Forbes Africa

IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH AFRICA, there are some indelible impressions on the mind’s eye that no Virtual Reality headset or 4IR can ever recreate. The thick green forests with tall foliage and wet earth in equatorial Kenya, the overwhelming scent

I LOVE MILESTONES AND rejoice each one. We have so many challenges in our lives, therefore, we must stop to rejoice moments that fill us with pride. This is the 100th issue of FORBES AFRICA and we joyously celebrate this occasion even as the publishi

“I’M A FIGHTER. I’M THE KIND OF PERSON THAT for better or worse runs towards a problem and tries to solve it even if it’s in a burning house.” These powerful words come from 31-year-old Somalian-Canadian activist, Ilwad Elman, who spoke at the 6th F

There a new view from atop Rwanda’s beautiful green hills – that of new hopes and dreams in outer space. On March 12, the country’s parliament, in a virtual sitting, voted a law establishing the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) to act as a driver that will

My Octopus Teacher, the South African Netflix documentary, has been nominated for an Oscar in the best documentary feature category. The 2020 Netflix original by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed is going up against four others in the category. Filmed in

At the beginning of March, World Rugby announced the organization had made the decision to recommend the postponement of the Rugby World Cup, which was scheduled to be hosted in New Zealand between September 18 and October 16, until next year due to

WHEN THIS STORY WAS GOING TO PRESS, Nigeria had a total of 161,000 Covid-19 cases and counting. A big chunk of these cases was attributed to the two variants discovered in the West African country – the B.1.525 also found in the United Kingdom (UK) a

THE INTERNET HAS TRANSFORMED our societies, economies and way of life. While industrialization saw people moving across towns, cities and provinces to be closer to the workplace, the coronavirus pandemic has shifted everything. Around the world, city

Africa, like everywhere in the world, has been coping with COVID-19, which has disproportionately impacted women. The pandemic is a watershed moment for gender equality and an African Union report notes the importance of a gendered perspective in the

SOUTH AFRICA HAS TARGETED THE creation of a million new entrepreneurs by 2030, says Lydia Zingoni, but a schooling system reportedly weighed down by a lack of resources, infrastructure and a curriculum that focuses on traditional subject matter makes

IN 2019, WHEN BERNICIA BOATENG OPENED HER namesake makeup studio, Bernicia Boateng Studios, in London’s high street, it made her the first Ghanaian to do so. Her makeup business had grown considerably over the years, as she cultivated some big names

IN 2017, WHEN BILLIONAIRE WILLIAM “Beau” Wrigley Jr. was pitched cannabis as a new investment opportunity by his family office’s managing director, Jay Holmes, he shut it down immediately. “Are you kidding me?” he said. “I’m not excited about wearing

THEY’RE IN OUR mobile phones, laptops and digital cameras. They power up remote-controlled drones and toys, hearing aids, wearables, pacemakers and are what you’ll find in electric cars. Making their debut towards the end of the 1990s to power consum

ONE OF THE GREATEST CAUSES OF POVERTY in Africa is often overlooked – a lack of access to clean drinking water. By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas with one in three people, globally, not having access to sa

FROM FRUIT FARMERS TO ARTISANS TO RECYCLERS and retailers, The Coca-Cola Company committed to economically empower five million female entrepreneurs by 2020 through its 5by20® programme. 5by20 is The Coca-Cola Company’s global initiative to enable th

IF AFRICA IS TO EMERGE FROM DECADES OF greed and corruption to become a genuine power in world football, then it requires reform and strong leadership, all built around a united front that puts the game first, according to FIFA president Gianni Infan

WITH RETAIL MOST affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, both companies and consumers have had to revisit their shopping philosophies. And this also applied to Africa’s vast contingent of luxury personal shoppers and high net-worth individuals, who would

THE YOUNGEST continent in the world has a new obsession – mobile gaming. What’s newer is local content created by Africans for Africa. Take 39-year-old Khumo Moerane, the developer of Kea’s World and founder of the Africa Space Programme Video Games

BROADCASTING IN AFRICA HAS COME a long way in the past 20 years. Before smartphones, wireless internet, small cameras and non-linear editing became mainstream, the industry relied on a somewhat messy fusion of then ground-breaking technology like sat

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CONSTANTLY pushes boundaries with its innovations. Over the years, we’ve seen disruptions like 3D bio-printing; the Internet of Medical Things; virtual reality for mental health; robotic surgery and nanomedicine – precision healthc

Currently there are several variations of the original virus that have manifested itself across the globe; six of these however have sparked concern due to their impact on the spread of infection. Africa is experiencing three of the six known variant