Livestock Wealth allows everyday investors to profit from farming
Oct 28, 2020 · Ntuthuko Shezi describes himself as an innovator: someone whose job it is to change the way the world works and lives. He also refers to himself, rather tongue in cheek on his email signature, as the Cow Executive Officer of South African company Livestock Wealth. His business has built a platform where cows are one of the products available to …
An African sneaker brand: Founder of Bathu explains how he built …
Oct 26, 2020 · Bathu is a South African footwear brand started by entrepreneur Theo Baloyi. Sven Hugo talks to Baloyi about how he grew the business from an idea to selling 15,000 pairs per month.. Bathu’s story begins at an airport in Dubai. Founder and CEO Theo Baloyi was cruising the duty-free shops, staving off boredom during an eight-hour layover en route to Saudi Arabia, where he worked on secondment ...
Capturing lower-income consumers: A look at Pep’s model in Africa
Dec 2, 2014 · According to Pepkor Africa’s managing director, Charl Cronje, Pep has an aggressive expansion plan for the continent. He currently oversees Pep’s portfolio in six countries – Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Nigeria – and has recently visited East Africa to explore expansion opportunities. The group is also building two training schools in Mozambique and Angola to ...
Ranked: Africa’s top 20 agribusiness companies
Nov 24, 2011 · The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in a recent report titled African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth, published a list of Africa’s top 20 agribusiness and food companies. The list is dominated by South African firms (10), followed by companies from Morocco (3), Nigeria (3), Côte d’Ivoire (2), Algeria (1) and Egypt (1).
Running a cannabis company in South Africa: An interview with …
Jun 22, 2021 · Give us the backstory of Goodleaf and how you got involved in the cannabis industry. The business was started in late 2018. A friend of mine who runs a merchant bank in Canada and who was active in the cannabis space alerted me to the opportunity.
Polyoak’s innovative aseptic carton packaging - How we made it in …
Jul 31, 2017 · Polyoak Packaging has launched a new division specialising in aseptic packaging systems for Southern Africa, to enable a broader base of customers to access this increasingly popular packaging format.
Modern retail on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, but traditional …
Jan 30, 2021 · A growing population and larger, more developed cities translate into vast opportunities for retail.For example, wholesale and retail are already the third-largest contributor to Nigeria’s GDP while Kenya has seen 54% growth in …
Startup snapshot: Delivering affordable groceries to South Africa's ...
Sep 24, 2019 · 2. How did you finance your startup? The initial idea of Yebo Fresh came up during a brainstorm conversation between myself and Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor, who became our first angel investor in September 2018.
Meet the Boss: Herman Mashaba, founder, Black Like Me - How …
Mar 27, 2014 · 6. And the worst? Obviously in the past there was the evil system of racial discrimination of black people. But right now, in the past few years, what I personally have a problem with as a businessman is our labour legislation which is really making it very difficult for small business owners to operate.
Digital marketing in Africa: The window of opportunity is now
Nov 18, 2022 · Experiment constantly. The main principle of digital marketing is to regularly generate, test, and evaluate the efficiency of new ideas. These may relate to working with new channels, launching new types of communications and formats for …