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Fixit45
Fixit45, a leading autotech platform sustaining mobility through service and trade facilitation by building the infrastructure that supports verticals that include auto repair and maintenance…
COMPANY – AFROES- KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA
FOUNDER (S) - Anne Githuku-Shongwe INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS. Afroes (the name comes from a play on the words African Heroes and Heroines), was…
COMPANY- MITIMETH – NIGERIA
FOUNDER - Achenyo Idachaba INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS. Born in the US, Achenyo, had a deep conviction to return to Nigeria and do some…
ESPINNACHEA-INNOVATIONS-SOUTH-AFRICA-FOUNDER-S-LUFEFE-NOMJANA
ESPINNACHEA INNOVATIONS - South AfricaFOUNDER (S) Lufefe Nomjana BACKGROUND OF FOUNDERLufefe had a difficult childhood, and was separated from his mother due to her inability…
COMPANY- SLATECUBE, FOUNDER – CHRIS KWEKOWE
COMPANY- SLATECUBE https://www.slatecube.comFOUNDER – Chris Kwekowe INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSIn 2014, twelve 300 level students, mostly Chris’s classmates interned at Microbold, his first startup. Two…
HEALTH – E – NET – KENYA
http://www.health-e-net.orgFOUNDER (S) - Dr. Pratap KumarINSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS The diagnosis of a serious illness takes heavy emotional and financial toll on the sick and…
REPURPOSE BAGS – SOUTH AFRICA
REPURPOSE BAGS – South Africa FOUNDER (S)- ThatoKgatlhanye, Co-founder Rea Ngwane INSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESS When she was 21, Thato Kgatlhanye and her friend,…
SUNSWEET SOLAR – TANZANIA
FOUNDER (S): George Mtemahanji, Manuel Rolando, Co-founder & CTOINSPIRATION TO START THE BUSINESSGeorge left his home in 2003 at only nine years of age, as…
ANNE DRANE, CHAMPIONING ARTISAN WOMEN IN KENYA WITH HER SLOW FASHION BRAND SAWA SAWA COLLECTION
Startup Story - Anne Drane, founder of The Sawa Sawa Collection (Kenya/USA) One of the biggest challenges for women artisans in Kenya is getting their…
FROM TRYING OUT DIFFERENT VENTURES, FEMI OYEDIPE HAS FOUND HER SUCCESS IN CHOCOLATE MAKING.
In Nigeria, starting and running a business – any business, is no walk in the park, as countless entrepreneurs have failed repeatedly. Hence, starting and…
NIGERIA: ENTREPRENEUR USES LOCAL INGREDIENTS TO MANUFACTURE HIGH-END SKINCARE PRODUCTS
Joycee Awosika, founder of ORIKIJoycee Awosika started her cosmetics line ORIKI in 2015, using indigenous Nigerian ingredients to make high-quality skincare products. The brand has…
MORINGACONNECT – GHANA
Kwami WilliamsHow we made it in Africa speaks to Kwami Williams, CEO of MoringaConnect, a Ghanaian company which manufactures food and personal care products from the moringa tree.…
GHANAIAN INNOVATOR DEVELOPS AFFORDABLE HOUSES FROM RECYCLED PLASTIC WASTE
A worker is busy at the plastic recycling company established by Nelson Boateng in a suburb of Accra, Ghana, May 27, 2021. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)…