By John Kourkoutas While businesses plan for tomorrow’s Africa, they are overlooking today’s megacities. The narrative surrounding African urbanization suffers from a dangerous misconception: that it...
By John Kourkoutas When Western executives dismiss Africa as “too hot” for serious business operations, they reveal more about their own biases than they do about...
By John Kourkoutas The chasm between corporate ambition and African market reality is littered with failed strategies that never survived contact with the ground. Corporate boardrooms...
By John Kourkoutas When people hear I built a thriving export advisory business focused on African markets, they often say, “You were just lucky.” “Right place,...
By John Kourkoutas For years, global headlines have swung between two extremes: “Africa Rising” and “Africa Struggling.” While the world debates the narrative, a quiet revolution...
By John Kourkoutas While it may not always dominate global headlines, Namibia has been steadily positioning itself as one of the most compelling destinations for investment...
By Dishant Shah Africa is not a monolith – it’s a dynamic continent made up of more than 50 countries, each with its own distinct languages,...
By John Kourkoutas When you hear the phrase “most expensive cities,” your mind likely jumps to global metropolises like London, New York, or Tokyo. But in...
By Ajay Wasserman While global investors funnel billions into Asia and Latin America, one continent remains conspicuously overlooked – despite housing 17 percent of the world’s...
By JP Følsgaard Bak No matter how successful you have become in the United States, Europe, or anywhere else in the world, the time has come...
By NJ Ayuk I strongly encourage African governments to address and minimize the challenges of doing business in the region. To create a more favorable environment,...
The theme of for this year’s conference is “Breeding African Lions: Imperatives for building globally competitive businesses“. (Sponsor Wire) – Until the late 1990s, Africa was...
Recently, Africa.com’s CEO and founder Teresa Clarke was invited to deliver a speech on doing business in Africa to a packed room in the White House,...
