RoMo – a robot developed by Accenture. On this week’s episode of ‘CNN Marketplace Africa’, the programme examines the potential impact artificial intelligence (AI) could have on South African businesses and industry. Host Eleni Giokos reports from Accenture’s African headquarters where new technologies are sampled by the global consultancy firm.…
Adri Kruger, founder of Tzaneen Country Lodge When Adri Kruger’s husband was diagnosed with cancer four years ago, she was forced to consider what many entrepreneurs give little thought to – a succession plan. “It became very difficult for me to give my full attention to the business, because my…
Fausto Marcigot This week’s Finding Impact Podcast (FIP) features Fausto Marcigot, co-founder at PayGo Energy, a Kenya-based technology company developing smart metering systems that enable customers to pre-pay for cooking gas. The company has a pay-as-you-go business model, not unlike what M-Kopa is doing with its home solar systems. FIP is a weekly series…
Would an Africa in which Africans require no visas to travel boost prospects for intracontinental trade? The African Union (AU) and many of the continent’s economic organisations think so and want it to be a reality by 2020. It is not an entirely original concept (the European Union already has…
I have been championing the case for emerging-market investing through many market ups and downs, but the task was a bit easier in 2017. Emerging markets (as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index) saw a positive performance in 2017 and outperformed developed markets (as measured by the MSCI World…
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 recent interview, we asked Fahad Awadh, co-founder of YYTZ Agro-Processing, to name…
Fahad Awadh giving a dinner speech on “Enhancing Youth Economic Participation and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture”. Fahad Awadh is co-founder of YYTZ Agro-Processing, a Tanzania-based cashew production company that focuses on exporting high-quality nuts. 1. Tell us about one of the toughest situations you’ve found yourself in as a business owner.…
Delivered by DHL More companies than ever before are harnessing the power of e-commerce to reach customers around the globe. In fact, according to a report by DHL, entitled The 21st Century Spice Trade: A Guide to Cross-border E-Commerce Opportunity, international e-commerce could grow at twice the rate of domestic online…
Start-up SunCycles Namibia provides Namibians with alternatives to fuel-driven transport and grid-reliant energy. The company produces various electric bicycles, electric scooters, solar-charging units and solar home systems that incorporate lithium-ion battery technology and are powered purely by the Namibian sun. “We combined two of our greatest passions – carbon-neutral mobility…
According to Wenhao Zhang, Kenyan e-commerce platforms, such as Jumia, can learn from the experiences of their Chinese counterparts. With the advent of economic globalisation and the information age, e-commerce has been developing rapidly and has great prospects. Kenya is one of a few African countries that quickly embraced the…