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

The Handshake Is Officially Dead

FAITH, THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN DESPAIR AND HOPE; THAT ETERNAL BELIEF THAT ALL WILL BE WELL

BILLIONAIRE RAPPER KANYE WEST TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

UV TO CLEAN PLANES

AFRICA’S FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL

A BREAKTHROUGH FOR COVID-19 TREATMENT

MELINDA GATES ON THE PANDEMIC’S GENDER TOLL

GLOBAL PEACEFULNESS FALLS

CFOS CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL ECONOMY

395 MILLION JOBS BY 2030?

The Corona Conundrum • With only five months to go this year, what is the inevitable uncertainty that awaits us? With an increasing Covid caseload, must Africa and its battered economies learn to now co-exist with the virus?

Land Of A Thousand IDEAS • In many ways, Covid-19 has been Africa’s ‘light bulb’ moment. As an example, a roundup of the new wave of pandemic-inspired innovations being tried and tested in the marketplace in hilly Rwanda.

ROOM FOR MORE • Tourism is slowly reawakening in Rwanda, with a renewed focus on the local market.

THE PEOPLE’S BANKER • IN 1993, DR JAMES MWANGI WALKED AWAY FROM A PROMISING CAREER AT ONE OF KENYA’S LARGEST BANKS, TO JOIN THE EQUITY BUILDING SOCIETY. THREE DECADES ON, FEW COULD HAVE PREDICTED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP WOULD WORK TO TRANSFORM NOT JUST EQUITY BUT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF THE REGION. FORBES AFRICA MEETS THE MAN BEHIND EAST AFRICA’S BILLION-DOLLAR BANKING EMPIRE.

JAMES MWANGI’S 10 TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS DURING COVID-19

Covid-19: Africa’s Gender Pandemic • From New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Covid-19 has been shining a light on women and paving the way for new thinking in global leadership. But, in Africa, has it been so? A look through the gender lens of the pandemic.

APP YOU LIKE IT • The newly-established delivery app industry in Tanzania is serving up old business in a new format, diversifying the e-commerce market and driving consumer behavior beyond Covid-19.

‘THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL, TRANSPARENT TOOL’ • WHAT ARE THE BIG CORPORATES THINKING? RAGHU MALHOTRA, THE DUBAI-BASED PRESIDENT OF MASTERCARD MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA, ON DEVELOPING CLEAR FRAMEWORKS FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS, AND WHY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE.

GUT INSTINCT • Gut intelligence is the next step in personalized medicine that could help prevent certain illnesses.

UNDERSTANDING HOW GENES WORK TO IDENTIFY DISEASE CAUSES

A SHOT OF HOPE? • Why convalescent plasma therapy could be key for treating critical Covid-19 patients.

Blockchain To Track Your Tea? • How this Tanzanian entrepreneur’s tea startup is weathering the Covid-19 storm.

Life Must Go On • Temie Giwa-Tubosun supplies blood to hospitals and oxygen to Covid-19 patients in Nigeria. The special deliveries arrive with doses of compassion and hope.

A Day In The Fields, A Lifetime In Fashion • Tsholanang Mathibe never let her humble upbringing come in the way of her big dreams designing for the rich and famous in South Africa.

INTELLIGENCE AGENTS • Normally, humans train artificial-intelligence systems to replace them. ASAPP’s software trains customer-service reps to be better humans.

AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial-Intelligence Companies

‘Business Meetings Might Move To A More Hybrid Set-Up’ • As chair of the global steering committee of the Radisson Hotel Group, which includes over a thousand...