Africa’s Agenda 2063 requires far more than ambition—it demands a new approach to developing leadership at scale. In this opinion piece, Dr. Nizar Chaari argues that Africa must move beyond small, founder-driven leadership programs and build scalable, evidence-based systems rooted in African realities. Examining competency-based training, psychometric assessment, and Ubuntu, he explores how the continent can create the thousands of leaders needed to achieve long-term economic and social transformation.
The Risk Problem with Investors Treating African Energy as One Market
Africa’s energy sector offers major investment opportunities, but treating the continent as a single market can lead to costly mistakes. This analysis explains why investors need jurisdiction-specific risk management, highlighting how regulatory frameworks, currency volatility, infrastructure constraints, and political conditions differ across African countries. It explores practical strategies for managing long-term energy investment risks and financing renewable energy projects.
Bridging South Africa’s Media Skills Gap with Industry‑Backed Learning
The Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA), in partnership with the AAA School of Advertising, has launched an updated Media Management Competence Certificate to address South Africa’s growing media skills gap. Combining industry-led training, practical learning, and a newly developed media planning textbook, the four-month hybrid programme equips professionals with the strategic, digital, and analytical skills needed to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape. The initiative supports the development of future-ready media talent as brands, agencies, and media owners adapt to increasingly complex consumer and technology trends.
The Continent Is Not Waiting. Africa’s Creators Are Already Building the Economy
Africa’s creator economy is rapidly emerging as one of the continent’s fastest-growing industries, driven by millions of young entrepreneurs, artists, filmmakers, musicians, and digital creators. In this opinion piece, Daniel Kojo Soboh, CEO and Founder of EMY Africa, argues that Africa’s youth are already building a multi-billion-dollar economy through creativity, technology, and cultural innovation. He explores how the creator economy is transforming employment, exports, investment, and global perceptions of Africa while calling on governments, investors, and businesses to provide the infrastructure needed to sustain this unprecedented growth.
Coface: Could a new inflationary shock cause lasting damage to African economies?
Coface highlights how Middle East tensions and disrupted supply chains could trigger a new inflationary shock, affecting African economies unevenly. Oil importers face rising inflation, while commodity exporters may benefit from higher prices amid slower global growth forecasts.
There is No Digital Transformation Without Cloud Adoption
Discover why cloud adoption is essential to digital transformation, enabling agility, innovation, and scalability across modern enterprises, according to Absa’s Olof Neser.
Why African Investors Should Look Beyond the Ceasefire
The Middle East ceasefire has eased market tensions, but African investors should remain cautious. Cliff Bakashaba, Head of Investments at Jubilee Asset Management Limited, explains how geopolitical shocks continue to affect inflation, currencies, interest rates and investment performance across Africa. The article explores why long-term investors, insurers and asset managers must look beyond short-term market relief and focus on resilience, risk management and country-specific investment strategies.
Open Startup Marks 10 Years with The Science Road for African Science and Deep Tech Ventures
Open Startup has launched The Science Road, a new pan-African strategy to accelerate science, deep tech and research-led startups as the organisation celebrates its 10th anniversary. The initiative combines startup acceleration, early-stage financing through the new Openers First investment arm, and strategic partnerships with universities, investors and industry leaders to help African innovations move from research labs to global markets. The platform aims to strengthen Africa’s innovation ecosystem by supporting ventures in artificial intelligence, health, climate technology and other high-impact sectors.
South Africa Risks Turning BNPL into a Credit-Exclusion Trigger without Fairer Scoring Rules
South Africa risks turning Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) into a credit exclusion trigger if scoring systems fail to properly interpret short-term instalment data. Experts warn that integrating BNPL into traditional credit models could unfairly lower credit scores for responsible borrowers, particularly younger and lower-income consumers. Regulators have paused BNPL data integration as concerns grow over financial inclusion and scoring accuracy.
Brice & Burnett named South Africa’s Best Luxury Wine Retailer
Brice & Burnett, formerly Wine Cellar, has been named South Africa’s Best Luxury Wine Retailer by the Luxury Lifestyle Awards, recognising 25 years of excellence in fine wine curation and client service. The brand is celebrated for its premium selection of local and international wines, investment portfolios, brokerage services, and expert cellaring solutions. This award highlights its leadership in shaping South Africa’s luxury wine market.