Abby Bakare After more than a decade in medical aesthetics and more than 10,000 aesthetic procedures, Nigerian skincare expert Abby Bakare identified a problem beyond the treatment room: helping clients achieve results was only half the battle. The bigger challenge was helping them maintain those results at home. For years, Abby Bakare had watched people…
Voice assistants, smart-speakers, and voice-assisted systems are becoming increasingly popular in the modern workplace. However, this increasingly popular wave of voice-activated accessibility is creating a whole new privacy vulnerability for the organisation. A 2025 review on Privacy in Speech Technology found that voice interfaces can hear conversations occurring in the same acoustic space and can…
More than 500 verified Chinese exhibitors showcasing over 10,000 products will gather at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 23–25 September 2026 for the 10th edition of China Homelife South Africa and Machinex. The three-day trade fair will connect South African and African importers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, entrepreneurs and sourcing professionals directly with Chinese manufacturers…
Learn how Hadija Jabiri started a business that exports Tanzania’s agricultural produce to Europe and beyond. Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here. French entrepreneur Grégoire Schwebig is the founder of AfricaWorks, which operates co-working spaces in seven cities across six…
CEM Africa 2026 concluded at the Century City Conference Centre following three days of strong engagement across Africa’s customer experience community. The 14th edition welcomed 970 attendees from more than 260 companies across 20 countries, bringing together senior CX, customer service, marketing, digital, technology and transformation leaders alongside solution providers and industry partners. The event…
What are the biggest challenges holding your business back? What support do you really need to grow — and what needs to change to make it easier for South African SMEs and entrepreneurs to succeed? Unconventional Capital & Advisory (UCA) is conducting a national research initiative to better understand the real-world experiences, challenges and needs…
An artist’s rendering of the Liyongo development. PARTNER CONTENT When Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021, he was not expecting to build a village. The visit was intended as time with family, not a business venture. But Kendwa had other plans for him, and he returned to London with an idea he could not…
Herve Tuyishime started his own business with a simple ambition: to build a better life for himself and his family. A few years later, that same ambition cost them their home. He had launched Paniel Meat Processing (PMP), a pork sausage venture based in Rwanda, with a bank loan. However, Tuyishime entered the industry with…
Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes From more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries, ten founders have emerged as the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10. Following two days of live Semi-Final pitches in Nairobi on 21–22 August, the finalists were selected from a competitive Top 20 by a distinguished judging panel. They were…
Tanel co-founders Makhtar Diop (left) and Mouhamed Ndoye Alan, the French health insurance company with footballer Kylian Mbappé as an investor, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Tanel, a Senegal-based digital health company founded in 2021 by Mouhamed Ndoye and Makhtar Diop. The transaction also provides an exit for Tanel’s founders and investors,…
