The Golden Road Ahead

The Mercedes Benz E-Class is sleek, swift and safe – but it comes at a price.

The Day Football Crossed To Business

This month hundreds of the highest-paid players on the planet will run out onto the lush, green pitches of the English Premier League earning millions. In this money-mad game, many of these stars will earn more than £300,000 a week. Once upon a time it was £20 and that was your lot. An African-based World Cup winner fought to end this.

Don't Be Starry Eyed And Ignorant

FORBES AFRICA spoke to a multimillion-dollar African artist on how easy it is to lose out. Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse sang for Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton and played with Percy Sledge — but suffered exploitation along the way.

If I Die Poor, Blame Me

Papa Penny Penny suffered rejection and ridicule to make a name for himself. His hardest lesson, though, was learning to manage his money.

The Tech Wizard

Know those annoying CAPTCHA tests you have to do when creating online accounts? Luis von Ahn invented them. Now, he wants to see Swahili spoken around the world.

The Dreadlocked Flyer Spicing Up Rugby

Seabelo Senatla has, for the moment, turned his back on Sevens rugby but the try-machine hopes to win World Cup titles in both the seven-man and 15-man formats.

Surgery Safaris – The Facelift Africa Needs

Medical tourism is highly competitive and bringing millions to Africa. Rich and poor alike are taking holidays with hospitals to get procedures from a $70 botox injection to a $3,600 breast augmentation. African entrepreneur Faith Cartwright is right in the thick of it.

‘Healthcare Has Got To Be Available To Everybody'

Hermann Kohloffel, the Managing Director of NHC Medical Services, says the private sector needs to see the National Health Insurance (NHI) as an opportunity, rather than a threat.

A Pulse On Africa's Forward Fintech Journey

A Pulse On Africa’s Forward Fintech Journey

Love Comes Before Money

Love Comes Before Money

The Missionary That Built A Business Empire

Ian Clarke left Northern Ireland to join a missionary in Uganda. Decades later, he has a business empire that includes clinics, construction, education and a hotel.

The Taxi Tumult

An industry responsible for moving most of Africa’s people is heading for even more strife. Taxi owners, and the commuters who rely on them, are going to suffer.

HUH? Say That Again?

Hundreds of millions of people around the world have lost their hearing. In Africa, Dirk Koekemoer wants to help by getting them to sit in the shade of a tree.

Bitcoin - Blockchain And Billions

If you don’t know about Bitcoin and blockchain, you should – especially if you want to accumulate wealth in Africa. Bitcoin is the virtual currency challenging governments, circumventing banks and threatening to blow oldschool currency out the water.

Nailed By Imposters

Having your identity stolen can lead to debt, being barred from a bank, married to a person you’ve never met, or worse – arrest.

How Tech Can Close The Gap In Africa

In the latest Africa’s Investment Destination Index released in April, Nigeria was ranked 19 out of 54 African countries. In effect, if a foreign investor was to make a choice in which economy to do business, Nigeria would be their 19th choice. It is a steep fall for a country, which not so long ago was ranked as the third-fastest growing economy in the world.

A Concept Car That Captivates

The Lexus LC 500 drew gasps when its designs were revealed; taking the car on the road lives up to its promise.

Stores Of The Future?

Shops are closing across Africa; still they come like lemmings to a cliff. Entrepreneurs prepared to throw good money after bad.

The Pain Of The Business Of Death

It is a thriving business in Africa that inevitably everyone will be involved in. It creates entrepreneurs by the score but is plagued by poor regulation, fraud and theft. This is the rough, tough and unpredictable business of burying the dead.

Tough Times For The Cocoa Bean Counters

Weak global cocoa prices have caused much grief to African producers. Global cocoa futures were down 40% in late April from August 2016, when the decline started.

Is This Africa's Next Star?

Luther singh has impressed at junior level and is playing club football in Europe. His country hopes he will become the goal machine it desperately needs.

Floats Like A Butterfly Stings Like $25 Million

It could become one of the biggest fights in African history – another Rumble in the Jungle before thousands in a stadium. Bad news is government first has to cover the $25-million purse. At the center of it all is an African boxer licking his wounds.

From Canned Beans To The African Dream Of Owning A Slice Of The States

It took canny business and a dash of cunning to take Papa Kwesi Nduom on a rollercoaster ride from minding car parks and cutting meat to becoming the first Ghanaian to own a bank in the United States. Along the way he lost $2 million in one day.

Rottenville

In a Johannesburg suburb, crime and a lackadaisical police force has enraged residents. Foreigners are bearing the brunt of this anger.

Father & Future

Key contributors to the growth of the Nigerian economy, they have redefined banking by leveraging technology and connecting people to market. From just £100 in his bank account, Pascal Dozie has built a business empire his son Uzoma is taking to the future.

The Sub City: What Lies Beneath

What secrets does a city hold within its bosom? In Johannesburg, one of them is an intriguinglabyrinth of tunnels that once served as a postal delivery system. Could such relics of the past be the subterranean realms of the future? Urban planning points to what is now called ‘hypogeal cities’.

The Not-Too Distant Future Of Television

The business and consumption of television as we know it is going to change forever. From digital living rooms to newsrooms, stay tuned for a more personalized, multi-screen experience.

Taking A Bite Out Of Africa

Hungry in London with a stomach dreaming of home? From the smoky to the sensory, the city offers distinct African culinary encounters.

From Rock Bottom To Rolling In Cash

How do you go from a picked-clean house and empty bank accounts to a BMW sports car? Just ask Itumeleng Mpatlanyana.

A Tale Of Two Minsters

At WEF Africa, a stark contrast. South Africa’s new finance minister, all suits and shining smiles, went on a charm offensive to win over the world. His sober predecessor talked of their party losing the next election.