 10 Business Ideas and Opportunities in Africa in 2021. Africa is a fast-developing continent and plenty foreign investors have seen that there is a lot of money to be made in this continent. There are plenty number of business ideas and opportunities that many are not aware of because the economy is considered to be not just small but poor. However, it does not mean that the continent has not been evolving. On the contrary, there are several African countries that have undergone economic reforms and are one of the best places to invest compared to other countries in other regions of the world. Investors that are smart and innovative will see the endless opportunities that surround Africa. This continent is not only rich in farmlands but in human and natural resources abound and as the population of the world continues to grow, the resource will become more valuable. If you are new to this channel, subscribe so you don't miss any or latest update. Meanwhile, today African Reloaded will be writing you on 10 business ideas and opportunities in Africa in 2021. 10. Investment More investment is pouring into the African economy as a result of the slow in economic growth in Europe. Toward the end of last year, investors like Tony Alumalu committed himself to invest $100 million in African startups and entrepreneur over the next 10 years. This is one of the tremendous idea and opportunities plus wealth for entrepreneur who can exploit them. Whether you are planning to funnel fund into Africa's stocks or Africa startups, the potential for high reward has never and will never change. Investment is not just a good deal but planning for the future is something which can't be bought because the joy of employing persons is really admiring. So look for something and invest today to rip tomorrow. 9. Financial Service In developing countries, the banking, payment system and financial service is just so perfect. Looking Africa, there are still about 50% or more if the population who don't have access to the financial service and the worst part is huge transaction are still done in cash which serve as a very high risk. But now this can be solved and became a very profitable business. For instance, an entrepreneur who can provide simple, easy and convenient ways of money transfer will become a millionaire in no time. An example of such is in Nigeria. A pay stack platform provided payment solutions to online merchant in Nigeria and as a result of this, many investors have been drawn to Nigeria and their customer base has grown. 8. Building and Construction Supplies Africa is a fast developing country which means plenty construction plans are pushing through. This is an opportunity that will create a lot of wealth for entrepreneurs here. It's no secret that the one of the richest man in Africa is Aleco Dengote and had heavily invested in the cement business. His cement supplies serve the African economy very much well. Africa used to spend billions of dollars to import cement. This came to an end as soon as the idea pop up to the mind of Dengote and other cement producer are supplying. Cement is just one of several building and construction supplies that are growing in demand across the continent. The demand for supplies like steel, timber, glass, plumbing, electrical supplies, roofing materials and other products is very high. These entire products play a very vital role in the construction boom that is happening across the continent. 7. Green Revolution Green Revolution is an increase in crop production in developing countries. This has been achieved by artificial fertilizers. Due to the rapid change in climate, any solutions that can preserves the natural environment by reducing waste and pollution and promote reuse and recycling have become huge business opportunities. Plenty African entrepreneurs and start-ups have already embracing the wave of the opportunity and are becoming hugely successful. In Ethiopian Bethlehem Alemu has become the world's first truly eco-friendly footwear brand. This has success makes him so famous up to the point where you could sell his footwear to customers in North America, Europe and Japan. Another example is the Tanzania entrepreneur who had built a multi-billion-dollar business from solar. Biodas production from organic waste is also another growing opportunity on Africa. 6. Internet and Technology The acquisition of SEA, which is a mobile messaging phone app, was developed by two young talented entrepreneurs from Ghana. The app was created in 2011, and slowly but surely, it started replacing SMS texting and became instant hit in the West and even far away to India. This is just one of the successful internets and tech stories which African use the internet to solve the problems and challenges in the continent. Now I want you to imagine the many opportunities which using the internet can solve. 5. Real Estate The demand for real estate, be it commercial or residential, has grown over the years and there is still a problem with shortage. In countries like Nigeria, over 16 million or more new houses need to be built in order to solve the problem trending in the country. The trending real estate in Nigeria is the Revolution Plus property which comes with benefited for the buyers. There are also lucrative potential in developing middle and low income housing and office space for sale, lease or rent. 4. Fashion and Beauty The fashion and beauty in Africa is developing at a very impressive rate. All kind of apparel, including locally fabrics and importer labels, has become hot selling products across Africa. There are many thousands of hundreds of rising stars who are building successful business in the fashion and beauty industry. The leading entrepreneurs who are breaking through the fashion and beauty market are Proctor & Gamble, Eloral and Mary Kay. The Susie Beauty Cosmetics started 7 years ago and Kenya has become hugely successful. Kami Adataju is another inspiring entrepreneur who has built a successful business with her luxury label. She deals with quality leather bags designed form ASO oak fabrics and a hand of woven by Nigeria Yoruba people. This style has become a major hit fashion store in Nigeria. The list of promising African entrepreneur who are building a successful fashion industry is quite impressive which will be an interesting industry to watch out for. 3. Media and Entertainment The entertainment industry has now become global and it's been enjoyed outside the country. Back in the past years, this industry has been giving us our very taste. For instance, lovers for movies like Love, Drama, Comedy, Action, Redemption and more, actors and actress of Hollywood and Nollywood serve it fresh all the time. 30 Days in Atlanta is a Nigeria original which was released in 2014. This film took 7 weeks after to change the story of the film industry. Before we have other like The Lionheart and many other Nigerian movies. Just a recent Cameroon made it to Netflix with the Fisherman's Diary, broken a man for the weekend. This is just the way for more to come and the writing of good film is highly needed to keep the flag up. Not only films but music as well has made that African continent unique. For instance musicians like DeVito, Tima Savage, Too Face and others have made Nigeria famous. 2. Affiliate Marketing If you don't have time to create your own to sell, you can sign up to market other product and make money from home. This business for some persons can earn commission on their sales. The most common and popular platform of affiliation marketing is Jumia and other online stores. Anyone can start an affiliated marketing with little or no cost. 1. Agricultural Processing Processing and packing food used to be a problem to African which was why they were always buying from foreign countries. Well this has stopped because since it became clear that they could process and package, homegrown and processed food is now cheaper and much more profitable hence the why the business within this category are attracting foreign direct investment. The Africa continent is not just rich in investment opportunities but also in the human capital. Make Africa your next business destination and you will not regret it. Hope it was educative and if you are new you are welcome. Please do not forget to like, share, comment, subscribe and turn on your notification for more updates.