By Dishant Shah In 1993, a Zimbabwean engineer applied for a license to build a mobile phone network in his country. His own government spent the...
The continent's investment gap is real - but capital is not what is missing.
The continent's visa regime is not a footnote to its economic ambitions - it is a direct contradiction of them.
By Ajay Wasserman One of the most persistently misunderstood realities of building companies in Africa is that opportunity is rarely the binding constraint. Across the continent,...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa’s investment challenge has never been about the absence of opportunity. Nor, contrary to popular perception, has it primarily been about the availability...
By Danilo Desiderio Five years into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the gap between promise and delivery threatens to undermine the continent’s boldest economic...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi For much of the 20th century, Coca-Cola was more than a soft drink in Africa – it was a symbol. A crimson...
By Mary Alorh Across the world, mothers have long served as the cornerstone of society – nurturing families, building communities, and shaping futures. In Africa, this...
The first annual African Business Leaders Forum conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from December 9-12 at the Sandton Convention Center. The conference has...
A Chinese state-owned engineering company has signed a deal worth $4.3bn (£2.8bn) to build factories for a Nigerian cement company run by Africa’s richest man, Aliko...
High costs for software, a lack of connectivity and insufficient skills are holding back the take up of technology solutions among Africa’s small businesses, says an...
Following on from last month’s 50th anniversary of the mainframe, IBM has unveiled two new client-facing centers for developing applications and systems for the technology in South...
Kenya says it has opened its doors to Ethiopian companies to trade on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as a way of encouraging the East African...
Kenya says it has opened its doors to Ethiopian companies to trade on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as a way of encouraging the East African...
(Reuters) – Zambia’s government has not made any decision to nationalize a 75 percent stake in fixed line operator Zamtel that is held by Libya’s LAP...
Nigeria has emerged as the wealthiest country in Africa. As a powerful emerging market in the world economy, it has the billionaires and multi-millionaires to prove...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A Heineken official says the Netherlands-based company has signed a deal to buy two state-owned Ethiopian breweries. Tom de Man, Heineken president...
The west’s warnings over China’s involvement in Africa are growing in volume. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described Chinese movements on the continent as...
How to make money from movies online is a question vexing studio executives the world over. But a Nigerian tech entrepreneur claims to have the answer,...
“If Africa misses the current global IT boat, there may never again be an opportunity for rapid wealth creation on the continent.” This call to action...
JOHANNESBURG — Union officials say South African gold miners will return to work this evening after ending a five-day strike. Spokesman Lesiba Seshoka says the mining...
Patrice Motsepe (who was born in 1962), is a South African mining magnate. Motsepe is the Executive Chairman of African Rainbow Minerals Limited, ARM, a leading,...
South Africa’s power utility Eskom on Friday increased its wage offer to unionised workers, trying to head off a strike that could cut power to Africa’s...
Nigeria’s Afribank has called off deal talks with Vine Capital over doubts the private equity firm has the ability to raise the necessary funds to recapitalize...
President Mwai Kibaki on Friday launched a key website making Kenya the first country in sub sahara Africa to offer loads of government data to its...
