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This has been the question on everybody’s mind especially now that more people on the planet are vaccinated. WFH has become the new normal but it still remains contentious if a traditional nine-five workday and five-day workweek at the office will re

Cote d’Ivoire has just commenced the construction of ‘F Tower’. The BESIX-constructed building will have a height of 233 meters on completion, catapulting it to tallest buildings’ league in Africa. It is expected to have 64 floors, a 200-seat auditor

South African writer Damon Galgut’s recent release, The Promise, has been shortlisted for The Booker Award, one of the world’s most distinguished and prestigious literary prizes. “The original idea came from a conversation with a friend, who’s the la

South African designer Rich Mnisi is now also trying his creative hand at furniture, with his first solo show for his new collectible furniture line, Nyoka. Following a six-month collaboration with South Africa’s Southern Guild gallery, the show runs

After a three-month closure, schools in Burundi reopened on September 13, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases countrywide. The Ministry of Health has imposed mandatory Covid-19 screening for students reporting back to school. “The tests are mandatory for

FORMED VIA REFERENDUM IN 2011, THE Republic of South Sudan became independent from the Sudan on July 9, 2011, the outcome of Africa’s long-running civil war which lasted over 20 years and saw millions dead due to conflict, drought and starvation, a t

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PROFESSOR TULIO DE OLIVEIRA is director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) in South Africa, and at the coalface of research to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. He is known for leading the team that first identified

Q. How can the world collectively come together to combat the shadow pandemic that women and girls are grappling with in Africa, in the wake of Covid-19? A. Even a cursory look at the latest data shows us how devastating the pandemic has been for w

ALIKO DANGOTE, the Founder and President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group has been on the cover of FORBES AFRICA six times, including this edition. And for a 10th year in a row, Dangote is also Africa’s richest person with a real time networth of $12

Q. What would your advice be for Africa's young entrepreneurs on the continent's recovery path post-Covid? A. Challenges like Covid-19 inherently also present an opportunity. The opportunity to learn from mistakes, to move away from doing ‘business

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, biodiversity scientist, entrepreneur and the first female President of Mauritius – a post she held from 2015 to 2018 – was the cover of FORBES WOMAN AFRICA in June 2017. In this interview in September, she dwells on what lies ahe

The 10th birthday of FORBES AFRICA is a moment of pride, reflection and recommitment for African women’s leadership. FORBES AFRICA has for a decade helped to shine a light on the transformational progress which African women have been driving. Crucia

In August 2018, Stacey Brewer graced the cover of FORBES AFRICA for a story titled The Ceiling-Crashers  along with Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, currently the CEO of Naspers South Africa. Brewer remembers it all well, as she speaks to FORBES AFRICA fro

Gil Oved, Co-Chief Executive, Bella Thaler Investments, was part of the trend-setting August-September 2017 cover of FORBES WOMAN AFRICA on male gender champions in corporate South Africa. At the time, he was the Group Co-CEO of The Creative Counsel

Renowned New York-based futurist Faith Popcorn, who famously coined the word “cocooning” in 1981 and got most of her predictions right, explores the decade ahead with her 10 “seismic shifts”. “Unthinkable. Apocalyptic. End of days,” says Popcorn. “Th

A decade is a long time to create impact and as a leader, how do you think FORBES AFRICA has contributed to telling the African growth story and sharing the perspectives of the titans of industry? FORBES AFRICA, over the past decade, has positioned

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Despite the institutional challenges, the past few years have seen a trend in more African animation making it to mainstream platforms. Nigerian animator, Ridwan Moshood, garnered a contract with Cartoon Network for his show, Garbage Boy and Trash Ca

A RESUPERBUGS STILL GOING TO KILL us? While the fear of drug-resistant bacteria due to the overuse of antibiotics may have taken a back seat with everyone locked down and social distancing, the growing body of research around ultraviolet light techno

There is no shortage of sanitizing and antimicrobial gadgets you can buy online that go far beyond washing your hands. Here are a few: Just about every technology brand has a set of in-ear headphones but most of them don’t come with a UVnano charging

Samsung is taking folding screens mainstream with its Z Fold3 and Z Flip3. Now in its third generation, consumers have a choice between a folding tablet or a flip phone. It has improved durability with a new screen layer, and for the first time, they

According to research published by the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, average annual funding between 2013 and 2017 stood at US$77 billion – double the annual average between 2000-06. Yet these impressive figures still fall short of closing a f

As the saying goes, in a crisis you must make the road by walking. But when the COVID-19 pandemic is compounded by civil unrest—recent riots and looting, stemming from longstanding frustrations over income inequality and a 32% unemployment rate—how s

Peter Wharton-Hood is among a new generation of South African healthcare managers—but it almost didn’t happen. In January 2020, before becoming Group Chief Executive of Life Healthcare, he thought he had retired after a successful banking career. The

In July, Chairperson of the regulatory authority SAHPRA, Professor Helen Rees, used a call-in radio show as an opportunity to educate vaccine skeptics. “I think people are fearful because the vaccine was developed rapidly. People are asking the quest

Not all heroes wear capes. MedTech companies have been rightly seen as saviors of sorts, whether introducing new diagnostic tools with the ability to manufacture to scale, or supporting vaccine trials with molecular test platforms. And they have re

Discovery Health will be making sure that the vaccine rollout goes as smoothly as possible, thanks to its rich internal data sources complemented with national and international data. “Early in the pandemic,” says CEO Dr. Ryan Noach, “we developed me

Discovery’s tools are one example in a broader trend toward digitization that has only accelerated in the past 18 months—others include AstraZeneca’s New Normal Same Cancer Campaign, or the eSihle program offering prostate cancer patients home-based

If the pandemic has highlighted one thing, it is that we were wholly unprepared for the magnitude of disruption to education, said William Mzimba, Chief Officer at Vodacom Business, in his virtual address at The Future of Education Summit on 29 July.

AS I WATCHED the militant group Taliban take control of Afghanistan, ousting the sitting president and his government, I started to reflect on leadership. Very swiftly, as America was finalizing its withdrawal of troops, insurgents stormed across the

“I often say I can sleep on a mud floor as well as a feathered bed and be very comfortable. It has made me someone who can do without things in life because of what we went through.” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, December 2020 /January 2021 “IF WE CONTINUE