Ghana’s FDI Boom: $2.61 Billion Marks Historic Investor Comeback
Numbers rarely tell the full story, but Ghana’s 2025 foreign direct investment (FDI) figures come close. Provisional data released by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in late May 2026 reveal a staggering $2.61 billion in inflows across 253 projects and existing companies—more than four times the $652 million recorded in 2024. New projects alone […]
Ethiopian Airlines Soars: Passenger Power Secures 2026 APEX Crown
At 35,000 feet, trust is everything. On May 4, 2026, Ethiopian Airlines received the ultimate endorsement from the people who matter most: its passengers. The carrier was named Africa’s Best Airline at the 2026 APEX Passenger Choice Awards, an accolade determined by more than one million verified flight ratings collected through TripIt from Concur across […]
Korea and Africa Forge New Alliances: Business Forum Ushers in Strategic Era
On June 2, 2026, Seoul’s Lotte Hotel became the epicenter of a quiet but profound shift in global economic relations. The 2026 Korea–Africa Business Forum, held on the sidelines of the inaugural Korea–Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, drew nearly 300 business leaders and officials under the theme “Korea–Africa Business Partnership: The Future of Shared Prosperity and […]
The Shoemaker of Kebri Beyah: A Refugee’s Journey of Identity, Resilience, and Hope
Jemal Mohamed Elmi lives in Kebri Beyah Woreda in the Fafan Zone’s refugee camp area, near Jijiga—what the locals call ‘Jigjiga’—in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. Every morning, he opens his shoe shop close to his home. The shop is modest: flip-flops and slippers arranged in neat rows on simple shelves.. This story is written and edited […]
Iquo Ukoh And Lolu Akinwunmi To Chair The 2026 CMO Circle
The CMO Circle—Nigeria’s premier, invitation-only forum for Chief Marketing Officers and senior marketing leaders—announces Iquo Ukoh and Lolu Akinwunmi as Co-Chairs for its 2026 convening. Designed as a high-trust, executive platform, the Circle brings together the most influential voices in marketing to shape strategy at the highest levels of business and public policy. Convened by […]
Beyond the Safari: Discovering Kenya’s Overlooked Coastal Treasure
By Mandy Applegate The Associated Press Americans already cross oceans for Kenya’s wildlife, but too many still plan as if the country ends at the edge of the bush. After days that start before sunrise, throwing dust into your hair and scanning every patch of grass for a flicker of movement, safari somehow keeps you hungry […]
A Constitution Holds, a Vote Lands, a Virus Spreads
The institutions are holding. The votes are counting. The outbreak is not waiting. THIS WEEK’S EDITION POWER ON TRIAL » South Africa’s impeachment committee is constituted and has a chair. The process is historic. The bar for removing Ramaphosa, however, remains very high. He almost certainly has the numbers to survive it. POWER EXTENDED » […]
Tomi Davies, Dr. Victor ‘Gbenga Afolabi To Unveil Africa’s First Ad-Agency GPT At MarkHack 5.0
MarkHack 5.0, Nigeria’s premier marketing, media, and technology conference, will host the official unveiling of Ad-Agency GPT—Africa’s first generative AI platform purpose-built for marketing and advertising agencies. The platform will be introduced by Tomi Davies, Collaborator-in-Chief at TVC Labs and founding President of ABAN, alongside Dr. Victor ‘Gbenga Afolabi, Group CEO of GDM Group, on […]
At Africa Soft Power Summit 2026, Dye Lab Makes The Case For Fashion As Infrastructure
When Rukky Ladoja told an audience in Nairobi that Dye Lab was raising capital to build a dyeing and production facility in Ibadan, she was not simply announcing the next phase of a fashion brand. She was pointing to one of the harder constraints behind African fashion’s recent rise: demand is growing faster than the […]
AI Is Reshaping Jobs Faster Than Companies Are Reshaping Work
Artificial intelligence is no longer simply boosting productivity and saving time at work, it is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work, leadership, and employee experience, according to new survey data from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Nearly three-quarters (72%) of respondents now say AI has already considerably changed skills expectations in their roles, and nearly half […]
