HeyJaredHow We Made It In Africa
How We Made It In Africa is a niche business and entrepreneurship publication focused on practical, on-the-ground stories about building companies and investing across the African continent.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 35
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Audience
- Top 5M sites
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- Jul 3, 2026
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This entrepreneur went from Goldman Sachs to building a financial firm in Nigeria – all part of his 30-year plan (opens the original)
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Femi Ogunjimi co-founded the Nigerian financial firm CardinalStone in 2008. He now focuses on its private equity arm, CardinalStone Capital Advisers, which invests in companies across West Africa. He spoke to How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz about his journey as an entrepreneur and investor.Topics discussed during the interview include:The 30-year plan Ogunjimi drew up for his lifeWhy he left Goldman Sachs to build an investment bank in NigeriaLaunching the firm in the middle
From Treatment Room to Shelf: How Abby Bakare Turned Years of Clinical Experience into Skincare for Every Skin Type (opens the original)
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How to build a profitable co-working space business in Africa (opens the original)
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Learn how Hadija Jabiri started a business that exports Tanzania’s agricultural produce to Europe and beyond. Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here.French entrepreneur Grégoire Schwebig is the founder of AfricaWorks, which operates co-working spaces in seven cities across six African countries. He spoke to How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz about his journey as a
Building trust: How one developer in Zanzibar built investment safety into the resort’s structure (opens the original)
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Betting the family home on sausages in Rwanda (opens the original)
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