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How to Get Started with a Business in 2025
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How to Get Started with a Business in 2025

Starting a business can be one of the most exciting and rewarding steps in life. Whether you want to work for yourself, earn...

Nairobi printing industry
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Inside Nairobi’s Printing Economy Built by Ordinary People

Walk through Nairobi’s city centre on any weekday and you’ll feel it — the weight of joblessness, the pressure on young people to...

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-STREET ART MARKET
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Street Markets Spark a Creative Industry Boom

WINDHOEK - Street markets in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, are fuelling a significant boom in the creative industry amid limited commercialization opportunities for local artists....

Sankalp Ecosystem Award Winners
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Four Startups Shine at Africa’s Largest Impact Investment Summit

Four innovative startups were crowned winners of the prestigious Sankalp Africa Awards 2025, recognising African enterprises tackling some of the region’s most pressing...

Vivian Nalianya - Vivanet Solutions
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Hellen Nalianya: Big Shift From Accounts Led to Instant Success in Tech World

A career in technology was never on the horizon for Hellen Nalianya, but she took a gamble that immersed her in this male-dominated...

cosmetics industry in Kenya
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Trendy Young Entrepreneurs Stirring Up Kenya’s Cosmetics Business

These crop of entrepreneurs are pushing for more diversity in products, especially in foundations and skincare lines

Global Startup Awards - Top Innovators in Africa
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Kenyan Green Tech Startup Among Africa’s Top Innovators

The event celebrated groundbreaking achievements in African innovation, with winners representing eight countries and industries 

Afreximbank angel investors
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Angel Investors Commit $350,000 to Creative Entrepreneurs

African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) angel investors participating in a pitch session at the just-concluded CANEX WKND 2024 in Algiers have committed a total...

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