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What happens when water and fire meet? You get the canoeing champion firefighter who is paying it forward to communities who need it the most. In the spirit of paying it forward, Zimbabwean actress Danai Gurira, tells us about why she decided to join the fight against HIV/AIDS. Her work as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador takes to places like the Imboko HIV clinic in South Africa where currently trials for a combination of two experimental vaccines to prevent HIV are taking place. A trial of a different kind is taking place in neighboring country, Zimbabwe where economic challenges result in a series of protests by the citizens. An announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of an overnight 150% fuel hike sets in motion a series of events that result in violence and an internet shutdown. FORBES tallies the value of African billionaires with some surprising revelations. This and so much more is the February issue of FORBES AFRICA.
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Change Is Brewing
Coffee shops were amongst the biggest casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, while the café industry suffered, coffee itself was able to survive with consumers attempting to emulate the cups they craved.
Future Of The Cannabis Market In Africa
With the cannabis economy gradually opening up in Africa, leading players talk about the commercial opportunities as also the consumer and patient wellness it offers. What are the barriers to building something new from the ground up in this space?
Ideas And Industries For The Next 10 Years
We asked three renowned futurists for their predictions of what will shape Africa – and the world – in the next decade. Brace yourself for what’s coming.
SOIL TOIL
Tanzanian agripreneur Darpan Pindolia is trying to balance local production with global offerings. The versatile earth in East Africa is his calling card to international success in regenerative farming.
Lights, Camera, Animation!
South Africa’s emerging animation industry has a new star in creative entrepreneur Lwazi Msipha, who has just debuted a first-of-its-kind African cartoon show on a global network.
Get, Set, Mo! $1.6 Billion And Counting
In recent years, he has dominated Africa’s rich lists as the continent’s youngest billionaire. Mohammed Dewji, the shrewd entrepreneur and CEO of MeTL Group in Tanzania, has previously been on two FORBES AFRICA covers – in 2013 and 2015. In this new decade, he is eyeing a much bigger chunk of African business.
The Man Who Found Peace In A Busy Restaurant In The Heart Of Africa
Philip Opperman lives and works in a picture postcard. On the banks of a tranquil lake east of Rwanda, this South African farmer runs a popular restaurant bar and sells fresh fish. He came looking for peace but found so much more.
The Smell OF MONEY
Globally, ingredients for most perfumes are often imported from small suppliers in Africa, processed, and then re-exported into the commercial market of their country of origin as the finished product. Now, the continent is beginning to look inward to explore and support ways that local production can be encouraged in furthering the olfactory story of Africa.
The FEMALE FORCE
As FORBES AFRICA celebrates its 10th birthday, the ABN Group, which it is a part of, lauds the women who tirelessly drive both CNBC Africa and FORBES AFRICA as the gatekeepers of information in a digital economy. The pan-African group places special emphasis on diversity, and these are the women in its South African headquarters leading the charge as they share the highs and highlights of their daily jobs running two of Africa’s much-loved business brands.
AN INCREDIBLE DECADE OF FORBES AFRICA
NELSON MANDELA, ALSO KNOWN as Madiba, proudly said “remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare the road ahead” and to honor his words, we celebrate this issue which marks an important milestone – FORBES AFRICA turning 10. To say the very least, it has been an incredible journey. I still remember our intense negotiations with Forbes in early 2009 that culminated in an agreement around May 2011.
