Business
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
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
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
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
AI IS CHANGING THE PRICE YOU PAY-BUT WHO'S KEEPING IT HONEST, AND WHAT'S THE PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE FOR AFRICA?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept in today's hyper-connected and fiercely competitive global landscape. It is overhauling even the bedrock of business operations.
3 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
WHAT IF UNEMPLOYMENT COULD BE A GOOD THING?
Min-soo and Ji-young Kim are 67 and 65 years old respectively.
3 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
RICHES OR CURSES: AFRICA'S CRITICAL MINERALS DILEMMA
In 2024, a group of Australian researchers (Boafo et al.) asked a pertinent question: “The race for critical minerals in Africa: A blessing or another resource curse?” The continent is abundant with natural resources, but this has often been to our detriment.
3 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
A GRAPE FUTURE
A CENTENARY OF PINOTAGE MARKS A UNIQUELY SOUTH AFRICAN MILESTONE IN THE WORLD OF WINE. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY NATIVE GRAPE HAS UNDERGONE QUITE THE EVOLUTION AND A NEW WAVE OF YOUNGER, INNOVATIVE WINEMAKERS ARE GIVING IT THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION.
5 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
THIS IS FUR REAL
PET-PARENTS CAN REST EASY: THANKS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PET TECHNOLOGY IS BEING REWIRED WITH SMART WEARABLE TOOLS AND SERVICES TAILORED TO EACH ANIMAL'S NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AND CARE FOR THEM BETTER
5 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
THE BILLIONAIRE BETTING BIG ON AFRICA'S HIV RESEARCH
WITH STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS, TARGETED FUNDING, AND GROWING INVESTMENT IN SCIENCE, AFRICA HOLDS IMMENSE POTENTIAL IN SPEARHEADING THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL HEALTHCARE. AMONG THOSE TAKING THE LEAD TO DEVELOP A CURE FOR HIV, THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS, AND WITH MILLIONS IN INVESTMENT, IS AN AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE NAMED WHO WE GET A RARE AUDIENCE WITH. HE SPEAKS ABOUT HIS BELIEF IN AFRICAN-LED SCIENCE AND WHY A BREAKTHROUGH IS WITHIN REACH.
8 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
COULD AI HELP UNCOVER THE NEXT FOOTBALL STARS IN SOUTH AFRICA?
THIS TECH FIRM MAY HAVE THE ANSWER.
3 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
MAMMOTH MOGUL
IT'S AN UTTERLY MAD IDEA: REVIVE THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH, THE FURRY PACHYDERM WITH THE TWISTY TUSKS THAT WENT EXTINCT 4,000 YEARS AGO. BUT IT'S ALSO BRILLIANT, WITH WIDE-RANGING IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH CARE-AND IT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT TO LIFE THE WORLD'S FIRST DE-EXTINCTION BILLIONAIRE, BEN LAMM.
4 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
TRAILBLAZERS UNDER 30 IN THE HOT SEAT CREATING A NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR CHANGE IN AFRICA
NO ONE HEARS MORE 'NO'S' OR HAS MORE DOORS SLAMMED IN THEIR FACE THAN A YOUNG PERSON CHASING A DREAM AND TRYING TO SOLVE A FORMIDABLE PROBLEM. BUT ASK ANY OF THESE YOUNG AFRICANS, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY SETBACK HAS BUILT THEIR RESILIENCE. IF NO ONE OFFERS THEM OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WILL CREATE THEM, AND ACROSS SECTORS, WITH AN UNSHAKEABLE PASSION FOR NATION-BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT. HERE ARE THE FINALISTS OF FORBES AFRICA'S 11TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL 30 UNDER 30 LIST.
9 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
THE REAL CASE FOR DEGLOBALIZATION WITH INTERDEPENDENCE, ON ONE'S OWN TERMS
It was 1849. European power at its zenith. French writer Jean-Baptiste wrote, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
3 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
RUST TO RICHES
OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN SOUTH AFRICA'S VINTAGE CAR MARKET. IT'S LIKE A TREASURE HUNT, WITH SOME INCREDIBLY RARE CLASSIC VEHICLES SCATTERED ACROSS THE CONTINENT, SOMETIMES IN THE REMOTEST VILLAGES.
