Nigerians love chocolate as much as anyone, yet they have no industry making it.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi—a banker unafraid. At a time when banking was losing its mind, this man put his foot down. Step forward the FORBES AFRICA Person...
Aliko Dangote carries with him hopes of African business that this continent too can have its own powerful multi-national that can hold its own against the...
FORBES AFRICA recognizes Wangari Maathai for a special lifetime achievement award at its Person of the Year event
An own goal kicked off the worst day for business whiz kid, Mandla Sibeko—the man who branded the World Cup.
At a time in life when many are in quiet retirement, canny businessman Manu Chandaria has taken up the sword in the fight for economic unity.
Alfonso Ippolito wakes up in another hotel room in Johannesburg; his Italian home is eight hours away by plane. He checks his email anxiously for updates...
There is no point in speculating as to what Russell Loubser, the outgoing Johannesburg Stock Exchange chief executive officer, will be doing next year—because Loubser himself...
It is the dream of a former refugee, it will take $33 million to build and will dominate the Kigali skyline. It will be a potent...
In the forested hills of Togo in West Africa, a quiet revolution is underway—one promising power to the people.