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Backpacks From The Sun And Bags From The Ocean

Salima Visram makes solar-powered backpacks for children in the rural depths of East Africa, funded by her $2 million-a-year online business selling eco-friendly handbags.

All You Need To Know About The Covid-19 Vaccine

The complex world of Covid-19 vaccine trials explained.

‘Empowering Women And Youth Key To Unlocking Malawi's Economic Potential '

Early this year, at the inception of the Covid-19 pandemic, Malawi was also battling for democracy. When Lazarus Chakwera became President in June, his win was hailed as a victory for democracy and justice. Born in Lilongwe to a subsistence farmer, the philosophy and theology graduate leads a nine-party coalition, the Tonse Alliance. He spoke to FORBES AFRICA in this exclusive interview about taking on the reins during the pandemic and his plans for the country’s future.

REAPING REWARDS

In green Kigali, Viateur Ndahayo is adding his own aesthetic touch to the city with his booming flower business.

AFRICAN Of The Year

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA IS WELL-POSITIONED TO TAKE ON THE NEXT BIG ROLE, TRANSFORMING AFRICA AND NEGOTIATING ON THE WORLD STAGE.

The Digital Wasteland Where Products Never Die

E-waste is hazardous, but often not properly tracked or recycled. What’s needed? A more formalized re-use economy and future-thinking brands.

Our Ninth Anniversary And The Most Important Attributes Needed Today

As we all persevere and seek our own ‘Ultima Thule’ through this very difficult time, we need to sit back and celebrate the small wins that help lift our morale.

The New Tycoons Ready For The Next Normal

The change-makers in Nigeria’s new digital economy are turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities. They are the tenacious new wealth creators in a country that celebrates its 60th anniversary in October.

The Blockbuster Named Nollywood

A look at the never-say-die Nigerian film industry’s emerging money-spinning trends.

Powering Through The Pandemic

Covid-19 has proved to be a game-changer for East African businesses. Among the hardest hit is the region’s alternative energy sector. Responsible for providing many remote communities with off-grid energy services, sector businesses started the year on a high. FORBES AFRICA examines how they are responding, and coping, in the current crisis.

Tanzania Is Ahead Of Schedule

I congratulate all my compatriots on this historic achievement. We had envisaged to achieve this status by 2025 but with strong determination, this has been possible in 2020. God bless Tanzania.”

A Nadir Of Hope In ‘The New Normal'?

As Africa’s biggest economy marks its diamond jubilee, there are mixed views for its post-pandemic recovery forecast. But there is reason to be hopeful about the hyper-competitiveness and resilience of the country’s middle class and youth through the fog of uncertainty.

The 500% Leap From Store to Door

Covid-19 has left many businesses in disarray. But not OneCart, South Africa’s ondemand grocery delivery service that rewarded its founders Lynton Peters and Ariel Navarro with record growth.

RESUSCITATING The Multilateral Trading System

Amina Mohamed has had a long illustrious career as an accomplished international civil servant, lawyer and diplomat and is currently Kenya’s Minister of Sports, Heritage and Culture. As the race is on to find the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), she is one of three candidates from Africa running for the top post, and could make history if she wins. She speaks to FORBES AFRICA in September from Geneva about her vision for renewing global trade.

A Day In The Life Of…

SIX MONTHS INTO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE FATE OF MOST SMALL BUSINESSES REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THE FEW LEFT ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. SKILLED LABORERS ARE WITHOUT JOBS AND THE COUNTRY FACES AN UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS. ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE SNAPSHOTS OF SOME PARTS OF THE ECONOMY SLOWLY CRAWLING BACK TO LIFE.

‘The Digital Economy Is An Extremely Powerful, Transparent Tool'

What are the big corporates thinking? Raghu Malhotra, the Dubai-based president of mastercard Middle East & Africa, on developing clear frameworks for the current crisis, and why digital transformation is more important now than ever before.

Life Must Go On

Temie Giwa-Tubosun supplies blood to hospitals and oxygen to Covid-19 patients in Nigeria. The special deliveries arrive with doses of compassion and hope.

Thinking Out Of The Box: Creating Shared Value And A Country Of Entrepreneurs

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s initiative, Bizniz in a Box, meaningfully empowers youth and women to create and scale viable micro-businesses in the country’s communities.

Where All Routes Lead To Good Health

Through the Project Last Mile partnership, Coca-Cola works with African governments to leverage its extensive distribution network to deliver health commodities and life-saving medication to the continent’s remotest regions.

App You Like It

The newly-established delivery app industry in Tanzania is serving up old business in a new format, diversifying the e-commerce market and driving consumer behavior beyond Covid-19.

Pfizer's Covid Moon Shot

Albert Bourla has boldly predicted his company might find and distribute a vaccine by this fall. The first look inside a $1 billion bet that could change the world.

The People's Banker

In 1993, Dr James mwangi walked away from a promising career at one of Kenya’s largest banks, to join the equity building society. Three decades on, few could have predicted his entrepreneurial leadership would work to transform not just equity but the financial services of the region. Forbes Africa meets the man behind East Africa’s billion-dollar banking empire.

A Day In The Fields, A Lifetime In Fashion

Tsholanang Mathibe never let her humble upbringing come in the way of her big dreams designing for the rich and famous in South Africa.

Blockchain To Track Your Tea?

How this Tanzanian entrepreneur’s tea startup is weathering the Covid-19 storm.

Covid-19: Africa's Gender Pandemic

From New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Covid-19 has been shining a light on women and paving the way for new thinking in global leadership. But, in Africa, has it been so? A look through the gender lens of the pandemic.

The Billionaire's Startup

The world is awash in streaming services, and Meg Whitman already had her fortune — but then Jeffrey Katzenberg came calling with a mobile-focused startup. With nearly $1.8 billion raised and America on lockdown, consumers may have no choice but to try Quibi.

‘WFH' Here To Stay?

The home will be hub and flexible working the norm. The result? Renewed employee trust, wellness and cost savings, say more companies.

The Leading Voice In Telling The African Story

On June 1, CNBC Africa celebrates 13 years of relaying boundless stories of economic growth and prosperity on the African continent. It achieved its objective of changing the narrative and continues to do so with relentless reporting in the time of Covid-19.

Start Of The Mask Economy

Even the most unconventional businesses, such as a Cape Town candy shop, are selling masks to face off the economic crisis.

Empty Roads, Occupied Minds

With a deadly virus still lurking in the streets and tougher times ahead, traders in South Africa’s colorful townships desperately look to resuscitate their businesses with creative offerings online.