Debby Lawson, founder and COO of Fastizers, speaking during launch of the company’s Nibit brand. Nigeria’s difficult economic environment is forcing snack food manufacturer Fastizers to rethink aspects of its operations – from shrinking pack sizes to launching new product lines such as bread – as it grapples with rising input costs and pressure on…
ባለፈው ሰኞ ሌሊት፣ ከምትኖርበት ሕንፃ አምስተኛ ፎቅ ላይ ቁልቁል ወድቃ ሕይወቷ ካለፈው፣ ሞዴል እና የማስታወቂያ ባለሞያ ቀነኒ አዱኛ ሞት ጋራ በተያያዘ ተጠርጥሮ በቁጥጥር ሥር የሚገኘው እጮኛዋ አርቲስት አንዱዓለም ጎሣ፣ ተጨማሪ 13 ቀናትን በእስር ቆይቶ ምርመራ እንዲቀጥል ፍርድ ቤት አዘዘ። የዐዲስ አበባ ፖሊስ፣ ከቀነኒ ሞት ጋራ በዋና ወንጀል አድራጊነት የጠረጠረው አንዱዓለምን እንደኾነ በመግለጽ፣ 14 ቀናት የምርመራ…
Mobolaji Ajayi We sit down with Mobolaji Ajayi, founder of Purelife Health, who shares how a deeply personal experience sparked her mission to make healthcare in Nigeria more dignified, accessible, and trustworthy. She created a solution that blends pharmacy, public health, and entrepreneurship by building a care delivery model that reaches mothers in Lagos and…
As we headed into 2025, the stage seemed set for South Africa’s interest rates to drop, with inflation within the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) target range. However, global factors – including heightened geopolitical instability and tariff-related tensions – prompted SARB to hold firm. This interest rate stagnation has had both direct and indirect effects…
በትግራይ ክልል፣ የጊዜያዊ አስተዳደሩን ቢሮዎች በየደረጃው በመስበር እና ማኅተሞችን በመንጠቅ መንግሥትን የማውረድ ሥራ እየተሠራ ነው፤ ሲሉ ፕሬዘደንቱ አቶ ጌታቸው ረዳ ተናግረዋል። በዐዲስ አበባ የሚገኙት አቶ ጌታቸው፣ ዛሬ ኀሙስ፣ መጋቢት 4 ቀን 2017 ዓ.ም. ረፋድ፣ በሸራተን ዐዲስ ሆቴል ለጋዜጠኞች በሰጡት መግለጫ፣ አኹን በክልሉ ያለው ኹኔታ፣ “የፕሪቶርያውን ስምምነት የሚጥስና ከፍተኛ ግጭት የሚፈጥር ስለኾነ፣ የፌደራል መንግሥቱ ይህን የሚያስቆም…
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…
