What makes a city attractive for tourism investment?
Outside, the city feels organized without feeling still. Ride-hailing cars slide through clean boulevards. Restaurants fill with a mix of professionals, visiting executives, development workers, creatives, athletes, and diaspora travelers who are not simply passing through. They are spending, meeting, returning, posting, scouting, and investing. That is what makes a
Jason Njoku: iROKOtv and African streaming revolution
Jason Njoku’s story does not begin with the glamour of venture capital, media headlines, or the convenient myth of a founder who saw the future before everyone else. It begins in Deptford, South-East London, where he was born in 1980, raised by a hardworking Nigerian mother who supported five children
How African SMEs can scale beyond their first 100 customers
Getting your first 100 customers is a serious achievement. It means people trust your product enough to pay for it, recommend it, or come back. But in African markets, the real test begins after that. Many small businesses can sell to friends, neighbors, church members, WhatsApp contacts, early Instagram followers,
Why food tourism could become a major growth market in Africa
In Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Cape Town, Marrakech, Dakar, and Addis Ababa, food is becoming part of a larger travel economy. It is tied to diaspora return, music festivals, business trips, creator culture, heritage tourism, hotel expansion, aviation growth, and the newfound confidence of African cities in selling themselves as full-fledged
LemFi acquires Wealth8 as immigrant fintech pushes into investing
Y Combinator-backed LemFi is expanding beyond money transfers and credit by acquiring Wealth8, a UK investment platform regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The deal marks LemFi’s first move into wealth management and adds a new product line: investing. It also comes after LemFi received FCA approval for the acquisition,
The hidden economy driving Africa’s middle-class expansion
Africa’s middle class is often described through shopping malls, apartment blocks, ride-hailing apps, smartphones, private schools and supermarket shelves. But the real engine behind it is less polished and far more powerful. It sits in market stalls, roadside shops, mobile money wallets, informal logistics networks, diaspora transfers, social commerce pages,
Inside the mind of the founder of Ingressive Capital, Maya Horgan Famodu
Maya Horgan Famodu’s story does not begin with money. It begins with the absence of it. Long before she became one of the most visible venture capital voices backing African startups, she understood what it meant to have ambition trapped behind a locked door. She grew up in rural Minnesota,
How to validate a business idea in any African market
Africa does not suffer from a shortage of business ideas. It suffers from too many untested ideas being launched with rent, branding, inventory, staff, and optimism before anyone has proved that real customers will pay. That mistake is expensive anywhere, but it is especially costly in African markets, where income
Why most media brands fail in Africa, and what entrepreneurs need to know
Africa does not have a content problem. It has a media business model problem. Every year, new digital publishers, creator-led newsrooms, lifestyle platforms, business newsletters, podcasts, YouTube channels, and social-first media brands enter the market with confidence. Many start with sharp branding, energetic founders, and a clear sense that Africa’s
Inside Crunchies’ Journey: From one outlet in Aba to a national fast-food powerhouse
Crunchies Fried Chicken is a homegrown Nigerian quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, founded in the early 2000s and today a major player in the country’s fast-food sector. Launched in Aba, Abia State, in September 2003, the brand was built on a founding vision to blend high-quality meals with dependable service in a welcoming setting.
