BUSINESS IDEAS

Waste is a serious inconvenience to individuals, households, businesses and industries, especially in the urban areas. For this reason, people frequently need a cheap and convenient way to dispose of their waste in order to safeguard their health and the environment.Take human waste, for example. In many African towns and cities there are inadequate public […]

Recycle waste into money! It sounds crazy but it’s already happening! Yes, we have to confess doing business with waste is certainly not for the faint-hearted or sensitive. But the payoff can be huge those who give it a go. More than 75 percent of waste produced around the world is recyclable. Waste recycling is

Explore biogas; it’s the fuel of the future… Although biogas is a product of recycled waste, it deserves a special mention. Biogas refers to a mixture of gases produced by the fermentation of household or agricultural organic waste (like sewage, kitchen waste, animal manure, food scraps and plant material). When all of this organic waste

Africa is a fertile ground for the footwear business – start making shoes! Footwear is an essential part of clothing and modern humans are never completely dressed without it. For thousands of years, we have always found a way to protect our feet from harm, injury and dirt, and even to support our walking. No

It’s boom time for all kinds of clothing businesses… but don’t become that next corner shop! Where do Africans get their clothing from? Yes, I know we buy it in shops and open markets but where does it really come from? Who makes them? The answers to these questions hold the key to fully understanding

Textiles – The demand for fabrics is on the rise providing multiple opportunities for you! Every piece of clothing – shirt, dress, suit or blouse – first exists as a sheet of fabric; it is the most important raw material on which the clothing industry is built. Every year, millions of rolls of clothing materials

Clothing accessories: you can make cool profits with all kinds of small stuff. If you think the clothing industry is huge, think again. The accessories we often wear with our clothing make up a much larger market that is worth billions of dollars every year. Clothing accessories include a wide range of items; some of

The opportunities in Africa’s mobile hardware market are still huge. Mobile phones are now the fastest selling device in the world, even more so in Africa! Many of the major mobile brands, especially Nokia, Samsung, Blackberry and Apple, continue to compete aggressively to gain a larger share of the action. Although the market for brand-new

You may have noticed that there is somewhat of an app hype happening in Africa‘s tech scene. It is just so cool to build an app. In Nairobi‘s iHub young leaders in the technology space tell us they are trying to move away from that and focus more on apps that can solve real problems

There are several opportunities to service Africa’s growing telecoms industry With millions of people to serve and lots of ground to cover, telecom companies are rolling out communications masts/towers and base stations across Africa. As more people go mobile in Africa, there is also a huge investment in telecom infrastructure and networks to support this