SMEs

Refilwe Sebothoma is a visionary entrepreneur who is transforming lives in South Africa. Growing up in Marikana, a mining community in the North West, she faced the harsh …

Growing up in the Upper West Region of Ghana, the country’s poorest region, Mawuse Christina Gyisun and the rural farmers in her community experienced abject poverty. Like every …

In Nigeria, environmental challenges pose significant threats to sustainable development. However, innovators like Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro are pioneering solutions. As the founder of MitiMeth, a leading Nigerian eco-friendly accessories …

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, Africa’s leading philanthropic initiative supported by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 10 finalists for …

Edna Frimpong is an award-winning female entrepreneur excelling in the previously male-dominated shoemaking industry. Popularly known as “the shoemaker gurl,” Frimpong switched to making shoes full-time after losing …

Forget Shareka is an influential entrepreneur and the founder of Chashi Foods. Since its inception in 2019, Chashi Foods has advocated a green economy in Zimbabwe. They are …

The global honey market was projected to hit $12 billion in 2015. For sub-Saharan African communities, the potential of bee farming becoming a profitable conservation approach has risen, …

Maxima Nsimenta, a young and successful Electrical Engineer, was comfortably in a top-tier position at an international oil and gas corporation. However, she made the surprising decision to …

In Tanzania, as in many parts of Africa, widows, single mothers, and other disadvantaged women lack access to resources that could help them improve the quality of their …

“If more women participated in the economy squarely as men, it would add up to $28 trillion, or 26%, to annual GDP by 2025 compared with a business-as-usual …