'Crypto Is Not The Future, It's Very Much The Now'

Broadening the financial services landscape from Lagos, Chris Maurice is the 26-year-old helming one of Africa's fastest-growing cryptocurrency companies.

The Rise of AI Art

When award-winning art work can be generated by algorithms, where does that leave artists?

Artificial Intelligence – Enabled Exploration Takes The Guesswork Out Of Gas

Leveraging Google's Al functionality, Deep Learning Café is helping Renergen use the data they have to streamline the process of looking for natural gas.

A chip off the old block

The ugandan-born CEO of fintech unicorn, Chipper Cash, Ham Serunjogi, grew up watching his parents solve problems. Today, overcoming challenges is a daily routine and forms a culture of thought inherited from his upbringing.

Mitchell Elegbe – 'Keep solving problems and getting joy'

Mitchell Elegbe Co-founder and CEO, Interswitch

'Education can move the world'

Melvyn Lubega Co-founder, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Director, Go1

'Able to build the company to over 200,000 companies'

Shola Akinlade, CEO and Co-founder, Paystack Ezra Olubi, CTO and Co-founder, Paystack

'It's a diamond mine!'

The Royal African Society, which celebrated its 120th birthday recently, continues to be a catalyst for positive change promoting African voices in the United Kingdom and globally.

Capital Charm

Everywhere you go, the smell of woodfire reminds you that you’re deep in Africa. But signs of progress are slowly emerging in the Central African Republic, as this writer found.

Bringing African Luxury To Skincare

While the African beauty industry is largely dominated by international beauty conglomerates, Belle Nubian seeks to not only challenge these statistics, but also help the continent reclaim and redefine what it considers to be true African beauty.

Reflections Towards And Resolutions: A Just Society

Post the Black Management Forum Policy Conference, South African ESG professional and entrepreneur Cuma Dube talks about fulfilling democratic mandates, representative diversity, and a just energy transition.

BRIDGING THE HEALTH FINANCING GAP IN AFRICA

Michelle Akande, Vice President of Global Access Financing at Pfizer outlines why building connections across the global health community and developing new solutions has never been more important, especially for Africa.

Rags, Not Riches

Ghana is fast fashion’s dumping ground, and unwanted apparel is throwing up on the beaches leading to an environmental crisis.

Leveraging Meaningful Partnerships To Drive Social Change

MultiChoice has partnered with The EarthShot Prize, a global environmental prize aiming to find innovative solutions to the world’s biggest climate change-related challenges.

Beg, Borrow or Style

The pre-owned luxury fashion market is appreciating in value in South Africa. We sift through helpful hints for prospective buyers – and resellers – and the trend towards conscientious fashion over conspicuous consumption.

BUILDING BETTER FUTURES ON THE CONTINENT

Professional Services firm, Deloitte Africa recently released its 2022 Transparency and Impact Reports, with the aim of reflecting on its transformation and quality journey, and demonstrating the impact the firm has made on people, clients and society on the continent.

WHEN SEEING IS NO LONGER BELIEVING

The misuse of artificial intelligence and cost of deepfakes in a post-truth era.

Let's Collectively Shape A Sustainable Future

Sustainability has risen to the top of the economic agenda globally as consumers become more focused on reducing their carbon footprint. According to a global consumer survey commissioned by Mastercard, consumers demand that brands be more sustainable. In Africa, 9 in 10 people said that they’re willing to take individual action to combat environmental and sustainability issues.

Beyond STEM

Through Naija Comm, Texas-based Eno Oduok is challenging career stigmas in the Nigerian community and educating people about professions they didn’t think existed.

Lord Of The Landlines

Robert Hale became a billionaire by capitalizing on the technology Alexander Graham Bell patented in 1876. But time’s up and now the 21st century is calling.

'Intentional About Collaborating Through Meaningful Partnerships'

BRANDVOICE WITH MASTERCARD

Beyond Safaris: Digitalizing Travel

Rwandan-Canadian Charles Shima is deploying technology to create immersive cultural experiences for tourists in Africa. His dream? To build a unicorn in the travel sector.

Art For Advocacy

Jemima Kakizi Akimanizanye is adding to Rwanda's aesthetic appeal with her transformative art and addressing the country's youth population on the cusp of change.

Plant Power

A persistent acne problem led Botswana’s Didintle Moreki to look for indigenous solutions in her backyard, and grow her skincare range into a successful business.

When Information Is Power

As co-founders of South Africa's favorite load shedding app, Dan Southwood-Wells and Herman Maritz alert people about rampant power cuts so they can better plan their lives.

A Country At Its Watt's End

When will the lights come back? South Africa experienced 2,409 cumulative hours of power cuts by November this year, forcing many small businesses to use generators, or eventually close.

DIGITIZING AFRICAN ECONOMIES IN A NEW ERA

Wemimo Abbey Co-Founder, Esusu

EXPANDING AFRICA'S E-COMMERCE SECTOR

Olugbenga Agboola and Adeleke Adekoya Co-founders, Flutterwave

BACKED BY TECH LEGENDS

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Co-founder, Andela

VENTURES AND VALUATIONS: AFRICA'S BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUPS

VENTURING INTO THE WORLD OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS OFTEN STRENUOUS AND RISKY BUSINESS. BUT THE REWARDS FAR OUTWEIGH THE COSTS. SINCE 2013, THE ADDED PRIZE OF BEING LAUDED AS A 'UNICORN', THAT IS A BUSINESS VALUED AT $1 BILLION OR MORE, HAS BECOME HIGHLY COVETED AMONG THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS. ON THE CONTINENT, VERY FEW CAN CLAIM THIS STATUS. FORBES AFRICA SPOTLIGHTS AFRICAN FOUNDERS WHO HAVE SCALED THESE HEIGHTS, MAKING THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD AT LARGE AND REDEFINING THE AFRICAN STORY OF SUCCESS.