By Allan Olingo Two years ago, at a breakfast in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, hosted by Kenya-based Equity Bank, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said his country...
Young Ghanaian entrepreneur Nana Tamakloe could hardly have a simpler business plan. When people order clothes from his website, he buys the items from stalls and...
As you may have heard, Target, a behemoth of an American retailer, failed quite miserably in Canada. The Walmart-like retailer did not collapse under its own...
African brands are growing beyond the continent by simultaneously catering to local needs and doing business on a global scale. Thebe Ikalafeng, CEO of Brand Africa...
One of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, Fidelity Bank, has raised its lending to 50 percent by 2017 from 28 percent in 2013. “Our approach is total...
South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya are among the pioneering countries in which businesses have successfully tapped into the retail industry. While many investors are taking the...
Rwanda and Nigeria are Africa’s most promising markets for global retailers, according to consulting firm A.T. Kearney, as foreign investors look at all corners of a...
In South Africa, 83% of consumers believe that established brands are the best, compared with an average of 38% of consumers in developed markets, and 67%...
Many of the continent’s largest retailers are dialing back their expansion plans and looking to make smaller advances closer to home. In a year that saw...
Various international retailers – from supermarket giants like Wal-Mart to clothing chains such as Gap – have recently entered the African market, targeting the continent’s growing...
