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MAKING MONEY FROM WASTE IN NIGERIA
Scrapays co-founder Boluwatife Arewa By Kate Okorie, bird story agencyWaste is everywhere in Nigeria. The streets are littered with plastics and metallic parts. The culprits are…
NIGERIAN STARTUP, RAENEST, WANTS TO HELP AFRICANS GET HIRED AND PAID ANYWHERE
July 08, 2022 In April 2021, Twitter announced it was establishing an office in Ghana. And Microsoft opened its Africa Development Center in Lagos, Nigeria,…
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)…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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- 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…