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Crest Africa unveils Top 50 African entrepreneurs defining the continent’s future in 2026

Crest Africa has officially unveiled Crest Africa's Top 50 African Entrepreneurs Defining the Continent's Future in 2026, recognising founders, innovators, and business leaders who...

Africa: Africa Has Ideas - What It Lacks Is a Fair Hearing from Global Capital

[allAfrica] Why good African businesses and projects can struggle to cross the funding redline

African Trade: Bringing AfCFTA Closer to Local Businesses {Business Africa}

Access to finance also remains a critical obstacle. To address this, the ITC has partnered with Equity Group to expand trade finance for priority sectors while providing entreprene...

Africa: Loza Maléombho Is Building An Industry From African Stories

[Bird Story Agency] Internationally recognised after Beyoncé wore her designs, Ivorian designer Loza Maléombho is now looking beyond fashion. Through Pokou, she is combining Baoulé...

The problem with Africa’s financial architecture

The biggest capital barriers are in aligning investor and entrepreneur expectations.

'Africa is filled with untapped talents waiting to Flourish' - Awele Elumelu cites Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage's Global Su...

Chairperson of Transcorp Hotels Plc, Avon Healthcare Limited and Heirs Insurance Brokers,

Meet The Finalists: Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards 2026

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2026 AWIEF Awards. Launched in 2017, the prestigious annual AWIEF Awards...

Africa: African Development Bank and Axian Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-Led Businesses in Af...

[African Development Bank (AfDB)] AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women's financial inclusion programme to expand access to finance and business...

Ventures Platform goes bigger — and broader — with its second Africa fund

The Pan-African venture firm has raised $84 million and plans to invest in startups beyond its home market of Nigeria.

Investors at UBA Business series identify Africa’s next billion-dollar opportunities

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has hosted another impactful edition of its quarterly UBA Business Series, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, innov...

Akinmade Akinrinmade: African Tech Must Start With Local Problems

Vanessa Obioha For over two decades, Akinmade Akinrinmade has worked across various industries where decisions have real consequences. From government and healthcare to telecommuni...

Ghana Creative Economy Initiative Takes Flight To Help African Storytellers Go Global

The program offers free public masterclasses, and a Creative Economy Summit to help African storytellers expand their global reach.

Africa: A Senegalese Factory Proves Africa Can Spin Its Own Cotton - Can It Find the Money to Keep Going?

[allAfrica] Domitexka's mill in Kaolack has the markets, the know-how and the partnerships to compete globally. What it still needs -- like nearly every manufacturer on the contine...

UNICEF BeGreen Africa 3.0 Green Entrepreneurship Programme 2026: Apply for Green Business Training, Mentorship, Seed Fun...

Young entrepreneurs across South Africa and Nigeria now have an exciting opportunity to transform innovative green business ideas into sustainable enterprises through the UNICEF Be...

Ivory Coast looks to 'national champion' firms to lead economic development

After years of political and economic turmoil, the last fifteen years have seen Ivory Coast return to stability and strong economic growth. Now the government is looking to so-call...

Roundup: African manufacturers look to China's industrial experience to boost growth

by Ntandoyenkosi Ncube JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Xinhua) -- African manufacturers and trade officials have called on the continent to draw lessons from China's industrial transformati...

WhatsApp Backs Nigerian Entrepreneurs With New Business Campaign

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Wh...

Awele Elumelu Encourages Young Africans to Pursue Excellence and Global Success

Awele Elumelu has encouraged young Africans to pursue excellence and global success.   NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Chairperson of Transcorp Hotels Plc, Avon Healthcare Limi...

Bowie State’s EIC: Training NextGen Entrepreneurs

Africa: From Capital to Prosperity

[allAfrica] Africa has no shortage of industrial ambition. What it lacks is the financial machinery to turn ambition into factories.

The African Export-Import Bank Launches $1B Film Fund To Finance Africa’s Creative Industry

The fund will invest through equity, quasi-equity, and structured financing to support commercially viable film, television, and immersive media projects

Africa: Building a Case for Value Addition in Africa

[allAfrica] Only an integrated approach to value addition will elevate African economies, create new jobs and leapfrog development stages.

Nigerian entrepreneur launches Globiqo to connect Africans abroad

Nigerian entrepreneur Temitope Segun Jongbo has launched Globiqo, a community and event discovery platform designed to help Africans living abroad discover events, meet people and...

Africa: What Investing in Africa Means to Aliko Dangote

[Premium Times] When conversations turn to investment in Africa, one name consistently dominates the discussion: Aliko Dangote. Over the past four decades, the Nigerian industriali...