The numbers on the map tell two very different stories. The question is which one you choose to read.
Across the continent, brilliant entrepreneurial ideas are dying in the gap between inspiration and execution. Venture builders - disciplined, factory-style startup studios - may be the...
By Victory Azimih The artificial intelligence revolution offers African nations a historic opportunity – but only if they transform education into industrial power. In Parts 1...
By Gregory September Nineteen African countries now operate satellites in Earth’s orbit. This transformation happened without slogans, without international fanfare, without the breathless coverage reserved for...
By Lailla Mutajogera This past weekend in Kigali, something far more significant than a routine business meeting unfolded. President Paul Kagame convened with Jack Ma, founder...
By Ajay Wasserman Here is an uncomfortable truth that eludes most Western observers: connectivity has become the defining currency of upward mobility in the 21st century....
By Des H Rikhotso A state-designed electric bus does not typically make international headlines. Yet, the recent arrival of Uganda’s Kayoola Electric Coach in Cape Town,...
By NJ Ayuk The global energy sector faces a demographic crisis that threatens to reshape the industry’s future – and nowhere is this more consequential than...
By Daki Nkanyane There are moments in history when a continent doesn’t “rise” – it remembers. Africa stands at precisely such a threshold today. For years,...
By Farhia Noor The older I get, the more certain I become of one inconvenient truth: the world doesn’t misunderstand Africa by accident. It misunderstands Africa...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi We say it often: “Africa has talent.” But if that’s true – and it is – then why does African expertise so...
By Ajay Wasserman For decades, Africa’s economic narrative has been tethered to foreign direct investment. While external capital has played a role, it has often arrived...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly When the world thinks of artificial intelligence (AI), the usual suspects dominate the imagination: Silicon Valley’s tech titans, Shenzhen’s hardware ecosystems, or...
By David Coleman Africa stands at a historic inflection point. Home to the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population, the continent is on the cusp of what...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Africa is watching the global AI revolution with a mix of hope and hype. From Lagos to Nairobi, policymakers and entrepreneurs speak...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is not lacking in ideas – it is overflowing with them. From bustling Lagos markets to remote villages in the Sahel, ingenuity...
By John Kourkoutas There’s a now-iconic image making the rounds online: a portable power adapter duct-taped to a flip-flop sandal. To many, it’s a punchline –...
By David Coleman In a landmark move that reverberates far beyond West Africa, Ghana has secured Geographical Indication (GI) status for Kente cloth – its first...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Raising capital in Africa isn’t merely difficult – it’s a labyrinth of mismatched expectations, delayed term sheets, and endless meetings that rarely...
By Edson Mpyisi Africa is not waiting for its future – it is living it. As Coordinator of the Enable Youth Program at the African Development...
By Farhia Noor “When the young carry the drum, the village must dance.” Pan-Africanism is no longer confined to speeches at summit halls or inked declarations....
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi When global investors, brands, and policymakers talk about Africa’s rising middle class, they often lean on familiar metrics: income brackets, consumer spending,...
By Dishant Shah For decades, the world’s understanding of Africa has been shaped not by Africans, but by distant cameras, foreign correspondents, and outdated tropes. The...
By Ajay Wasserman Africa is home to more than 125 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – 44 million of them in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. These...
By Farhia Noor When I saw the map of Africa’s most desired employers, I didn’t see ambition. I saw a continent dreaming in foreign tongues. In...
By Dishant Shah Across Africa, cities are far more than clusters of people and buildings – they are dynamic engines of transformation, turning raw potential into...
By Dishant Shah If Earth were a vast, interconnected machine, Africa would not be a cog in the wheel. It would be the engine block –...
By Farhia Noor In 2055, I didn’t dream of Africa’s future – I stepped into it. What I saw was not the continent of yesterday’s headlines...
By David Coleman For decades, Africa has been framed as a continent in need of development – a place “behind” the rest of the world. But...
By Farhia Noor The rise and fall of Okra, once one of Nigeria’s most promising fintech startups, is more than just another Silicon Valley-style cautionary tale....
By Dishant Shah Imagine 19 out of every 100 people on Earth contributing just 2 cents of every dollar generated globally. That’s the reality for Africa...
By Farhia Noor For far too long, Africa’s progress has been judged through metrics created in distant boardrooms, disconnected from our lived realities. GDP growth, debt...
By David Coleman I once dated someone who proudly showed off a US$30 jar of luxury soap she had just bought. I looked at it and...
By Dishant Shah Africa is poised to chart a unique path to growth – one that diverges sharply from the trajectories of China or India –...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa needs infrastructure. Africa needs development. But at what cost? If we depend on Europe to build our roads, railways, and cities,...
Reuters | As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra’s back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked...
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...
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