Burkina Faso has achieved a groundbreaking milestone with the launch of its first electric car, developed entirely by the Burkinabe car manufacturer ITAOUA. This innovative vehicle,...
By Faustine Ngila The year 2022 saw Africa climb up the global tech ladder to join the rest of the world in running an economy driven...
By Matt Wade As rags to riches stories go, Dennis Makori’s is a doozy. He didn’t flick a light switch until he was 13 or touch...
Female entrepreneur. IMAGE/photos.com African American women are starting businesses six times more often than the national average in the United States. In 2013, 42 percent of...
By Gabriella Mulligan East Africa offers the lowest infrastructure, human resources and administrative costs for entrepreneurs while South Africa is the most expensive country in Africa...
The growth of the African economy is credit to innovations, however basic humanitarian values have the potential to stabilize the growth. “Business people need to balance...
Innovative African university graduates have developed many new tech products in recent years, but they prefer to work in Western countries where there is more support and more...
Upcoming entrepreneurs in East Africa have been given a gleam of hope after the announcement of a 20 million dollar fund. The fund, named the Novastar...
Credit Suisse Group AG is deploying investment bankers to woo African entrepreneurs as the second- biggest Swiss bank tries to build its wealth-management business on the...
Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), the continent’s leading venture capital community, has announced a new cohort of 10 top fundraising entrepreneurs, as it seeks to attract...
Halle (l) and Brea Holmes. PHOTO/Andy DeLisle/Bloomberg Businessweek Brea (19) and Halle (13) Holmes are the founders and chief executive officers of Sweet Dreams Girlz, a...
An African entrepreneur and investor community known as the Venture Capital for Africa has announced the launch of a new initiative for promising African entrepreneurs to...
A start-up company from Ghana, SliceBiz, a crowdsourcing investment platform providing alternative funding for start-ups, has been selected as one of the winners of this year’s...
(PRNewswire-USNewswire) — The Pan African Entrepreneurs Conference (PAEC) takes place November 15-18, 2012, in Houston, TX at the Four Seasons Hotel. PAEC is an arena for...
Verone Mankou with his Way-C tablet. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Africa has made promising leaps in the tech space over the past few years. Hubs in Kenya, South...
“Across Africa, we have seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up.” – President Barack Obama Like...
Rapper and business man Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. PHOTO/File 50 Cent, the millionaire rapper, formally known as Curtis Jackson has is looking to expand in Africa,...
The government of Jamaica in a bid to encourage growth in entrepreneurship, has doubled its allocation of grants available to entrepreneurs to JAM$ 42 million (US$...
Jamaican and Trinidadian entrepreneurs are potential investors in an airline carrier aimed at tapping into the South American market. Brazil ambassador to Jamaica, Antonio F Da...
