Business

Zimbabwe is named the world’s best country to visit in 2025 by Forbes. Explore the tourism boom and SME opportunities in travel and hospitality.

AI for African SMEs: 7 workflows to automate today, from sales and support to invoicing and hiring. Practical steps to save time and boost profit.

Stablecoins can help African founders move money faster, but regulation is tightening. Understand the risks, compliance and best use cases.

PAPSS is reshaping cross border payments in Africa with local currency settlement. Learn how SMEs can cut costs and scale regional trade.

Africa’s 2025 funding rebound is real, but investors want proof. Discover what’s getting funded, what’s ignored and how founders can win.

Historic Africa business delegation meets UAE leadership. Key takeaways on investment corridors, partnerships and SME opportunities across Africa.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger launch a $895M regional investment bank. See the business impact for SMEs in energy, agriculture and projects.

Kenya signs a $311M power transmission deal with Africa50 and an Indian firm. What it means for SMEs, reliable power, jobs and growth.

Dangote says Nigerians should share in wealth from his businesses. Explore the refinery listing debate and SME supply chain opportunities in Nigeria.

When the news arrived that Rise had cleared the bar for Oscar consideration, it was not a red carpet moment. It was a flurry of messages between Victoria Falls, Harare and Los Angeles, a small team realising that a story born beside a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe now sat inside the same awards process that shapes global film careers. For a country whose cinema has long worked at the edge of international visibility, this was more than a feel good headline. It was a signal that th

On a humid evening beside Dubai Marina, it is easy to spot the visitors who are not just there for the skyline selfies. They walk slower, asking brokers for service charge breakdowns, checking rental listings on their phones, comparing yields with what they know back home in Lagos, Nairobi or London. For a growing number of Africans and diaspora professionals, Dubai property is no longer just a holiday fantasy. It has become a serious question of strategy. Is this still a sma

In 2020, as Britain locked down and contracts dried up, a young project manager with Ghanaian roots made a hard pivot. Rather than send out more CVs, Alfred Dzadey doubled down on a plan he had been quietly building: acquire tired family homes, reconfigure them into high-spec co-living (HMO) spaces, and recycle capital through the Buy, Refurbish, Refinance and repeat model. Five years later, he’s a multi-award-winning property entrepreneur with a multi-million-pound portfoli

In a world where image often arrives before words, few have mastered the language of refined style like Craig Chimtengo. The Zimbabwean designer and founder of Mr Rocca London has become a defining force in modern menswear, marrying African authenticity with European precision from his base in London. In recent years, he has taken that vision home, expanding into Zimbabwe with the flourish of a couturier and the intent of a cultural strategist.