How the craft beer business is taking off in South Africa: An interesting...
Craft beer is a niche category of beer that is brewed by small, independent and traditional breweries. Unlike the big large-scale corporate breweries that are known for mass-produced beers, craft beers...
View Article11 Ways Successful People Deal With People They Don’t Like
“It’s inevitable that you’ll encounter people with whom you disagree. There are some people you instantly click with and others you can take or leave. And then, there are the select few you just can’t...
View ArticleHow this entrepreneur built a $1 million business from these weird glasses
James Swanwick is the co-founder of Swanwick Sleep, a business that has sold hundreds of units of what used to be big, bright, ugly, orange-lensed safety glasses. He got the idea for the product in...
View ArticleI listened to this speech 42 times in 24 hours. You need to see this!
The short video you’re about to watch could change your life. If you can — and you most certainly should — watch it at the beginning of every week for the rest of this year. You know, it’s only been a...
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Meet Maria, the amazing entrepreneur who is empowering a generation and...
photo credit: Sweet Cake TV Everybody loves cake. Except you’re avoiding the tasty treat for health or religious reasons, you’re almost certainly a freak. How can any living, breathing human not love...
View ArticleDo you hate Mondays? This Will Put Things in Perspective For You
Want to know the truth? The truth is, you don’t hate Mondays. What you hate is the fact that you’ve lost sight of your vision. Do you want to know what a Monday feels like to an entrepreneur? Let me...
View ArticleWhy is Africa still poor? This professor reveals a shocking inside story
Renowned Kenyan professor and author — Ngugi Wa Thiong’o — explains that Africa is shackled by a new type of slavery and colonialism that is largely invisible to most people. The most common evidence...
View ArticleDoes Africa really matter to Donald Trump? These questions make me think so…
Does Africa really matter to Donald Trump? While he is yet to appoint an Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, his team has been asking some very pertinent questions about US interests in...
View ArticleMeet M-Akiba, the world’s first mobile-only bond. It’s from Kenya!
“The M-Akiba bond is the world’s first mobile-only bond, issued by the government of Kenya. Kenya first announced plans for the bond, named after the Kiswahili word akiba or “savings,” in late 2015, as...
View ArticleMeet the African entrepreneur who runs a recruitment agency for people with...
South African entrepreneur, Ntsoaki Phali, is the founder of Beyond Ability Talent Solutions. Her company, started in 2009, specialises in the recruitment, training and placement of people with...
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7 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Do Before 7 a.m.
I think it’s a good thing I found this article, because I’m still very terrible at several of these things. Even though entrepreneurs like to do things their own way, most of them have very...
View ArticleThere is nothing uniquely African about corruption. Here’s why…
What exactly is corruption? Formally, it’s described as “the misuse of entrusted power for private gain.” But as we have seen from some of the world’s monumental corruption scandals — such as Enron,...
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Is It Africa’s Turn for A One-Child Policy? Here’s What I Really Think…
photo credit: familyincluded.com My grandfather had three wives and fourteen children. In those days, the size of a man’s family was a symbol of fertility, status or wealth. There was practically no...
View ArticleDr. Martin Luther King was definitely talking to today’s young Africans in...
Today — April 4, 2017 — marks the 49th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s death. Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Dr. King was fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his...
View ArticleThis map reveals a shocking truth about the real size of Africa
Geography was one of my favourite subjects in high school, and I just can’t believe the map of the world I grew up knowing was one big lie. For over 500 years, the Mercator projection has been one of...
View ArticleAfrica’s Top 3 Most Promising Markets for Livestock Business and Investment
With a growing number of investors taking up arable land in Africa – not solely for crop production but also for livestock and cattle – investment shops are slowly redirecting capital to this...
View ArticleHow can Africans trade more with other Africans? Here’s the answer…
Before colonisation, Africans did a lot of trading with one another. But currently, the volume of intra-African trade (trade between African nations) is just about 19% of the continent’s total trade...
View ArticleThis South African entrepreneur has invented a smart product for urban farmers
Claire Reid recently won the title of Agripreneur of the Year at the global competition, Future Agro Challenge. The South African entrepreneur is the inventor of a biodegradable seed tape which makes...
View ArticleCricket farming: An emerging business that could become the future of food
A few years ago, a former Finance Minister in Kenya suggested that Kenyans diversify their eating habits by eating insects, rats, and roots as a way to fight food insecurity and malnutrition. This...
View ArticleHow Uber is adapting to the challenges of doing business in sub-Saharan Africa
Doing business in Africa is not for the faint-hearted, but Uber is expanding fast across the continent. The transportation network is now active in several African cities. But to survive in Africa,...
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