4 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
THE SURVIVAL BREW
ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MOST FAVORITE EXPORTS IS GROUNDED IN ITS ROOTS. THE REDDISH-BROWN ROOIBOS IS BEING SIPPED AROUND THE WORLD, AND COULD SOON HAVE A UNIQUE USE IN PETROL STATIONS.
4 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
GAME ON
luwOle Oside was barely 10 when he spent the night at a friend's house for the first time. The plan was simple: play a little PlayStation, then sleep. The game was Winning Eleven, the football classic that once ruled African living rooms. They never slept.
8 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
SHEA POWER
IS POWERING A GLOBAL MARKET WORTH BILLIONS. AN INDUSTRY IN TRANSITION, WOMEN BUILT IT, AND NOW ME ARE RACING TO SCALE IT. CAN THE SECTOR GROW WITHOUT LEAVING ITS ORIGINAL STAKEHOLDERS BEHIND?
7 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
THE HOT TREND LEAVING BUSINESS LEADERS OUT IN THE COLD-ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE PLUNGE?
As winter approaches and the mercury dips, business leaders are bracing for the usual seasonal discomfort-cold mornings, foggy windscreens, and the annual return of thermal underwear.
2 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
SOCCER ON THE SHORE
HOW THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS IS KICKING OFF CHANGE IN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL.
2 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
TURN ON THE BATTERY
THE CONTINENT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) BATTERY VALUE CHAIN. BUT IS ITS AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY READY TO LEAD A FUTURE WHERE AFRICAN-MADE BATTERIES POWER LOCALLY-ASSEMBLED EVS?
4 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
RICH RESOURCES POOR RETURNS
FROM COPPER TO COBALT, THE CONTINENT IS RICH IN THE RAW MATERIALS THE WORLD NEEDS FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY. BUT CAN IT STOP EXPORTING VALUE AND START OWNING THE FUTURE?
4 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
EXPORTING OURSELVES TO THE WORLD
The season is going to blow your mind,\" Connie Ferguson tells FORBES AFRICA a month before the release of the long-awaited Netflix South African drama series, Kings of Joburg.
1 min |
June - July 2025
Forbes Africa
HACKING THE GENETIC CODE FOR LONGEVITY
THE PRICE OF LIVING LONGER: CAN BIOHACKING CLOSE THE GAP?
4 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
SHOT FOR THE MON
INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION ARE AT THE CORE OF THE AFRICA2MOON PROJECT, SOON SET TO SHOW- CASE THE POTENTIAL OF THE CONTINENT FOR DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION.
3 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
AFRICA'S B RICHEST PEOPLE 2025
THE CONTINENT’S 22 BILLIONAIRES ARE WORTH A COMBINED 105 BILLION. THAT’S UP 22.6 BILLION FROM LAST YEAR’S 82.4 BILLION.
1 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
THE HANDS ON SPORT
In the pantheon of African sports, where football reigns supreme, rugby commands fierce loyalty, and athletics showcase raw talent, a new contender is emerging from the shadows-slap fighting, a visceral, no-frills combat sport where opponents take turns delivering open-handed blows to each other’s faces.
5 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
IF WE WORK TOGETHER SMARTLY,WE ALL WIN
THE CHAIRMAN OF EXXARO, ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST BLACK-EMPOWERED AND DIVERSIFIED MINING COMPANIES, SPEAKS ABOUT HOW AFRICA'S BIGGEST ECONOMY MUST FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING ITS MARKETS AND REDOUBLING EFFORTS TO EXPAND TRADE TIES.
3 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
PLACING WOMEN AT CENTER COURT
Former professional basketball player and two-time NBA All-Star, Luol Deng, is a man on a mission, not just as a celebrity promoting sports in his home country, South Sudan, but also as an advocate for women's empowerment.
1 min |
April - May 2025
Forbes Africa
EXPRESSIVE ESPRESSO: WHERE PLANTS HAVE A VOICE
Picture a coffee bean and you'll probably think back to the bag you picked up from the artisanal shop to grind at home.
4 min |