Entrepreneur Stories

How Freddie the Dreamer introduced technology in rural Tanzania

7 April 2014

Tanzanian entrepreneur Frederick Swai says that in his rural village in the Mbeya region, “almost 90% of the youth know how to use computers”, thanks to the training centre he started five years ago.

Young Ugandan creates business management app for SMEs

20 February 2014

Ugandan Titus Mawano is the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind Ffene, an award-winning business management platform for African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that assists with accounting, customer and inventory management.

The story of Best Ayiorwoth: Starting a microfinance business at age 19

30 January 2014

“I never wanted to stop at that point in my education so it angered me… I would always remind myself that someday when I could, I would ensure that every girl child in my community received the best education they could.”

Young CEO invents navigational technology for the blind

23 January 2014

Twenty-two-year-old Khaled Shady is the Egyptian entrepreneur behind Mubser, an invention that assists the blind and visually impaired to identify and navigate around everyday...

21-year-old Tanzanian talks about her soap manufacturing business

16 January 2014

Twenty-one-year-old Domitila Silayo is the founder of Jatropha Soap Production in Tanzania, which produces handmade soap with medicinal uses. Domitila Silayo The idea of producing Jatropha...

How Cape Town-based Funda wants to change the way we learn

19 December 2013

Just a few hours before I sat down for an interview with Kola Olajide, his company Funda signed a US$100,000 deal with a top...

How Laetitia Mukungu started her own farming business at the age of 14

12 December 2013

Laetitia Mukungu is not your average teenager.

Putting the Ease in Finding Property (TheNewAfrica.info)

8 December 2013

Malawian entrepreneur Gonjetso Moses Chinyama is just 21 years old, yet he already founded his own company. With the online platform Pakwathu he wants to make...

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