Charles Antwi-Boahen Charles Antwi-Boahen is the founder of Kab-Fam, an electronics and home appliance retailer that has grown from modest beginnings into a 16-store chain across Ghana. In a recent interview with How we made it in Africa, he shared some of the key business lessons he has learned over the past decade. One of…
While some South Africans may have been notified by their banks, many consumers are not aware of the recent change in South Africa’s credit reporting system, where banks are now required to report overdrafts if consumers are overdrawn by more than R500 for a period of 30 days. Having come into effect from 1st March…
መጋቢት፥ የዓለም አቀፍ ሴቶች ወር ነው። ሴቶች ትምህርትንና ሥራን ጨምሮ በተለያዩ ዘርፎች እኩል ዕድል እንዲያገኙ ለማብቃት በመላ ዓለም የሚደረጉ ጥረቶች፦ በአየር ንብረት ለውጥ፣ በጦርነት እና በሌሎችም ሰው ሠራሽ ምክንያቶች መጓተታቸውን፣ በሴቶች ላይ አተኩረው የሚሠሩ ተቋማት ያወጧቸው ሪፖርቶች ያሳያሉ። ዘንድሮም፣ ወርኃ መጋቢት(ማርች 8)፥ “ትግበራን ማፋጠን” በሚል መሪ ቃል በመላው ዓለም እየታሰበ ይገኛል። በዐዲስ አበባ የአሜሪካ ድምፅ…
Debby Lawson, founder and COO of Fastizers, speaking during launch of the company’s Nibit brand. Interview with Debby LawsonFOUNDER, FASTIZERS FOOD AND CONFECTIONERY Lives in: Nigeria Fastizers Food and Confectionery, a Nigerian snack food company best known for its cookies, was founded in 2010 by Debby Lawson. She started the business with just 960 naira…
South African thought-leaders and award-winning podcasters, John Sanei and Erik Kruger, have officially launched their book, Expansive, born out of their popular Expansive podcast that has a global community of listeners across the business, technology and personal development sphere. Just two weeks after its release date, Sanei and Kruger’s podcast hit number one in South Africa. This was…
. ትንበያዎቹ “የተለያዩ ብቻ ሳይኾኑ ከእውነታውም የራቁ ናቸው” – ባለሞያ ዓለም አቀፉ የገንዘብ ድርጅት (አይኤምኤፍ)፣ በቅርቡ ስለ ኢትዮጵያ የዋጋ ግሽበት ያወጣው ትንበያ፣ እ.ኤ.አ በ2025፣ 25 ከመቶ መድረሱን ይገልጻል፡፡ የዋጋ ንረቱ አኹን ካለበት ሁለት አኀዝ ወደ ነጠላ አኀዝ ለመውረድ እስከ 2028 ሊቆይ እንደሚችልም አይኤምኤፍ ተንብይዋል፡፡ በአንጻሩ የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት፣ የዋጋ ግሽበቱ እየወረደ መምጣቱንና አኹን ከ15 እስከ 16…
Mohamed Sowe, CEO of Pee Cee Agriculture By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck In Sierra Leone, a first-of-its-kind farm is helping make the country self-sufficient in onion production. For Mohamed Sowe, there is something magical in the transformative power of a tiny onion seed. In just four months, with the right conditions, Sowe says, the…
Brands winning at loyalty today understand that the game has changed – traditional points-based programmes no longer guarantee retention but meaningful engagement does. From “soft contracts” that create a sense of reciprocity without long-term commitments to the delicate balance between personalisation and privacy, here’s how modern loyalty programmes are being redefined – and what brands…
በተለያዩ የዓለም ክፍሎች የቆዳ ቀለምን የሚለውጡ ፣በእንግሊዝኛው አጠራር ‘ሞሎች’ በአንዳንድ ባህሎች ዘንድ እንደ ውበት ምልክት ይታያሉ። በተለይ የጥቁር ዝርያ ባላቸው ሕዝቦች ውስጥ፣ በስፋት የሚታዩና የተለመዱ ናቸው። በአንጻሩ፣ ለጤና መታወክ ይዳርጉ ይኾን? በሚል ለጭንቀት የሚጋለጡ ወገኖች የሚሰሟቸውን ስጋቶች የሚያነሣው ጁማ ማጃንጋ፣ ለእነዚኽ እና ተያያዥ ጥያቄዎች ምላሽ ፍለጋ፣ ከናይሮቢ ኬንያ ያጠናቀረውን ዘገባ ከተያያዘው ፋይል ይከታተሉ።
Alex Offei (centre), manager of Max Industries, displays packaged locally produced rice. By Sefakor Fekpe, bird story agency Young entrepreneurs in Ghana are building businesses around local rice production, using technology and value-chain innovations to improve quality, boost profits, and challenge imported brands. Emmanuel Narh-Zaidor, a 31-year-old from southeastern Ghana, watched as farmers prepared the…
