The stories we tell about entrepreneurship tend to favour the dramatic: the app that raised millions, the founder on the conference stage. Those stories matter. But across Africa, the fortunes that last are more often built in less glamorous places.
Cold rooms that keep vegetables fresh. Factories that print packaging so local brands can compete. Trucks, warehouses and distribution hubs that get goods to small towns. These businesses solve daily problems, employ large numbers of people and are hard to copy.
Why this matters for Zimbabwe
As the continent moves toward a single market, the companies that master logistics, processing and supply will be the ones that scale. Many of them already exist here, run by founders and families who rarely seek attention.
The Leader was founded partly to tell their stories. If we want the next generation of Africa's billionaires to come from Zimbabwe, we should start by paying attention to the businesses that make everything else possible.
