Patrick Ngowi is the Chief Executive Officer of Helvetic Solar and has successfully built an 8-million-USD business selling solar panels in Tanzania. Helvetic Solar Contractors (HSC) is a Tanzanian company that supplies, installs and maintains solar systems throughout the northern circuit of Tanzania. The company sells everything solar from photovoltaic (a.k.a. “solar”) … [Read more...]
Aliko Dangote, still the richest man in Africa
The highly anticipated Forbes list, ‘Africa’s 50 Richest’ is out and once again proves that Africans are raking in some serious money. The 50 richest Africans displayed on the list have a combined net worth of 110.7 billion US dollars, 6.7 per cent higher than last year. To make the list, individuals needed to have a minimum net worth of 510 million US dollars. Taking the … [Read more...]
The “Princess of Africa” , Yvonne Chaka Chaka shares her success story
Yvonne Chaka Chaka is a legend in the South African music scene and beyond. But the superstar says she's just the humble daughter of an Apartheid-era domestic worker, who dared to dream big. "From a very early age, I wanted to be somebody. Because growing up under Apartheid, obviously, you became a non-entity. And as I grew I saw all these injustices and I thought it's not … [Read more...]
The story of a young Nigerian Professor, in charge of Research and Innovation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Part of our mandate in Afroscandic is to celebrate the accomplishments of Africans and Scandinavians whose success stories inspire and remind us of the greatness we all have trapped inside of us. The story of a Nigerian and African Professor, Augustine Arukwe, in Norway is one accomplishment that throws down the gauntlet to young Africans who aspire to dream that if they walk … [Read more...]
Denmark’s New Female Billionaire, Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak, the owner of ECCO Shoes
Some fortunes are made overnight; others are carefully crafted over many years and passed between generations. The latter is true for Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak, the 57-year-old owner of global shoe company, Ecco, who Forbes pegs as a billionaire. This story began nearly a half century ago. That’s when her father, Karl Toosbuy, gave up his secure job managing a shoe factory in … [Read more...]