An African sneaker brand: Founder of Bathu explains how he built …
2020年10月26日 · Bathu is a South African footwear brand started by entrepreneur Theo Baloyi. Sven Hugo talks to Baloyi about how he grew the business from an idea to selling 15,000 pairs per month.. Bathu’s story begins at an airport in Dubai. Founder and CEO Theo Baloyi was cruising the duty-free shops, staving off boredom during an eight-hour layover en route to Saudi Arabia, where he worked on secondment ...
How Twiga Foods reduces the price of food in Nairobi using …
2020年7月12日 · These two problems are inextricably linked. Goal number 2 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is zero hunger, and in working towards this objective, the FAO has identified the support of smallholder farmers’ ability to increase food production as a crucial element. In particular, the fragmented, inefficient and informal nature of African economies has an adverse effect on market ...
Manufacturing in Nigeria: Status, challenges and opportunities
2018年9月27日 · 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 greatest value of output. To encourage more output in these and other sectors, the government has been making it cheaper for consumers to purchase locally manufactured goods by making the smuggled ...
Ghana: Entrepreneurs find opportunity in snail farming
2024年1月15日 · The concept of commercial snail farming struck Trisolace’s Nyarko while job hunting, a time when he encountered friends and fellow civil engineering graduates also struggling to find employment.
Digital marketing in Africa: The window of opportunity is now
2022年11月18日 · Experiment constantly. The main principle of digital marketing is to regularly generate, test, and evaluate the efficiency of new ideas. These may relate to working with new channels, launching new types of communications and formats for …
The 2010 World Cup and what it meant for Africa - How we made …
2011年6月21日 · Another post-World Cup development was South Africa’s invitation to join Brazil, Russia, India and China in the BRIC group of economies. “Since hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010 – an event that surprised the country’s many critics with its success – South Africa has scored another goal with its inclusion in the economic group,” wrote Sven Richter, head of …
Livestock Wealth allows everyday investors to profit from farming
2020年10月28日 · Ntuthuko Shezi describes himself as an innovator: someone whose job it is to change the way the world works and lives. He also refers to himself, rather tongue in cheek on his email signature, as the Cow Executive Officer of South African company Livestock Wealth. His business has built a platform where cows are one of the products available to …
Ranked: Africa’s top 20 agribusiness companies
2011年11月24日 · The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in a recent report titled African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth, published a list of Africa’s top 20 agribusiness and food companies.. The list is dominated by South African firms (10), followed by companies from Morocco (3), Nigeria (3), Côte d’Ivoire (2), Algeria (1) and Egypt (1).
Highly profitable machines to start your own business - How we …
2013年1月1日 · Zhauns Business Opportunity Group offers a unique range of highly profitable machines to start your own business with. We offer the widest range of machinery on the African continent.
Meet the Boss: Steven Isaacson, CEO, Kevro Holdings - How we …
2018年10月30日 · 1. What part of your job keeps you awake at night? When you are running a sizable organisation with many business units, in different geographies across Africa, and a large number of employees, even when the overall business is directionally positive, there is always something to worry about that’s keeping you up at night.