Jaco Maritz is the Founder of How We Made It in Africa. He specializes in finance, investment, and business economics, with a focus on entrepreneurship, startups, and corporate finance. Jaco's insights and expertise are featured in How We Made It in Africa and Asset Magazine.
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Jaco Maritz's articles focus on business and industry, particularly in Africa. He covers a wide range of topics including sales & marketing, agriculture & farming, real estate industry, entrepreneurship as well as themes like affordable housing and climate change.
If you are looking to reach out to Jaco with relevant information or pitches, consider highlighting stories related to African businesses and industries such as innovative agribusiness practices, real estate opportunities across African countries, successful entrepreneurship ventures within the continent, unique sales and marketing strategies tailored for the African market among others.
Given his extensive coverage of various industries in Africa along with citing data in his articles regularly suggests that he would be interested in receiving carefully researched insights or reports about emerging trends or success stories within these sectors alongside any statistics that can support those narratives.
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Nigerian creates business exporting avocados and chillies from Rwanda to European supermarkets
How this Africa-focused investor manages his own money
How this Africa-focused investor manages his own money
By: Jaco Maritz
Seid Mohammedbirhan was born in 1960 in the town of Adi Awro, in a rural part of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
By: Jaco Maritz
, the latest book by Jaco Maritz, has been recognised at the 2026 BCA African Business Book of the Year Award, taking the second runner-up prize at a ceremony held at the Institute of Directors in London on Friday, 3 July 2026.
Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit , is available here . The book was recently
Africa's Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has unveiled its 2026 Top
By: Jaco Maritz
Africa's agricultural potential is widely recognised. But how easy is it really to build an export business around it?
By: Jaco Maritz
has been shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa (BCA) African Business Book of the Year Awards 2026.
By: Jaco Maritz
Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit , is available here . The book was recently
