Business Insights

Business insights from featured businesses, industry titans, sector disruptors, c-suite executives, founders, and experts across Africa.

Latest Business Insights

Unlocking Business Performance Through Advanced Industrial Software Solutions

Kabeer Sewpersad, Sales Manager for Digital Solutions in Process Industries at ABB South Africa, discusses how digital solutions aid improvement and shape the future of many industries

Earth Day : Combatting Climate Crises

Against the backdrop of a widespread drought and threatened food security across Southern Africa, we explore why Earth Day 2024 is now more vital than ever.

What new ideas in your industry excite you?

We like to round up each issue by giving featured business leaders the final word. In issue 107 we asked, “What new ideas in your industry excite you?”

Avanti Communications : Expanding to Multi-Orbit

Kyle Whitehill, CEO of Avanti Communications, speaks to us about the journey to becoming a global multi-orbit provider of fully integrated connectivity services and solutions.

Dezyna Interiors : Holistic Design

Nicolene Mausenbaum, Founder of Dezyna Interiors, discusses how her holistic approach to interior design considers the wellness of mind, body, and soul.

DerbyWheel Africa : Pedalling a Revolution

With the goal of globalising professional keirin racing, DerbyWheel emerges as a pioneer of velodrome cycling and hopes to share the profits generated from its global operation. Shaaban Mohammed, Managing Director of DerbyWheel Africa, tells us more about its growing popularity on the continent.

Natucate : Protecting the Okavango Delta

Daniel Kaul, CEO of Natucate, an organisation dedicated to the preservation of Earth’s precious resources, emphasises the need to raise awareness and act now.

What guidance would you offer to new entrants in your sector?

We like to round up each issue by giving featured business leaders the final word. In issue 106 we asked, “What guidance would you offer to new entrants in your sector?”

Why Africa Remains a Rewarding Destination for Investment 

Babs Ogundeyi, Group CEO and Founder of Kuda Technologies, discusses the continent’s funding potential and opportunities for a growing tech-savvy population.

AstraZeneca : Optimising Kenya’s Reforestation

With a commitment to planting and maintaining up to six million trees in Kenya, AstraZeneca is harnessing the deep learning capabilities of artificial intelligence to ensure the trees’ long-term growth and facilitate far-reaching health benefits for local communities. Deepak Arora, African Cluster President, tells us more.