After identifying a need for medical consumables and disposables to difficult-to-deliver regions and rural communities across Africa, Tony McPherson launched McPherson Trading, a tender based procurement consultancy to help fill this gap...
9 Sep 2020
The vibrant space is home to 150 tenants who represent over 365 local brands and small businesses, and with an impressive 3.6 million visitors a year...
2 Sep 2020
Karen Nadasen, CEO at PayU South Africa, is fulfilling her promise of a seismic shift towards women in technology, and women in her community...
Evan-Lee Courie 28 Aug 2020
World Entrepreneurs' Day serves the purpose of creating awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020
This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, is acknowledging African startups on World Entrepreneurs' Day 2020...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020
Every year, 21 August marks World Entrepreneurs' Day. The purpose of this day is to create awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020
As one of Paxful's brightest young leaders, Tugba Abadan is helping the global next-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplace bring financial inclusion to the underbanked and unbanked...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 Aug 2020
Suzanne Morel, country manager for Mastercard SA, shares some insights into how Mastercard is giving power to women...
Evan-Lee Courie 17 Aug 2020
In June, the International Trade Centre launched a report titled Covid-19: The Great Lockdown and its Impact on Small Business...
Kingsley Ighobor 3 Aug 2020
The global impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had not only on public health, but on business, cannot be underestimated...
Soromfe Uzomah 27 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 lockdown left a trail of devastation across entire industries - but it has also forced many South African businesses to look for new approaches and markets...
Richard Neal 21 Jul 2020
From humble beginnings in a London flat in 2005, to an African fintech giant in 2020, Mukuru's journey has been one of turning challenges into opportunities for innovation...
Sandy Rheeder 9 Jul 2020
One of the most significant backbones of Ghana's economic and social development for a very long time has been small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs)...
6 Jul 2020
Looking for the easiest way to get fast cash for your old phone or looking for a deal on a new phone, but not pay exorbitant prices? Flip Phone could be the answer...
Evan-Lee Courie 29 Jun 2020
It's a well-known fact that the youth are the primary consumers of technology. A fact that puts Africa, with its literally hundreds of millions of young people, firmly on the map as a significant global launchpad for technology startups.
Kashira Naidoo & Zach George 26 Jun 2020
A look at the future of young entrepreneurs in Africa...
Evan-Lee Courie 24 Jun 2020
Pamela Nga, a full-time HR student and part-time network marketer studying in Cameroon, has started the Mindful Entrepreneur (M.E) podcast that aims to empower and educate young Africans to become entrepreneurs...
Evan-Lee Courie 15 Jun 2020
There's an old and somewhat overused saying attributed to Winston Churchill that is nevertheless appropriate in these uncertain times: never let a good crisis go to waste...
Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020
Sparkle, a digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe, has officially launched by Uzoma Dozie, the former chief executive officer of Diamond Bank...
Evan-Lee Courie 9 Jun 2020
Fashion entrepreneurs, creatives and digital innovators joined in on Fashionomics Africa's new webinar series to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...
4 Jun 2020
2020 marks the fourth edition of the AWIEF Awards which serves as the platform to highlight achievements in women entrepreneurship across Africa...
27 May 2020
The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need for efficient information management to the need for accurate data gathering for faster medical response...
Amrote Abdella 27 May 2020
Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made...
Pieter Bensch 25 May 2020
Young Living Essential Oils opened its South African office just 7 months ago, and now, like many of us, the local team is having to adapt to do business under lockdown...
22 May 2020
Mmusi Maimane, the chief activist of 'One South Africa' Movement (OSA), recently launched its digital platform to connect and engage with South Africans through these unprecedented times...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 May 2020
'The Commodore' shares insights into Christopher Africa, the platform that offers brands the opportunity to tap into consumer micro-moments and conversations on social media using AI...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2020
Artur Schaback, one of the co-founders and COO of Paxful, shares how the company has adjusted to life under lockdown...
Evan-Lee Courie 19 May 2020
As a business strategist and startup coach, Sandras Phiri is well-known in the startup community. He shares some insight into how his latest project has had to adjust to lockdown life...
Evan-Lee Courie 6 May 2020
MEST is expanding the 2020 MEST Africa Challenge to target a larger number of tech startups in need of funding. This means the application deadline for the 2020 MEST Africa Challenge has been extended to 13 May 2020...
3 May 2020
South African surf brand, Mami Wata, is donating 100% of the profits from sales on its online store to supporting grassroots African surf businesses impacted by Covid-19...
24 Apr 2020
