Samuel Gikandi, co-founder and CEO of Africa’s Talking, speaking during the 2018 Africa CEO Forum, held in Abidjan. Samuel Gikandi is the CEO and co-founder of Africa’s Talking, a Kenya-based mobile technology company. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz caught up with Gikandi at the 2018 Africa…
Dorothy Ghettuba Dorothy Ghettuba is the CEO of Spielworks Media, a TV, film, and digital media production company based in Kenya. 1. Tell us about one of the toughest situations you’ve found yourself in as a business owner. Almost losing my company in 2014. At the time, I had a…
Tabitha Tongoi Delivered by DHL A young Kenyan creative has managed to turn her authentic soul-searching blog into a budding e-commerce success. Tabitha Tongoi, 27, exudes energetic contentment. She is articulated, intelligent and self-aware. Having lived on three continents she speaks with the voice and wisdom of an old soul who…
Port Louis, Mauritius Mercer, a global consulting firm, ranks Port Louis the best city in Africa, according to their 2018 Quality of Living Survey. Port Louis is in 83rd place in the global rankings and number one in Africa. The Mauritian city is followed by Durban (89), Cape Town (94)…
Richard Ngwenya How we made it in Africa’s Due Diligence series asks top players in Africa’s private equity industry about how they are mastering the art and science of profitable dealmaking and fundraising. Doing the due diligence on those who do due diligence for a living. *** In this first…
Delivered by DHL DHL, the world’s leading international express services provider, has enhanced its delivery capabilities in the Southern Africa region with the launch of a new Boeing 737-400F cargo aircraft on the Johannesburg – Harare – Lusaka route. This development further strengthens DHL’s intra-Africa air network and improves connectivity between…
Gustaf Agartson Gustaf Agartson is founder and CEO of pioneering insurance tech start-up BIMA, which specialises in providing low-cost insurance solutions to customers through mobile technology. BIMA’s first presence on the continent was in Accra, Ghana, where the company began operating in 2010. Following its runaway success in the West African…
The informal sector is a large part of employment in African cities. The International Labour Organisation estimates that more than 66% of total employment in sub-Saharan African is in the informal sector. With a pervasive informal sector, city governments have been struggling with how best to respond. On the one hand, a…
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. How we made it in Africa recently asked Gustaf Agartson, CEO of emerging markets…
Caroline Kende-Robb We are still near the start of 2018, and already it feels like tension and disorder will be the year’s defining characteristics. From anti-immigration policies in the United States to flaring geopolitical hotspots in the Middle East and East Asia, disruption, upheaval, and uncertainty seem to be the…