On September 30, it will be 50 years since the birth of one of Africa’s most prosperous independent nations. Thrifty Botswana has vast currency reserves but...
Economic gurus say Africa needs to industrialize, but Africa seems two jumps into the future and most of the initial public offerings (IPOs) for 2016-2017 will...
FORBES AFRICA’s Managing Editor, Chris Bishop, talks to South Africa’s beleaguered finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, on his plans to rescue the country’s economy.
Nigerians are currently hard at work. What sort of work, you might ask? Economic reconstruction and the quest for social and political rebirth. The new sheriff...
Nigerians are queueing for hours and business is coming to a standstill.
Ghana’s economy has grown rapidly in recent years but poor governance and increased costs threaten stagnation.
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has often urged Africa’s business and political leaders to “stop thinking about development as something we do with external resources.” The current...
Africa rising – two words that have sustained our continent in its quest for investment. But with market volatility, slow growth and falling commodity prices –...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s rise to the most powerful seat in Nigeria filled many with hope. He now needs results.
Kenya’s economy is set to grow at a faster pace than previous years. The World Bank’s Kenya Economic Update (KEU) estimates that Kenya’s economy is poised...