Forbes Africa Magazine - August - September 2020

In this issue

The August/September 2020 issue of FORBES AFRICA offers lessons on entrepreneurship from the man who created a pioneering East African bank taking it to billion-dollar success. James Mwangi talks about the ‘The Mwangi Model’ of progress and inclusion and the resilience needed to run a business in the current economic downturn. He shares more tips for success for young entrepreneurs. Also in this issue, more stories on how Covid-19 is impacting Africa. As we celebrate Women’s Month in South Africa in August, we also ask the question ‘Is Covid-19 a gender pandemic’ as it continues to exacerbate inequalities. We then go over to Los Angeles to speak with the mother of one of the richest men on the planet. Maye Musk, whose son is South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk, is a supermodel and author with a new book. She shares insights on Elon’s Mars ventures and how she raised three successful children. Also in this issue, more from East Africa, including all the new digital developments and innovations coming out of Tanzania and Rwanda. How is tourism reawakening in the hill country? Also read up on how Pfizer is fast-tracking its Covid-19 vaccine for the world. All this and more with our regular features including profiles and Q&As; with corporate titans from around the world.

The People's Banker

In 1993, Dr James mwangi walked away from a promising career at one of Kenya’s largest banks, to join the equity building society. Three decades on, few could have predicted his entrepreneurial leadership would work to transform not just equity but the financial services of the region. Forbes Africa meets the man behind East Africa’s billion-dollar banking empire.

10+ mins

Covid-19: Africa's Gender Pandemic

From New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Covid-19 has been shining a light on women and paving the way for new thinking in global leadership. But, in Africa, has it been so? A look through the gender lens of the pandemic.

10+ mins

App You Like It

The newly-established delivery app industry in Tanzania is serving up old business in a new format, diversifying the e-commerce market and driving consumer behavior beyond Covid-19.

7 mins

‘The Digital Economy Is An Extremely Powerful, Transparent Tool'

What are the big corporates thinking? Raghu Malhotra, the Dubai-based president of mastercard Middle East & Africa, on developing clear frameworks for the current crisis, and why digital transformation is more important now than ever before.

5 mins

Blockchain To Track Your Tea?

How this Tanzanian entrepreneur’s tea startup is weathering the Covid-19 storm.

4 mins

Life Must Go On

Temie Giwa-Tubosun supplies blood to hospitals and oxygen to Covid-19 patients in Nigeria. The special deliveries arrive with doses of compassion and hope.

4 mins

A Day In The Fields, A Lifetime In Fashion

Tsholanang Mathibe never let her humble upbringing come in the way of her big dreams designing for the rich and famous in South Africa.

4 mins

Thinking Out Of The Box: Creating Shared Value And A Country Of Entrepreneurs

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s initiative, Bizniz in a Box, meaningfully empowers youth and women to create and scale viable micro-businesses in the country’s communities.

5 mins

Where All Routes Lead To Good Health

Through the Project Last Mile partnership, Coca-Cola works with African governments to leverage its extensive distribution network to deliver health commodities and life-saving medication to the continent’s remotest regions.

5 mins

Pfizer's Covid Moon Shot

Albert Bourla has boldly predicted his company might find and distribute a vaccine by this fall. The first look inside a $1 billion bet that could change the world.

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Forbes Africa Magazine Description:

Forbes Africa is the drama critic to business in Africa. The magazine helps readers connect the dots, form patterns and see beyond the obvious, giving them a completely different perspective. In doing this, it delivers sharp, in-depth and engaging stories by looking at global and domestic issues from an African prism.