Years ago, when Salma Abdulai first heard her university lecturer speak about the huge potential for cultivating fonio grain, she was so intrigued that she decided there and then to try cultivating. “I had heard about fonio when I was a child because it was what our elders gave to
While working in the essential oils industry during the early 2000s in Ghana, Raphael Gonzalez, co-founder and managing director of Savannah Fruits Company, noticed a growing demand for shea butter in Europe. Around that time, the European Union changed legislation to allow 5% of chocolate products to contain various other substitutes that are
Kab-Fam Ghana specialises in the retail of electronics and home appliances. The company is currently working on opening its 16th store with a target to increase its market share to at least 50%. Brand Focus Africa asked the founder and chief executive officer, Charles Antwi-Boahen, about how he built the business and
Andrew Asamoah, a former director of the World Health Organisation, founded A&C Development, a real estate company in his home country of Ghana. After initially intending to develop apartments and condos, Asamoah identified a gap in the market and shifted his focus to building Ghana’s first shopping centre. The A&C
In Ghana, the insurance industry has shown promising growth, attributed to an increasing awareness of the benefits of insurance and a growing middle class. This development offers lucrative opportunities for those considering becoming insurance agents as a side hustle. Here’s a detailed guide by Samuel Kwame Boadu on how to
In his nearly five decades as an entrepreneur, Ian Fuhr has ventured into industries such as retail, music recording, and consulting. His most notable achievement was the founding of the Sorbet beauty salon chain. Throughout his career, he consistently drove profits by emphasising the crucial role of people in business.
The business has seen huge growth ever since receiving a flood of calls on social media which encouraged the owners – who started the business in 2019 – to switch from using wheat flour to sweet potato flour, according to founder, Adeline Pelage.
In 2018, Lesly Marange had a lot on his plate. In addition to dealing with the typical hurdles of launching a business, he was also getting ready for the birth of his first child. And if balancing business and family wasn’t already a tall order, he simultaneously enrolled in an MBA programme
The story of how Julien Achcar built Afriwara, a confectionery and biscuit enterprise in West Africa. Julien Achcar was raised in Mali, where his father and uncles were notable businessmen. They managed an array of enterprises, including a confectionery producing candies, a pasta factory, a flour mill, and a bottling
From Homeless Single Mom: This entrepreneur struggled to get her business off the ground as a single parent to two small children, but she refused to give up. When I was two months pregnant with my second child, I started a new business selling promotional products to businesses in my
