Firms, founders, and corporate strategies across African markets.
Dangote's Lekki refinery was designed for 650,000 barrels a day. Its IPO prospectus re-rated it to 700,000 in June 2026, about 1.6 times all four of Nigeria's state refineries put together.
MTN Group leads Africa's telecom operators with 307.2 million customers, ahead of Vodacom and Airtel Africa. The top 10 operator groups by mobile subscribers, with latest reported figures and as-of dates.
MNT-Halan leads with about $989 million raised, ahead of Moove at $710 million. These are the ten African-founded startups that have raised the most money, and what the money bought them.
Flutterwave leads a fintech-heavy top 10 worth about $17.4 billion in total. Most of the valuations are years old, and one famous former unicorn does not make the cut. Here is what each figure actually rests on.
Sonatrach tops the 2026 ranking of Africa's biggest companies by revenue, ahead of NNPC and Vivo Energy. The top 10 by latest full-year revenue, with figures, countries and data vintage dated.
Standard Bank Group is Africa's biggest bank with $232.5 billion in assets. Here is the full 2026 top 10, from Egypt's banking giants to Morocco's big three, with verified figures and sources.
Naspers is Africa's most profitable company with $5.24 billion in net profit — ahead of Gold Fields, NNPC and Standard Bank. All 10 ranked by latest full-year results.
AngloGold Ashanti is Africa's most valuable listed company in 2026, worth about $48 billion — ahead of Gold Fields and Naspers.
Algeria's Sonatrach is Africa's largest company by revenue at $48.8 billion, ahead of Nigeria's NNPC at $30.1 billion. Five of the continent's ten biggest companies are state-owned, and six of the ten are South African.
Nedbank is Africa's best-ranked employer in Forbes' World's Best Employers 2026, placing 26th globally ahead of Standard Bank (54th) and Absa (98th), and nine of the continent's top 10 are South African.
For most of the last decade, global smartphone rankings meant Samsung and Apple, with everyone else fighting over scraps. But that script does not hold in Africa.
For decades, Africa imported over 80% to 90% of its pharmaceutical needs. But today, due to post-pandemic supply chain vulnerabilities, the AfCFTA framework, and local manufacturing incentives, indigenous pharmaceutical giants are expanding domestic capacity at an unprecedented rate.
British Airways suspended its routes to Tanzania in 2013 over commercial viability. The carrier is now launching direct flights from London Gatwick to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar. Here is what actually happened, and the bigger play sitting behind the announcement.
Apple's newest phones cost more than many Africans earn in two years. The real question isn't whether you can afford one. It's why owning one still feels like the only way in.
Uber just shut down its entire operation in Nigeria after twelve years of business, raising an urgent question. How can African tech ecosystems claim massive economic growth when global giants pack up and flee the continent's most populous consumer market?
Senegal has launched a $50 million Catalyst DER/FJ Fund to finance pre-seed and seed-stage startups, aiming to close a critical early-stage funding gap. The initiative seeks to help more Senegalese startups become investment-ready and attract follow-on venture capital.
