Across the continent, a generation of businesses is discovering that the most powerful product they can sell is not a thing - it is access, structured...
Western executives are still asking the wrong questions about how Africans pay for things. Here is the answer, in hard numbers.
From East Africa's entrenched dominance to West Africa's explosive growth, the continent is rewriting the rules of financial inclusion.
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...
By Michele Moscaritoli Intra-African commerce has quietly transformed from aspiration to reality – and the implications are profound. For decades, the refrain echoed through development conferences...
By Jastine Martine The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) promises to unite 1.4 billion people across 54 countries into a US$3.4 trillion market. On paper,...
By Jastine Martine The true measure of a continent’s economic potential lies not in what it has built, but in what it enables. Africa stands at...
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 Dr. Princess C. Mutisya “Africa has 33 currencies, yet none is accepted anywhere on the continent. I fly from Nairobi to Addis Ababa, show my...
By Jastine Martine African businesses moved US$205 billion in cryptocurrency transactions last year. The figure is staggering, but the reason behind it is simple: waiting 45...
By Des H. Rikhotso Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a story of isolated outliers – it’s increasingly a tale of dynamic urban hubs driving continent-wide...
By John Kourkoutas When most global executives think of payments in Africa, they picture underdeveloped banking systems, cash-dominated economies, and infrastructure gaps. But a closer look...
By Davida Ademuyiwa A truck laden with Ivory Coast’s golden cocoa spends eight hours idling in traffic – not because of congestion, but because the road...
By Dishant Shah Every few months, the headlines return with familiar fanfare: “Africa’s gross domestic product Set to Grow by 5%,” “Fastest-Growing Economy in the Region,”...
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 Dishant Shah When most envision doing business in Africa, the image is deceptively simple: locate buyers, ship containers, and reap profits. Yet beneath this surface...
By Dishant Shah From the bustling streets of Nairobi to the electrifying beats of Lagos’s music festivals, and the vibrant marketplaces of Accra, Africa pulses with...
