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

HUMANITY IN THE TIME OF CORONA

THE FUNDAMENTAL STEPS IN FINDING EQUALITY AND HAPPINESS

ONCE UPON A DREAMER • Rapper 21 Savage headlines a formidable list of Forbes Under 30 alumni who grew up undocumented — and are now inspiring change to help their peers.

TESTING TIMES • For Africa’s two biggest economies already suffering ailing growth, Covid-19 has checked in at a vulnerable time.

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE CONTAGION • With stock markets in steep decline, countries in quarantine, and cases of Covid-19 spreading rapidly around the globe, businesses have no option but to brace themselves for this raging pandemic.

CHECKLIST: WHAT COMPANIES CAN DO

HANDS-ON APPROACH • The hygiene industry has received a shot in the arm with the recent pandemic. With emptying retail shelves, small business is also coming to the aid with innovative sanitizing ideas.

LEADING THE CHARGE • AS 2020 USHERS IN A NEW DECADE AND A NEW SET OF DAUNTING CHALLENGES FOR THE WORLD – CLIMATE CHANGE, THE CORONAVIRUS – IT’S ALL THE MORE IMPERATIVE THAT THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST CONTINENT RISES TO THE CRISES AND SEES OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE SEEM TO BE NONE. THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN FORGING AHEAD WITH CREDIBLE, CREATIVE AND PROFOUND STRATEGIES TO SHAPE OUR TOMORROW. CELEBRATING SIX YEARS OF THE FORBES AFRICA 30 UNDER 30 LIST, THEY ARE THE CONTINENT’S REVOLUTIONARY THINKERS REVITALIZING IDEAS AND INDUSTRIES WITH FRESH BUSINESS MODELS AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP.

METHODOLOGY

‘IT’S THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONNECTIONS THAT MAKE A LASTING IMPACT’ • Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopia’s first female president and the only serving female head of state in Africa, tells FORBES AFRICA why more leaders should use soft power to achieve shared growth.

A $500 MILLION CONSORTIUM AND GLOBAL STAGE FOR AFRICA • For now, plans continue for Expo 2020 Dubai, dubbed the planet’s biggest show. And driving the Africa connection and youth development is Reem Al Hashimy, the UAE’s dynamic Minister for International Cooperation and Director General of the expo.

COVID-19 AND EXPO 2020: ‘COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE’

BREAKING NEW GROUND • The Mining Indaba in Cape Town called for deeper and significant partnerships between government and the private sector.

THE AFRO-OPTIMIST • Cheryl Buss, the UK-based CEO of Absa International, on her passion for Africa and its resilient, entrepreneurial mind-set.

CLOTHING WHO WANTS TO TELL MORE STORIES • Katungulu Mwendwa has deconstructed fashion and has a positive, defiant and edgy take on the environmental crises compounded by the global clothing industry.

NERVES OF STEEL • Self-made Ghanaian entrepreneur Nana Kwame Bediako bought his first car by age 16 and made a million pounds in the United Kingdom before he turned 21. The fearless, unabashedly ambitious property tycoon is now on a mission to transform Accra’s skyline.

RED RICHES • Assumpta Uwamariya makes wine out of beetroot and has become a sparkling role model for other Rwandan women.

The James Bond Of Burgundy • Winemaker Jean-Charles Boisset has stealthily built a $450 million oenological empire in France and California one struggling vineyard at a time — and uncorked a lascivious secret-agent persona.

THE $600 THAT SPARKED A TELECOM TRADE • Tech entrepreneur Mandla Ngcobo dabbled in everything from poultry farming to selling airtime and electricity, until he found his niche in telecom – and his connections are...