Forbes Africa Magazine - December 2019 - January 2020

In this issue

The December 2019 / January 2020 issue of FORBES AFRICA is a must-read, with an inviting cover design and modernized look, in keeping with international trends. The man gracing the cover, Akinwumi Adesina, is an African passionately driving investment and development on the continent. We don’t want aid, we want trade, he says, and that poverty has no place in Africa; it is a continent inviting entrepreneurial capitalism to turn around economies. Also in the issue, we look at blockchain driving a technological revolution in the pharma industry – fake drugs could be a thing of the past. We have Angelique Kidjo, the Grammy award-winning songstress, on her commitment to provide better access to finance to African women. Elsewhere in the issue, a rooftop farmer changes agricultural convention on its head. And, rugby rules! South Africa’s win in Japan has placed the spotlight on other minor sports in the country and the question, can we have a Springbok-style recovery for the South African economy too? All this, in the new FORBES AFRICA!

‘WHAT STOPS US DOING THIS IN OTHER SPHERES?'

The Rugby World Cup win created a sense of unity in an ailing Rainbow Nation. The team’s lead protagonists hope this is the start of bigger things for South Africa’s economy too.

4 mins

THE BOKS AND BIG BUCKS

Investors gathered for the second annual South Africa Investment Conference as the country promised renewed optimism and a Springbok-style recovery despite a moody outlook.

5 mins

AFRICAN OF THE YEAR

THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BELIEVES PASSIONATELY THAT POVERTY HAS NO PLACE IN AFRICA. RESTLESS ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONTINENT AND PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION, THIS IS A MAN ON A MISSION.

10+ mins

AFRICA IN THE DESERT

Manal A Bayat, Chief Community Engagement Officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, on how for the first time in world expo history, all African nations will participate in a global event that will drive SME and sustainable development in the region.

4 mins

SOLE PASSION

Jo Farah found his feet in the sneaker cleaning business. His eco-friendly products are made in a lab.

4 mins

GREEN-SKY THINKING

In Johannesburg, city-dwellers like Linah Moeketsi have taken the future of sustainable farming into their own hands. Where land is becoming scarce, they look to the skies.

6 mins

‘NEVER BE A COPY AND-PASTE'

South African entrepreneur and culture junkie, Sylvester Chauke, on the importance of standing out in the corporate world, his love for travel and the need to invest only in what one believes in.

2 mins

LIGHTS, CAMERA, LOCATION!

In the tiny, impoverished village of Kuntaur, an effort to bring global education to Gambian communities through films shown on a makeshift screen under a starlit African sky.

4 mins

UNATHI NKAYI'S GHANA

In the coastal country’s capital Accra, the South African musician savored street food and a different kind of music, in tandem with the sound of the waves.

4 mins

MANY TRICKY CURVEBALLS

In comparison with rugby, baseball is considered a minor sport in South Africa. Gift Ngoepe and Taylor Scott are role models but taking the game to the people is a massive task.

4 mins

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Forbes Africa Magazine Description:

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.