In Sierra Leone, a first-of-its-kind farm is helping make the country self-sufficient in onion production. For Mohamed Sowe, ...

Young entrepreneurs in Ghana are building businesses around local rice production, using technology and value-chain ...

When Benjamin Fernandes returned to Tanzania in 2017 after completing his MBA in the US, he had a plan: build a digital money transfer company from the ground up. What followed was a turbulent path ...

How Benjamin Fernandes, founder of Nala, survived early challenges to build a global payments player.

How Benjamin Fernandes, founder of Nala, survived early challenges to build a global payments player.

Young entrepreneurs in Ghana are building businesses around local rice production.

Young entrepreneurs in Ghana are building businesses around local rice production.

One entrepreneur capitalising on Nigeria’s cocoa potential is John Alamu, founder of Johnvents Group, an agribusiness and manufacturing firm.

Sudan has featured prominently in the news the past few months. Among the reasons for this phenomenon, was the USA lifting sanctions against the country, although it still kept Sudan on the list of ...

This article is an excerpt from Standard Bank’s Can Africa take the platform economy forward? report. The burgeoning platform economy, which refers to value-creating interactions facilitated by ...