Africa is a continent with many peculiarities. From the people, down to the demography, the continent has always had something amazing up its sleeves. Now with amazingly strange business opportunities springing up in the region, the continent sure is laden with many unexplored sides. Through the business realities of some African entrepreneurs, one quickly gets the idea that an idea could be anywhere.

The savvy African entrepreneur knows that finding a real need or problem usually always precedes a brilliant and or unusual business idea. And a brilliant idea sustains itself creating a positive impact in the community.

In the quest to seek out African entrepreneurs with great businesses or ideas, we have discovered quite a few successful business realities that are totally astounding. These business realities involve making money from maggots, floating a business with less than $100, business from urine, and trash!

Unbelievable, right? Well, find out for yourself…

Maggots Can Make You a Millionaire

As an entrepreneur, you need to envision what the meaning of the phrase in this context means. Maggots = something not usually thought to be a money-maker or can literally mean maggots, the squirmy worms that eventually metamorphose into flying insects. However, in South Africa, a young entrepreneur is generating millions through his maggot harvesting business. Also, here, we see some entrepreneurs who were using “bugs” to put nutrition on the plates of thousands of households. Many businesses can self-sustain by simply collecting the Chitoumou, the local Burkinabe name for Shea caterpillar, drying it and feeding it to their chickens. Other businesses domesticate maggots as a business.

Maggots can offer a lot of value. First, they feed off organic waste which is much cheaper than regular animal feed, which you’d otherwise feed domesticated maggots. Second, they produce a nutrient-rich fertilizer that can be sold or used. And finally, maggots are harvested and ground to make a maggot-based animal feed that is not only significantly cheaper than other options but is also much higher in nutrition.

Read more at http://enterprise54.com/4-bizarre-business-opportunities-in-africa/

Nyanma

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