Agribusiness

When Emmanuel Ansah-Amprofi discovered the high price of imported onions at a local market in Cape Coast, Ghana, he decided to enter the agriculture sector. The entrepreneur says he...

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe was going about her normal duties when she received a phone call informing her that she had won the 2020 Africa Food Prize alongside Burkina...

Janet Gyimah-Kessie joined a programme in Ghana that promoted the cultivation of cassava in 2002. What started as an acre of cassava has since grown into a cultivation and processing...

When Catherine Krobo Edusei first took her freshly grown herbs to the local supermarket in Accra, the manager didn’t know what they were. Ghana, like many African countries,...

Abrhame Endrias’ first job was as a lecturer at the Adama University in Ethiopia after he obtained his bachelor’s degree in business management. It was during this time that he...

How he landed on the idea for the business Owusu-Achau was born and raised in Ghana but completed his university degree in information systems in the US. Following his studies,...

Anta Babacar Ngom is a Senegalese entrepreneur who runs one of the biggest poultry production companies in Africa. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Sedima, Senegal’s major...

Hadija Jabiri (30) never dreamt about being a farmer. In fact, when she was at boarding school for her secondary education, working on the farm situated at the...

For many, it may sound unquestionable to quit a fledgling career in the National Football league (NFL) and a contract totaling $37.6 million to venture into farming. But...

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many lessons and challenges for entrepreneurs. For Abubakar Sadiq Falalu, the health crisis has helped affirm one thing: he is in the right...