Forbes Africa

Forbes Africa is the drama critic to business in Africa. The magazine helps readers connect the dots, form patterns and see beyond the obvious, giving them a completely different perspective. In doing this, it delivers sharp, in-depth and engaging stories by looking at global and domestic issues from an African prism.

Forbes Africa

From Gandhi To Gates

‘HEART-WRENCHING TO SEE GLOBAL DISPARITY AND DIVIDE CONTINUE TO GROW'

THE ART OF BEING BRAND BONANG

TYLA BECOMES FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN TO WIN A VMA

MPOX VARIANT SPREADING INTO EAST AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA'S GOLDEN GIRL RETIRES AFTER MAKING HISTORY

SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTENTIOUS EDUCATION BILL

120 YEARS OF GANDHI'S PHOENIX • AS THE WORLD COMMEMORATES THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHOENIX SETTLEMENT AND MAHATMA GANDHI'S 155TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY, THE SETTLEMENT AND HIS LEGACY REMAIN POWERFUL SYMBOLS OF NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. A NEW BOOK AND A SPECIAL EVENT MARK THIS OCCASION.

STEERING-SOUTH AFRICA INC. • IN FORBES AFRICA'S INAUGURAL LIST OF TOP CEOs IN AFRICA'S BIGGEST ECONOMY, THE NUMBER-CRUNCHING CORPORATE TITANS ATTEST THAT IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS SEEN MANY HIGHS AND MANY HISTORIC LOWS, IT'S ALL ABOUT CAPITALIZING ON THE MOMENT AND TURNING IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGES INTO RESULTS?DRIVEN SUCCESS.

SOCIAL MEDIA [IN] NUMBERS • FORBES AFRICA recently ran an editorial poll online to ascertain the South African business sectors that readers believed had the biggest impact last year:

WOMEN POWER IN THEC-SUITE

‘I APPLAUD THE AFRICAN SCIENTISTS WHO HELP US RUN THESE TRIALS' • AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF THE 2024 GOALKEEPERS REPORT IN SEPTEMBER, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FORBES AFRICA, BILL GATES, THE BILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST AND CO-CHAIR OF THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, SPOKE FROM SEATTLE ABOUT INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES, AS WELL AS INSIGHTS FROM MEETINGS WITH HEADS OF STATE ON HIS RECENT TRIPS TO NIGERIA AND ETHIOPIA, AND WHAT HE AND ALIKO DANGOTE HAVE IN COMMON.

‘THAT'S DISRUPTION, THAT'S POWER, THAT'S INCLUSION’ • WITH MASTERCARD FOR ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY NOW, RAGHU MALHOTRA IS WELL-VERSED WITH THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LANDSCAPE. AS THE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL ENTERPRISE GROWTH, HE DIVIDES HIS TIME BETWEEN DUBAI AND LONDON. HERE, HE IMPARTS SOME OF THE LEARNINGS FROM HIS VAST STINTS IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, AND WHAT HE THINKS THE FUTURE HOLDS.

RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACES • WITH A DIVERSE 20-YEAR CAREER IN HOSPITALITY ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIES INCLUDING AFRICA, AMIR GOLBARG CAN TELL YOU HOW LOCATIONS YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED CAN LEND TO RAPTUROUS STORYTELLING. HE HAS MANY A TALE TO TELL ON THE CONTINENT, INCLUDING ONE ON BOB DYLAN.

HIV HAIL MARY • MEDICAL DATABASE BILLIONAIRE TERRY RAGON BELIEVES HE CAN SUCCEED WHERE MAJOR GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED: BY BRINGING TOGETHER TOP DOCTORS, SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN A MOON-SHOT BID TO CURE ONE OF THE WORLD'S WILIEST VIRUSES.

RECLAIMING THE GIANT AMONG GRAINS • THERE'S A NEW STAR IN THE WORLD OF FOOD RETAIL. IT'S CALLED FONIO OR ‘HUNGRY RICE', A FORGOTTEN AFRICAN CROP THAT'S NOW A GLOBAL SUPERFOOD WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE FACE OF FARMING ON THE CONTINENT.

FORK TO FARM: • • ‘Let's Make It Desirable, Let's Make It Sexy' •

MEDICINE'S GOLD RUSH • A CLASS OF PRESCRIPTION WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS IS TRANSFORMING WEIGHT MANAGEMENT TO THE POINT THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. BIG PHARMA CONTINUES TO BET BIG ON IT AND THE MARKET COULD BE WORTH $150 BILLION BY 2030.

INFLUENCE ON THE FOOD SECTOR

WEIGHING IN • WITH THE SPURT IN HEALTHTECH, AI-POWERED APPS ARE NOW ALL THE RAGE OFFERING GROUNDBREAKING INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA'S BATTLE AGAINST RISING OBESITY RATES.

WORK ON THE WILD SIDE...