Meet Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, the camel herder’s son who built a telecom giant serving 4 million Somalis, with 11 data centres and a growing 5G network
In an interview with Business Insider Africa, Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, chairman of Hormuud Telecom, reflected on his journey from being the son of a camel herder to helping build one of Somalia’s most prominent telecommunications businesses, and why he believes the country’s next economic breakthrough will come from expanding access to digital technology
Meet Chude Jideonwo, the Nigerian media entrepreneur building a pan-African media empire with a $500,000 creator fund and plans for a public listing
The Nigerian entrepreneur is expanding through FourthMainland, a media and culture group focused on turning African stories, creators and intellectual property into profitable businesses, backed by a personal commitment of at least $500,000 to Africa’s creator economy
Meet Samaila Zubairu, the former Dangote executive and AFC boss who helped connect Kenya with Africa’s wealthiest man for a $17bn refinery
During the short meeting at Dangote’s home, Samaila Zubairu carried a proposal tied to Kenyan President William Ruto’s ambition to establish a refinery in the country, one that would eventually evolve into a planned $17 billion project in Lamu
Meet Jumoke Michael-Ojo, Mandies Cocktails founder who earned second consecutive spot on 2026 Event Industry Power List – Businessday NG
From KPMG Nigeria to building a household name in Nigeria’s event industry, Michael-Ojo continues to shape the business of experiences, hospitality and event culture across Nigeria and beyond
Meet the powerful African king Aliko Dangote credits with making his $20 billion oil refinery a reality ahead of Africa’s biggest IPO
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the second of his name and the 51st Ooni to sit on the ancient throne of Ile-Ife in western Nigeria, is the traditional ruler Dangote credits with helping clear one of the most unusual obstacles standing in the way of his $20 billion refinery
Meet the friends who left two of the world’s biggest chemical companies to build one in Africa—raising nearly $3 million and growing 1,400% in four years
Long before Taiwo Ilesanmi and Gbenga Akanmu became business partners, they were simply two boys growing up on the same street in Ibadan
Meet Indian billionaire Raj Gupta: The steel tycoon building Africa’s biggest solar powered steel plant – BusinessToday
Raj Gupta, theIndian billionaire& businessman who built African Industries Group into Nigeria’s largest steel producer, has secured 500 hectares of land in Niger State to build what could become sub-Saharan Africa’s largest solar-powered steel plant, according to a report by Business Insider Africa
Meet the Indian founder who turned $50,000 into a $120 million retail supply chain platform for Africa’s informal economy
For many global entrepreneurs and investors, African markets present both enormous opportunity and complex operational challenges, from infrastructure gaps and currency volatility to regulation and logistics bottlenecks that have tested even some of the world’s biggest startups
Meet the founders building Africa’s trust infrastructure for the digital age and tackling a $3.5b cyber gap
Trust is one of those things people rarely think about until it disappears. You don’t think about it when you transfer money through a banking app, upload a document to the cloud, or share your personal information with a company online. You assume the systems behind those actions are secure