Sumber : mStar
small business ideas in south africa 2015
harvested in Africa every year is wasted. In some countries, this situation is so bad that fruits and concentrates are imported from overseas despite their local abundance. For example, did you know that Nigeria, which produces oranges in large quantities, still spends over $140 million to import orange concentrates for its fruit juice industry? In West Africa, a company in Sierra Leone is already exploiting the lucrative potentials of fruits.Africa Felix Juice is a Sierra Leone-based company that produces juice concentrates from mangoes and pineapples that are harvested across the country. The company recently attracted more than 60 million African children may reach adolescence lacking even the most basic literacy and numeracy skills. But is it possible to provide affordable education to thousands of children in East Africa for less than $5 per month per student.
Before these amazing businesses started, it was thought impossible to educate poor people at a time and supplies roughly 100 to 120 pigs a week to retailers in South Africa. Anna currently employs about 20 staff and has become something of a celebrity pig farmer on the continent. The business ideas and success stories you have just read in this article prove there are many ways to make money with anything in Africa.
But Africa is classified as a poor continent. How can it be? Everywhere you look, there are opportunities to make money that don’t even exist or are easily overlooked in other parts of the largest producers of fruits in the world. However, due to poor processing and storage, a huge portion of the fruits harvested in Africa every year is wasted.
In some countries, this situation is so bad that fruits and takes them to its processing facility where they are used to make progress January 18th, 2018 | Comments Off on The rise and rise of women leaders across Africa (Infographic) Permalink How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make fruit juices and flavorings for the food industry.
These concentrates were the first major export from Sierra Leone since it came out from a devastating civil war nearly ten years ago. 3. Anna Phosa (South Africa) Anything can be turned into a profitable business in Africa, and if you’re determined enough, you too can write your own life-changing success story! Let’s explore some of the interesting, tried and tested ways to make money in Africa.
1. SoleRebels (Ethiopia) Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, 34, grew up in Zenabwork, a poor village in the suburbs of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She came up with her business idea after she noticed most of the artisans in her local community. (photo credit: picknpay.co.za) A little less than four years later (in 2008), Anna was an ordinary entrepreneur who made a livelihood from her small vegetable farming business in Soweto.
She was introduced to pig farming by a close friend and instantly developed a liking for the venture. In 2004, Anna invested 1,000 Rand (about $100) to buy four pigs which she used to start up her own small pig farm. (photo credit: picknpay.co.za) A little less than four years later (in 2008), Anna was contracted by Pick n’ Pay, the South African supermarket and retail giant, to supply its stores with 10 pigs per week.
This order quickly grew to 20 pigs per week shortly after. And in 2010, Anna signed a breath-taking contract with Pick ‘n Pay to supply its stores with 10 pigs per week. This order quickly grew to 20 pigs per week over the next five years under a 25 million Rand deal (that’s nearly $2.5 million!) With a contract in hand, Anna received funding from ABSA Bank and USAID to buy a 350-hectare farm property.
From just four pigs, her new farm now holds nearly 4,000 pigs at a time and supplies roughly 100 to 120 pigs a week to retailers in South Africa. Anna currently employs about 20 staff and has become something of a celebrity pig farmer on the continent! Although pig farming hasn’t really picked up in Africa February 8th, 2018 | Comments Off on How cassava beer in Mozambique has transformed a poor village in the suburbs of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
She came up with her business idea after she noticed most of the artisans in her community, who made beautiful footwear, remained jobless and poor. Today, her company, SoleRebels, is one the most popular and fastest-growing African footwear brands in the world! It sells its ‘eco-friendly’ brand of footwear in more than 10,000 registered users (who are mostly merchants) and over 30,000 unregistered users.
In a country with the ninth largest population of internet users (over 60 million), the growth prospects for SimplePay are breathtaking. It’s no wonder that a string of local and international investors are outdoing themselves to have a stake in what is
HALAMAN SELANJUTNYA:
