Forbes Africa

28 Jan 2026 - The founder and chairman of the luxury goods group, has authorized the sale of Swiss watchmaker, Baume & Mercier for an undisclosed fee. The…

28 Jan 2026 - “Without social media, there’s no Ciza, to be honest,” 24-year-old South African musician Nkululeko Nciza, popularly known as Ciza, says in an…

27 Jan 2026 - Topline The consumer confidence index “collapsed” to its lowest point in more than a decade, the Conference Board think tank reported Tuesday, as…

27 Jan 2026 - Total value locked in African-focused DeFi protocols could rise to between $50 billion and $100 billion this year, the new study said. Africa is set…

26 Jan 2026 - Topline A weakening dollar and global uncertainty have pushed gold and silver to fresh highs on Monday, with the price of gold smashing past $5,100…

26 Jan 2026 - Africa is inundated with plastic; it’s in our seas, our cities, and even our forests. It’s a multifaceted crisis that requires urgent solutions.…

25 Jan 2026 - In G20 history, 2025 was a seminal year. It marked the first event in Africa. For the continent, this was an important recognition that the world’s…

24 Jan 2026 - Liberia reintroduces itself to multinational corporations and global financiers as it seeks to accelerate growth under President Joseph Boakai’s two-…

24 Jan 2026 - For years, the nine-to-five day ruled working lives.It was predictable, easy to follow and very rarely questioned. This neat and tidy arrangement,…

23 Jan 2026 - Authorities of the West African nation said its future growth depends on structured international engagement rather than isolation, as Africa’s…

23 Jan 2026 - Topline Netflix shares tanked sharply in premarket trading Wednesday despite the company’s fourth quarter earnings narrowly beating Wall Street…

23 Jan 2026 - The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has the continent at a generational crossroads—one that could reroute it towards superpower status or…

22 Jan 2026 - From a viral collaboration with musician Tyla to immersive creative exchanges in South Africa, shaping a new era of genre-fluid, feel-good music…

22 Jan 2026 - Topline President Donald Trump on Wednesday called off his plan to impose new tariffs on eight European countries providing military support to…

21 Jan 2026 - Billionaire Philanthropist Bill Gates has announced a $50 million partnership between the Gates Foundation and OpenAI to improve Africa’s health…

21 Jan 2026 - Topline Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told reporters Tuesday he cannot rule out a U.S. invasion, saying the island’s government will…

20 Jan 2026 - Paul van Zuydam, owner and chairman of Le Creuset, is South Africa’s eighth dollar-billionaire. A consumer goods tycoon worth $1.6 billion, as per…

20 Jan 2026 - Topline Representatives for the World Economic Forum, which kicks off today in Switzerland, have confirmed to Bloomberg that Danish officials will…

20 Jan 2026 - Topline The Italian designer Valentino Garavani, who founded fashion brand Valentino in 1960, has died at age 93, according to a statement from his…

19 Jan 2026 - The World Economic Forum (WEF) says it will resume hosting its Africa summit in South Africa in April 2027 after a seven-year absence caused by the…

19 Jan 2026 - Finals of major tournaments don’t get much more dramatic than AFCON 2025, which took place on Sunday night in Rabat. Rife with the good, the bad, and…

19 Jan 2026 - Analysts say the move positions Nigeria as a frontline market in Africa’s space-enabled connectivity push, opening the door to new investment and…

19 Jan 2026 - As 2026 rapidly approaches, a new threat to personal and working lives is emerging. No, it is not the pressure of higher interest rate rises, the…

19 Jan 2026 - The world’s richest person added $62 billion to his fortune after private investors more than doubled the valuation of his AI and social media…

17 Jan 2026 - There are enough stories of people moving from accounting roles to carpentry, marketing to bricklaying and project management to electrical work,…

16 Jan 2026 - The road to Rabat is all but concluded as the finalists for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 navigated a tense semi-final round. It had been…

16 Jan 2026 - Situated around 45 kilometers southeast of its capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia welcomed another momentous project on Saturday, months after the…

15 Jan 2026 - Africa stands at a defining moment for health and growth. The past year brought higher costs, tighter budgets, and renewed geopolitical tension, yet…

15 Jan 2026 - The United States (U.S.) House of Representatives has approved a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), following…

15 Jan 2026 - The African Private Capital Association (AVCA) says greater coordination among fund managers, development finance institutions and policymakers would…

14 Jan 2026 - The agreement is expected to accelerate deals across agriculture, real estate, digital banking, retail and infrastructure, according to Nigerian…

14 Jan 2026 - Topline Sergey Brin leapfrogged Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on Tuesday to become the world’s third-richest person, ranking again…

14 Jan 2026 - The final stages are set as the continent’s best edge ever closer to African football’s grandest prize. The quarterfinals of the African Cup of…

13 Jan 2026 - From Cape Town to Hollywood, South African actor Greg Kriek has been one of the country’s most enduring exports in the international television and…

13 Jan 2026 - Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu has pledged up to $1.5 million in bonuses and promised further rewards to his country’s team Super Eagles, if…

13 Jan 2026 - The disease affects as many as 80 million in the U.S. alone. Now Apnimed, the $400 million company behind the first ever pill to treat it, is…

12 Jan 2026 - The late Congolese-American professional basketball player’s life is a tale of two men: one of universal benevolence and another of brute talent.…

12 Jan 2026 - The ICEGOV conference is a global platform that unites leaders from government, academia, industry, and international organizations to explore the…

11 Jan 2026 - Despite a boon from Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” billionaires faced higher prices last year for everything from racehorses to private jets to…

10 Jan 2026 - Mahatma Gandhi was once asked: “What do you think about the Western civilization?” His answer: “I think it’s a good idea.” Indeed, an idea still,…

9 Jan 2026 - Often draped in plastic, Modou Fall, widely known as ‘The Plastic Man’, has made it his life’s purpose to eradicate plastic waste. As the founder of…

9 Jan 2026 - A bold pivot to country music led to the most successful concert tour in the genre’s history and helped Cowboy Carter lasso a 10-figure fortune—…

8 Jan 2026 - The upcoming car models driving South Africa’s clean energy future. South Africa’s EV landscape is shifting gears as 2025 draws to a close. The…

8 Jan 2026 - After a stellar group stage, headlined by Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Morocco’s Brahim Díaz, Africa’s best delivered, once again, in the Round of 16…

8 Jan 2026 - Topline Anthropic is seeking to raise $10 billion in a funding round that would nearly double the company’s market value to $350 billion, The Wall…

7 Jan 2026 - Topline Warner Bros. Discovery urged its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s amended $108 billion bid to take over the media giant, which…

7 Jan 2026 - Leadership in Africa has become synonymous with corruption. As Kenyan journalist John Githongo describes it: “It is a free-for-all, everything is…

7 Jan 2026 - What if your skin could be rebuilt, layer by layer? Personalized, printable and clinically promising, here comes the skin substitute that could…

6 Jan 2026 - It’s that time of the year again! FORBES AFRICA is on the lookout for bold young leaders, innovators, and trailblazers, under the age of 30, shaping…

6 Jan 2026 - Topline Gold and silver prices rose while shares of major American oil companies rallied as trading closed Monday, after President Donald Trump said…