In this issue

In the February/March 2022 issue of FORBES AFRICA, out on stands now, read about the focus and determination of self-made Lebanese-Nigerian entrepreneur Sam Darwish who is the CEO of one of the world’s largest providers of telecom infrastructure, recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange. His story is of guts and glory, as he has scaled to towering heights, facing some pretty low moments. Read about the movers and shakers on the 2022 Africa Billionaires List, as also a list of EMEA’s formidable women – 50 Over 50. And here’s an ode to the healthcare workers of Africa who are putting their own lives on the line saving Covid patients, wave after pandemic wave. They prove that medication may be adept at fighting viruses; but sometimes the best prescription is receiving care, from the heart. Also read an exclusive interview with Damon Galgut, last year’s Booker Prize winning South African novelist. And then there is the story about innovations in the meat alternative industry and growing climate change awareness that have joined to create a revolutionary and explosive market. There’s more. What are the biggest challenges female founders face? And how collaborative robots could take the place of a colleague at work. It’s all packed into the issue out now!

Virus. Vaccines. And Vacillations

Vaccine mandates... and why everyone is talking about it.

10+ mins

Africa's Richest People 2022

"The continent’s billionaires are collectively 15% richer than a year ago, thanks mostly to soaring stocks."

10+ mins

‘The Covid-19 crisis taught us that whilst the world could survive with less planes, cars and trains, it couldn't survive without the phone!'

Sam Darwish has chosen emerging markets as the universe in which to grow and connect. Read on about the towering ambitions of this entrepreneur who rose as an engineer to run one of the world’s largest providers of telecoms infrastructure, recently listed on the new york stock exchange.

10+ mins

The Billionaire Creating Wealth For the Ultra-Rich

A high school drop-out, Nikhil Kamath is India’s youngest billionaire and with a keen interest in Africa.

3 mins

The Storyteller In Fashion

Tanzanian entrepreneur Nisha Kanabar is elevating the vernacular African fashion space employing content and engagement.

4 mins

Son Of The Soil

The rewarding story of a South Sudanese coffee entrepreneur who spent his childhood as a refugee braving bullets and snake bites. His company, 734 Coffee, is named after the geographical coordinates of the camp where he was raised. Uprooted by civil war, Manyang Reath Kher was invisible there, not anymore.

7 mins

50 over 50 EMEA 2022

Women around the world are proving that 50 and beyond is the new golden age. Here are the founders, business and political leaders, scientists and vanguards leading the way throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

10+ mins

The Finest Art

"As hospitals gasp for breath at the height of each wave of the pandemic, the nurses working with Covid patients never let go of hope and healing, even when they are battered themselves. The virus has become more advanced — but so have these professionals dealing with it."

9 mins

The Future of Food – Meat the Alternatives

Traditional ideas of vegans and vegetarians often conjure negative stereotypes, but innovation in the meat alternative industry and growing climate change awareness have joined to create a revolutionary and explosive market, and South Africa can count itself as an early pioneer.

10+ mins

Breaking New Ground

"Southern Africa has been largely slow to capitalize on the growing global billion-dollar industry of medical cannabinoid products. One company in Lesotho is aiming to bridge that gap, and has become the first medical cannabis company on the continent cleared to export their pharmaceutical products into the European Union."

7 mins

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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.