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 FUTURE WE ARE FACED WITH

DO WE ‘COMPROMISE’ TO ADAPT OR DO WE TRULY CHANGE?

NEW BILLIONAIRE GHOST WRITER • MacKenzie Bezos is an author, an early Amazon employee, a billionaire — and isn’t talking.

VIGILANCE AGAINST THE VIRUS • With the coronavirus spreading faster globally than the news around it, how is corporate Africa bracing itself for the threat?

MINING S PLANS TO CLEAN UP ITS ACT AND PLUG THE POWER GAP • IS THE BIGGEST MINING GATHERING ON THE PLANET STILL WORTHY OF NOTE? IT MAY HAVE BEEN SHORT ON NEWS, BUT IT WAS LONG ON BACK STORIES AND HOPE WITH A DASH OF TENSION. MANY THOUGHT THE MINING INDABA WAS FADING, BUT THE 26TH EDITION IN CAPE TOWN LAST MONTH WAS RARELY DULL IF YOU LOOKED HARD ENOUGH.

AN EXCLUSIVE URBAN OASIS

‘SIERRA LEONE A FLAGSHIP OF AFRICAN MINING’

AFRICA'S 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN • THIS IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PAN-AFRICAN COMPILATION OF THE CONTINENT’S LEADING WOMEN, DRAWN FROM BUSINESS, POLITICS, MEDIA, SCIENCE, SPORTS AND PUBLIC LIFE, WHO ARE CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO AND CREATING A TRAIL ON TERRAIN WHERE THERE WAS NONE. THEY ARE RESHAPING HISTORY, CLOSING INEQUALITIES AND PIONEERING NEW AVENUES OF WEALTH CREATION AND IN TURN, LIFTING OTHERS WITH THEM.

‘POWER IS PROVOKING POSITIVE IMPACT’ • Graça Machel’s name will be etched in history as a political activist, public servant, global humanitarian and advocate for the rights of women and children. Dressed in a regal purple suit, and sporting a chic new look and hairdo, she arrives for an exclusive FORBES AFRICA photoshoot late January, in a studio in a leafy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. With an alluring aura and a disarming “hello”, she puts the team at ease, and shares her personal odyssey including her journey as a social entrepreneur through the Graça Machel Trust that she founded. Excerpts from the interview:

THE TRUST PRINCIPLE • South Africa’s KPMG boss Ignatius Sehoole on why ethical behavior must extend beyond working hours to all other aspects of life.

THE FRENCH SILHOUETTE IN AFRICA • From glamorous Paris to gritty Johannesburg, Zazi Nyandeni arrived with $2,700 and updated sartorial skills to showcase haute couture on South Africa’s racks and runways.

DATA POSITIONS AGRICULTURE AS KEY DRIVER OF AFRICA’S GROWTH • African farmers are at the heart of tomorrow’s global economy.

A DECADE OF GERT-JOHAN COETZEE

SOIL TOIL • A car accident made this graphic designer more grounded, and take to farming, tending to vegetables on a piece of land far from Johannesburg.

QUESTION EVERYTHING • Want to make money in the crazy, opaque, inefficient crypto market? Start by challenging every assumption, every nugget of news, every piece of social-media wisdom.

TRUST YOUR GUT • ON THE BRAVEST FRONTIER IN HUMAN HEALTH, SCIENTISTS ARE USING BACTERIA FROM THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TO CREATE NOVEL MEDICINES FOR A HUGE RANGE OF AILMENTS INCLUDING PARKINSON’S, CANCER AND AUTISM. GATES, BENIOFF AND ZUCKERBERG ARE TRUE BELIEVERS, AND THE RESULT COULD BE BLOCKBUSTER DRUGS THAT TRANSFORM LIVES — AND DELIVER MASSIVE RETURNS FOR EARLY INVESTORS.

THE TALENTED CHOIR THAT NEVER HAD A MUSIC LESSON • From humble beginnings to the limelight in Hollywood, their success is for every ordinary African with big dreams and a bigger mission.

THE FIVE TRENDS TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR BUSINESS • Some of these fads were slowly building in the previous decade, others are still nascent, but need your full attention to...