Bruce Dube Bruce Dube is the founder and MD of Nine80 Digital, a pan-African digital media publishing company. Its presence includes South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. 1. Tell us about one of the toughest situations you’ve found yourself in as a business owner. Being bankrupt and in debt was…
Tim Whitehead (left) and Siya Kolisi (right) Siya Kolisi and Tim Whitehead are no strangers on the rugby pitch but not many know that they are the brains behind Frankees, an underwear e-tailer. Delivered by DHL All professional athletes one day reach a point in their careers where they have…
Dele Kuti, global head of oil and gas for Standard Bank Group New prospecting, drilling and refining technologies combined with increased global energy consumption supported by Africa’s increasingly positive demographic and legislative environments are breathing new life – and significant investment – into the continent’s growing oil and gas sector.…
Profit-making idea is a series of short posts, each with a piece of information that we think you might find useful: for investment, for growing your company or to start a new business. Read our previous posts here. In a past interview, we asked Deepa Dosaja, the founder and CEO of the eponymous…
This note is specially prepared for the NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies, a private-public think tank operating out of Singapore. Executive Summary The banking sector globally is going through a challenging time with a slowdown in revenue growth and lower RoEs for the banks. African banking stands out in the…
Lucy Agwunobi Talking business with Lucy Agwunobi, co-founder of Arredo by TRT. Take us back to the beginning Being a woman entrepreneur in an industry largely dominated by men can be daunting. But not for Lucy Agwunobi, the co-founder of Arredo by TRT – a Nigerian company that designs and…
Rahmon Ojukotola Nigeria-based StartCredits is a financial services startup that allows users to compare loans from a variety of financial institutions. “We also build proprietary credit risk models for financial institutions, utilising big data analytics to help facilitate affordable lending to underserved qualified borrowers. Our model leverages the Black Scholes…
While AI practitioners debate the feasibility of building a machine with the flexibility, reasoning and imagination necessary to rival the human mind, this “general artificial intelligence” remains a purely theoretical concept today. Real-world applications are commonly referred to as “narrow AI”; these systems can cope with noise and uncertainty, produce…
Ian Henderson Ian Henderson is MD of Superior Homes Kenya, a real estate development company. 1. Tell us about one of the toughest situations you’ve found yourself in as a business owner. Having started a road transport business in the 1970s, 20 years later it was clear the best business…
This article is published in association with Africa Private Equity News, a one-stop source for industry-related information. Stay up to date by downloading the free Africa Private Equity News app: Android | iOS | Scan QR code from desktop African private equity and venture capital deal-making in April were dominated by investments in technology companies, particularly fintech and…