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In FORBES AFRICA in July… one of Africa’s richest men, Reginald Mengi, says Africans are selling themselves too cheaply. The multi-millionaire Tanzanian who went from barefoot to $550 million. Why terror is spreading across Africa. The mining magnate who is taking on Samsung and Apple with an African smartphone. We celebrate 20 years of Rwanda’s liberation from genocide and look at how the country has become one of the continent’s great business stories. All this and more in FORBES AFRICA in July.
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VIMEO WASTED ITS YOUTH STRIVING TO BE AN ODDBALL COMBO OF NETFLIX AND A COMMERCIAL-FREE YOUTUBE. AFTER A HARD REFOCUS ON BUSINESS USERS, CEO ANJALI SUD HAS TRANSFORMED THE NEAR-FORGOTTEN BRAND INTO A $6 BILLION BLOCKBUSTER BUSINESS THAT LETS BOTH MOM-AND-POP SHOPS AND GIANT CORPORATIONS SHOOT, EDIT AND POST MILLIONS OF VIDEOS ACROSS THE INTERNET’S MOST INFLUENTIAL SITES.
Paper Shredder
Former semipro poker player Nima Ghamsari bet big that fintech wasn’t just for startups. He has built Blend Labs into a business worth more than $3 billion by weaning the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders of their steady diet of reams of dead trees — and he’s about to go public.
Farm to Fortune
Olagoke Balogun replicated the local farmers market which ended up as a business selling slick salads and smoothies for the Nigerian on the move.
Covid's Entrepreneur Explosion
High unemployment, the magnifying power of the web and fresh fintech financing are fueling an eruption of startups not seen in decades. And America will never go back to business as usual.
Oil Vulture
Even if demand never recovers from Covid-19, billionaire John Goffsees the pandemic as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in distressed frackers willing to follow Big Tobacco’s declining-business playbook.
Class Of 2021 Change-Makers In A Historic Year
Members of this year’s list of under 30s have one thing in common: a new covid-induced agenda for social change. So what would a historic pandemic year throw up? Ground-breaking entrepreneurs and thinkers. Our 2021 class of under 30s are just that: influential creatives, imaginative business owners, innovative techies, and gifted sports stars. Celebrating seven years of the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list, these achievers prove that now more than ever, they are crucial to the african growth story.
Fully On Board
South African professional surfer Jordy Smith is gearing up for Olympic gold and also making waves in the business world.
Whatever Clicks For Business
The scene is not picture perfect yet, but ace photographers are slowly capturing the creative market in Ghana.
Hollywood. Hustle. And Hair Love
Former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry made it in the mecca of gigs and glamor with an Oscar-winning film marking diversity in the world of animation. We ask him how he did it.
Daddy Cool
In recent years, surrogacy has become increasingly popular among single women and gay couples. For heterosexual single men, it’s still a rather unusual path to follow but that is changing.
