s success
'In Nigeria we are learning how to produce the entire value chain,' says the Nigerian businessman.
View ArticleTaking stock of Uganda’s economy 55 years after independence
Over the past two decades, Uganda’s economy has developed in important ways.
View ArticleBusiness in Africa: 12 profit-making ideas
A selection of potential business and investment opportunities.
View ArticleThe journey so far: Eli Pollak, founder and CEO, Apollo Agriculture
'There is a temptation to conflate going to conferences, with the hard work that comes with understanding your customers and building your team.'
View ArticleJohannesburg’s new ‘agripreneurs’ dig for green gold on skyscraper rooftops
In the next three years, about 100 more farms will be set up in the city.
View ArticleCarlos Lopes: Guinea is not a pig or a fowl, rather a country about to take-off
With progress in macroeconomic indicators, sustainable sovereign debt included, the country is feeling the new business climate.
View ArticleWorld Bank: Sub-Saharan Africa economic outlook for 2019
Growth is expected to accelerate to 3.4% in 2019.
View ArticleMedium-scale farms are on the rise in Africa. Why this is good news
The amount of land acquired by medium-scale African farmers since 2000 far exceeds the amount acquired by foreign investors.
View ArticleWest Africa: Significant opportunities to commercialise agribusiness value...
With the African food market expected to grow to $1 trillion by 2030, there is a great opportunity for the agribusiness industry.
View ArticleHow Twiga Foods reduces the price of food in Nairobi using technology
Twiga Foods is a venture-backed startup working to better organise informal retail in Kenya.
View ArticleAccess to mechanisation – driving African agri growth
Over two-thirds of sub-Saharan African farms rely solely on human power.
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