Forbes Africa

2 Nov 2025 - The sun shines abundantly over Nigeria. Now, panel by panel, battery by battery, solar power is being used to power businesses and lives in the West…

2 Nov 2025 - The AI spending spree continues apace with no end in sight. In earnings calls Wednesday, Meta, Google and Microsoft all said they would continue to…

1 Nov 2025 - While previous deepwater drilling at the West African nation’s Fatala-1 fell short of commercial output, its state oil company says the country’s…

31 Oct 2025 - As a leading voice in environmental sustainability and an advocate for Africa’s growth and development potential, Wanjira Mathai sits down with…

31 Oct 2025 - With a new $10 billion valuation for their AI recruiting startup Mercor, the founders have become the youngest self-made tech billionaires ever,…

31 Oct 2025 - With consumers globally reportedly spending between $25 and $100 a month on affordable everyday items, including apparel, from low-cost online…

30 Oct 2025 - At The Best Chef Awards held in Milan in early October, Vusi Ndlovu was one of the very few South African chefs to receive an award. He recounts that…

30 Oct 2025 - Africa’s green future lies in its own hands. Bold, visionary, and driven by boundless energy, committed leaders, policymakers, startups, and…

30 Oct 2025 - The story behind the country’s famed trumpet-shaped flowers and bursts of color in October. Winters on the Highveld can be long and brutal. The…

30 Oct 2025 - The New York-listed shares of Grindr jumped the most in three years after billionaire George Raymond Zage III and James Lu, the company’s majority…

30 Oct 2025 - The country’s removal from the FATF’s list marks a positive step towards fostering favorable market environments, but the rewards may not be…

29 Oct 2025 - Topline Nvidia on Wednesday became the first company in history to be valued at $5 trillion, the latest milestone by the artificial intelligence…

29 Oct 2025 - Africa’s media and entertainment sector continues its steady global rise, with Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa leading the charge. However, a new…

28 Oct 2025 - Explosive growth in AI investments is fueling Wall Street’s biggest rally in years. Forbes’ expert contributors explore whether investors are riding…

28 Oct 2025 - Africa’s Airbus chief on improving aviation from a sustainability and technology perspective. In a continent as big and diverse as Africa,…

27 Oct 2025 - Thuso Mbedu on all the work she put into her latest character and how her outlook on success also extends to financial empowerment. South African…

27 Oct 2025 - Every workplace has one. There’s a colleague who harps on about teamwork but takes all the credit for the team’s achievements. There’s also a…

26 Oct 2025 - Maarten Bodewes and Dimitri O suffered hearing damage from years of attending loud concerts and wanted to help others avoid the same fate. Now their…

24 Oct 2025 - The United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo hosted the fourth United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference. This is the first time…

24 Oct 2025 - The rise of digital banking has sparked a restructuring across South Africa (and Africa’s) leading financial institutions, all of whom are striving…

23 Oct 2025 - It seems to start earlier every year. The very moment the year tips into its final quarter, the first hints of Christmas begin to sneak into sight.…

23 Oct 2025 - A handful of converging trends—including a push by major industry players into African data centers, multilateral investments that reduce project…

22 Oct 2025 - Topline Economists and analysts have warned artificial intelligence stocks are showing signs of a bubble—with hype-inflated prices disconnected from…

22 Oct 2025 - The long-standing, widely accepted yet unspoken intergenerational career contract, where older workers step down so the young can step up, has been…

21 Oct 2025 - Automation is here—and it’s impossible to ignore, says futurist, economist, and business trends analyst, Bronwyn Williams. In her new book, co-…

21 Oct 2025 - Whenever Vamsi Boppana, senior vice president of AI at the chip giant AMD, gives CEO Lisa Su an update on the progress of the company’s software…

20 Oct 2025 - What if the future of computING isn’t silicon at all, but tiny clusters of human brain cells grown in a lab? A computer’s processor, its CPU, is…

19 Oct 2025 - The AI boom has brought with it a new crop of startups looking to build a business on an urgent but vaguely dystopian idea: solving loneliness among…

19 Oct 2025 - Every workplace has one. They are the “glue” that somehow manages to keep everything ticking along. Every organization depends on their glue…

18 Oct 2025 - Small and medium-sized enterprises, responsible for employing most of Africa’s workforce, are key to unlocking the continent’s informal sector. As…

17 Oct 2025 - On Tuesday, Africa’s largest financial services group by assets, Standard Bank, released a Township Informal Economy Report showing that nearly 80%…

17 Oct 2025 - Cristiano Ronaldo leads a group of ten footballers collectively earning $945 million this season, but as the sun sets on his legendary career, two…

17 Oct 2025 - The improvement comes as Benin’s overall market capitalization grew, supported by a rising appetite for investment products and digital financial…

16 Oct 2025 - This week and beyond, Felabration and a global retrospective celebrate Fela Kuti’s unbroken legacy 28 years after his passing in the same city he…

16 Oct 2025 - The crash of the NFT market led OpenSea to fire more than half of its staff. But the startup has reinvented itself into a place for buying and…

15 Oct 2025 - As climate conditions flair, South Africa’s R56.5 billion ($3.2 billion) wine market, per Investec, is navigating turbulency on a notable scale.…

15 Oct 2025 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Uganda’s biggest trade partner globally, signaling rapidly growing bilateral relations between the two nations.…

15 Oct 2025 - Ethiopia stands apart as an ancient state, a nation that has preserved its heritage intact for millennia while now channeling that same depth of…

14 Oct 2025 - On October 7, 2025, I delivered a keynote address at the Time to Act Forum in Tokyo, which brought together leaders from government, cities, and…

14 Oct 2025 - Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony that gained independence in 1975, began competing in World Cup qualifiers ahead of the 2002 tournament. Cape…

13 Oct 2025 - Topline “Tron: Ares” opened with a disappointing $33.5 million at the domestic box office, according to early estimates reported by the Hollywood…

13 Oct 2025 - In the scramble to embrace artificial intelligence, many organizations are overlooking the one investment that will determine whether the technology…

13 Oct 2025 - Topline The Israeli military said Hamas has released all 20 living hostages in its custody—seven of whom have already re-entered Israel—as part of…

12 Oct 2025 - As Mozambique grapples with frequent cyclones and climate disruptions, the country’s vulnerability to food insecurity has increased sharply in recent…

11 Oct 2025 - Artificial intelligence (AI) has burst onto the scene, sparking plenty of excitement—and just as much unease. Governments are still scrambling to…

11 Oct 2025 - The development of this renewable energy source, on a commercial scale, could be a game changer for the country, and the African continent. But where…

10 Oct 2025 - The continent’s next big cultural export–animation–is here. South Africa is part of the emerging narrative with names such as The Animation School,…

10 Oct 2025 - How Botash is powering the country’s chemical industry and regional trade. Established in 1988 and commencing production in 1991, Botswana Ash (PTY)…

10 Oct 2025 - From the Congolese mines to the skies, Parilis Africa’s latest venture, Africa Hope Holdings, is shaping a new legacy in aviation. Two ventures, led…

10 Oct 2025 - Nup and Down: “The thought of getting a prenup through a divorce attorney was too expensive,” Rodgers says. “I wanted to democratize access to…