Mozambique’s agricultural sector supports millions of livelihoods and plays a vital role in food security and economic growth. However, many aspiring entrepreneurs face barriers such as limited access to funding, business support, and professional networks, making it difficult to turn promising ideas into successful businesses. For Júbia Uchavo, these challenges became the foundation of an …
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How 2018 TEF Alumni Júbia Uchavo Is Growing Agribusiness in Mozambique
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From Scrap to Opportunity: How 2021 TEF Alumni Avith Philip Is Transforming Tanzania’s Circular Economy
In 2021, when Avith Philip joined the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Programme, Country Materials Limited was still an idea. Today, the Tanzanian enterprise has grown into a technology-driven circular economy business generating over US$20 million in revenue, employing 122 full-time staff, and empowering more than 5,000 scrap vendors across the country. What makes this …
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Patrice Murugi Wachira Is Unlocking the Hidden Value of Beekeeping in Kenya
Most people think beekeeping is about honey. Patrice Murugi Wachira saw something far more valuable.For generations, honey has been the product most closely associated with beekeeping. Yet inside every hive lies another resource with extraordinary commercial potential—bee venom. Used in pharmaceutical research, cosmetics and specialised medical applications, bee venom commands significantly higher market value than …
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Hannington Mambo Is Helping African Businesses Build Software Faster
Five years ago, Hannington Mambo walked into a crowded business networking conference with an idea he believed could transform software development in Africa. Standing before a room of investors, he explained the architecture, capabilities and long-term potential of FasterDev, a platform designed to simplify how software is built. The technology was ambitious, but the audience …
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Noah Kipkoech Is Bringing Digital Opportunity Closer to Rural Kenya
For Noah Kipkoech, technology is not simply about internet access, it is about expanding opportunity. Across many rural communities in Kenya, something as routine as accessing a computer, applying for jobs online or completing a digital skills course can require travelling long distances. While cities continue to benefit from rapid technological advancement, many smaller towns …
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How One Young Mchinji Farmer is Reimagining Agriculture for Malawi’s Next Generation
MCHINJI, Malawi—On a quiet stretch of land in Mchinji, where most young people dream of escaping farming rather than embracing it, Daniel Chibwe is cultivating something far bigger than crops. He is growing an idea. At 28, Chibwe has become part of a new generation of African agripreneurs determined to prove that agriculture is not …
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MEET RICHARD, BUILDING RWANDA’S ELECTRIC FUTURE
HE WATCHED RIDERS LOSE HALF THEIR INCOME TO FUEL. NOW HE’S BUILDING RWANDA’S ELECTRIC FUTURE. Every day, Richard Ngoga watched motorcycle taxi riders work long hours only to lose a significant portion of their earnings to fuel costs. For many riders, fuel consumed between 40 and 60 per cent of their daily income, making it …
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TEF Alumni, Andrew Etuket, is Promoting Healthy Living Through Timnath Health
Description of his business TIMNATH Health is Kampala’s foremost facility for people seeking to improve their health and fitness. TIMNATH leverages diverse expertise in medicine, nutrition, research, design and technology to offer comprehensive health and fitness solutions to both individuals and corporates. It’s system, the TIMNATH Health Improvement System (THIS), employs a 6-stage cyclic process, …
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Moses Mutabaganya is producing a wide range of nutritional foods to combat the high rate of malnutrition in the country
Description of his business Moses Blessed Mutabaganya, founder of Glory to Glory Food Industries a registered company operating in Kampala Uganda, is producing a wide range of nutritional foods to combat the high rate of malnutrition in the country. The company produces foods that will contribute to the fight against malnutrition. Our products are highly …
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Eliab Mayengo is helping to provide quality construction materials to build for the future
Description of his business Orca-Pod Holdings Limited fabricate machinery that are used in manufacturing quality construction materials that are very affordable to the local middle-class Ugandan to aid in improving the quality of their housing. Their products are so affordable to the local person since they are locally produced right from machinery since they are …
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