Business
Forbes Africa
SESSILE SECRETS
THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE BIOLOGIST BRINGING THE OCEAN TO THE PEOPLE.
2 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
'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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
AFRICA DOESN'T HAVE A STARTUP PROBLEM, IT HAS A PROBLEM OF TRUST
Venture capital (VC) firms only back founders they trust.
3 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
PANIC TO POWER
FROM ECO-ANXIETY TO ECO-OPPORTUNITY, WHY NOW MAY BE A TIME TO BUILD THE CONTINENT'S GREEN UNICORNS.
6 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
SESSILE SECRETS
THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE BIOLOGIST BRINGING THE OCEAN TO THE PEOPLE.
2 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
'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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
AFRICA DOESN'T HAVE A STARTUP PROBLEM, IT HAS A PROBLEM OF TRUST
Venture capital (VC) firms only back founders they trust.
3 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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-$1,000-A-NIGHT PRICE TAGS).
4 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
‘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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |
August - September 2025
Forbes Africa
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 min |