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In this issue

As 2025 moves into its second half, this issue turns the spotlight on the fintech leaders advancing financial inclusion in Africa, with West Africa standing out as a hub of bold ideas, transformative technologies and innovative disruptors. There’s more from the world of finance as a veteran banking CEO in the South African financial landscape shares his learnings and leadership lessons. Next up, we unpack ethical AI innovation, development and adoption in Africa and the latest cybersecurity trends. We also dwell on climate-positive growth and why it’s time to build the continent’s green unicorns. We follow an Ethiopian-American filmmaker journeying across Africa capturing its rich cultural heritage. We then go to the base of the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda from where an iconic potato is reaching markets beyond, and changing the lives of the local farmers. More on farming; meet the founder of South Africa’s first Black-owned olive oil brand. And from there, we go the distance with the Japanese auto brands disrupting the market in South Africa. Mars may be a red planet next door, but on Earth, we unpack how scientists are seeing it as a catalyst for innovation. In our Life section, the Early Retirement Shift is actually happening, and from there, we naturally progress to the rise, rest and reset of wellness safaris. This is your excuse to read all about it and more in the August-September 2025 issue of FORBES AFRICA, on stands now!

'MAKE IT AS SIMPLISTIC AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT FORCES YOU TO BE INNOVATIVE'

GERRIE FOURIE, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE CAPITEC MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR OVER 25 YEARS, RETIRED AS CEO ON JULY 18. HAVING LED THE BANK THROUGH NOTABLE, CHALLENGING PERIODS AND ON TO GROWTH, CEMENTING IT AS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE, HE SPEAKS TO FORBES AFRICA ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES, LEGACY AND WHAT HE PLANS ON DOING NEXT.

4 mins

BEATS, BUSINESS AND A BRIDGE TO AFRICA

SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2012, RECORD LABEL LVRN (LOVE RENAISSANCE) HAS GONE FROM A SMALL BOUTIQUE IN ATLANTA, TO A LABEL THAT REPRESENTS ARTISTS GLOBALLY. FURTHER EXPANDING ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, AND SECURING INVESTMENTS, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER TUNDE BALOGUN SAYS IT'S NOW NOT JUST A BUSINESS BUT A CULTURAL MISSION.

4 mins

AFRICA REFRAMED

IN A NEW 12-PART FILM SERIES COMMISSIONED BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND THE WORLD MONUMENTS FUND, ETHIOPIAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER SOSENA SOLOMON JOURNEYS ACROSS AFRICA TO CAPTURE THE CONTINENT'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THROUGH THE EYES OF THOSE WHO PROTECT IT.

2 mins

ROOTING FOR THE SPUD

LOVE YOUR FRENCH FRIES? CHANCES ARE THEY'RE MADE FROM RWANDA'S SIGNATURE POTATO, GROWN IN A QUIET VILLAGE AT THE BASE OF THE VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS. BUT HOW ARE SCIENCE AND POLICY WORKING TO SUSTAIN THIS ICONIC CROP'S FUTURE?

4 mins

DESTINATION MARS

EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN SPACE AND BIOTECH, WHAT IF THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENT ON THE RED PLANET NEXT DOOR IS ACTUALLY A CATALYST FOR SOLVING CHALLENGES ON EARTH? SCIENTIST TIFFANY VORA HAS IT ALL WORKED OUT.

4 mins

DESIGNING AI WITH AFRICAN INTENT

ETHICAL AI INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION IN AFRICA STARTS WITH CONSENT, CONTINUES WITH CONTEXT AND ENDS WITH COLLABORATION AND CO-CREATION, USING STRATEGIES THAT REPRESENT BOTH NUMBERS AND NUANCE.

3 mins

PANIC TO POWER

FROM ECO-ANXIETY TO ECO-OPPORTUNITY, WHY NOW MAY BE A TIME TO BUILD THE CONTINENT'S GREEN UNICORNS.

6 mins

QUANTUM OF RISK

HOW DO WE PROTECT A WORLD WHERE CONNECTED DEVICES BEGIN MAKING DECISIONS ON THEIR OWN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES EVOLVE FASTER THAN OUR DEFENCES?

4 mins

Fire Before Burn Out?

THE FIRE MOVEMENT IS GAINING GROUND AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE ACROSS AFRICA, NOT JUST AS A WAY TO RETIRE EARLY-BUT TO INTENTIONALLY RECLAIM TIME AND PURPOSE.

3 mins

IMPORTS IN THE FAST LANE

SOUTH AFRICA'S AUTO INDUSTRY OFTEN SERVES AS A BELLWETHER FOR THE REST OF THE CONTINENT. THE MORE AFFORDABLE JAPANESE AUTO BRANDS STILL DOMINATE THE COUNTRY'S CAR MARKET-BUT DISRUPTION IS ON ITS WAY.

3 mins

ME, MY SAFARI

SLOW DOWN, BREATHE, RESTORE. THE WELLNESS SAFARI IS FAST EMERGING AS A UNIQUELY AFRICAN SOLUTION FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL (AND IF YOU DON'T MIND THE OVER-$1,000A-NIGHT PRICE TAGS).

4 mins

RAISING THE BAR

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE AS AN ACTOR, THE WHITE LOTUS STAR PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER IS FINALLY FINDING HIS PLACE IN THE CALIFORNIA SUN. BUT HOLLYWOOD ISN'T THE ONLY THING ON HIS MIND—LUCRATIVE INVESTMENTS AND A GROWING PROTEIN BAR COMPANY ARE KEEPING HIS PLATE PLENTY FULL.

5 mins

OIL TOIL

AS THE FOUNDER OF SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK-OWNED OLIVE OIL BRAND, LOYISO MANGA HAS TURNED COLD-PRESSED HARDSHIP INTO LIQUID GOLD.

4 mins

'KEEP OUR COUNSEL TO OURSELVES AND NOT BE BULLIED OR CAJOLED OR MISLED'

The Statue of Liberty stands as mute testimony to a free world, promised, but only to the chosen few.

3 mins

INFOBESITY IS WEIGHING US DOWN

The modern workplace is drowning in information, and it’s serving productivity a steady diet of distractions. The information overload has led some experts to suggest that we are living in the era of ‘infobesity’-a weighty issue that needs a swift response.

2 mins

BUILDING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH OPEN SOURCE AND ITS POSSIBILITIES

As governments and communities worldwide accelerate their digital transformation, digital public infrastructure (DPI) is rapidly becoming a crucial component of modern governance, effective service delivery, and robust civic engagement. DPI is profoundly changing how people access essential services, exercise their rights, and interact with government agencies.

2 mins

AFRICA DOESN'T HAVE A STARTUP PROBLEM, IT HAS A PROBLEM OF TRUST

Venture capital (VC) firms only back founders they trust.

3 mins

REVIVING OUR ROOTS: PROTECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BIOPIRACY

An often-forgotten value across African cultures is our inextricable link to the world around us.

3 mins

SESSILE SECRETS

THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE BIOLOGIST BRINGING THE OCEAN TO THE PEOPLE.

2 mins

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Forbes Africa Magazine Description:

Publisher: ABN-Publishing

Category: Business

Language: English

Frequency: 7 Issues/Year

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.