Top 10 African Countries With the Highest Groceries Index in Early 2026
The 2026 African Groceries Index ranks the continent’s most expensive countries for everyday food purchases, revealing cost pressures and the forces shaping prices.
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Top 10 African Countries by Local Purchasing Power at the start of 2026
In 2026, Africa’s local purchasing power varied widely, reflecting income levels, economic reforms, and cost structures across the continent’s top economies.
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How Ashish J. Thakkar Built Mara Group Into a Pan‑African Powerhouse
Ashish J. Thakkar built the Mara Group from a $5,000 startup into a pan‑African multi‑sector business present in more than 20 countries, empowering youth entrepreneurship.
Top 5 African Countries With the Best Quality of Life Index at the Start of 2026
At the beginning of 2026, Africa’s best quality-of-life scores highlight what residents experience daily which include access to healthcare, education quality, public safety, and well-planned cities moving beyond economic size.
How Sim Shagaya Built Konga Into One of Africa’s Leading E‑Commerce Platforms
Sim Shagaya founded Konga to prove that large-scale digital commerce could work in Africa, building logistics, payments, and trust across fragmented markets.
Top 10 African Countries With the Highest Cost of Living in Early 2026
At the start of 2026, Africa’s highest cost-of-living pressures are driven less by income levels and more by structural prices, import dependence, and currency exposure.
How Strive Masiyiwa built Liquid Intelligent Technologies into the digital backbone of Africa
Strive Masiyiwa built Africa’s largest independent fiber network, laying over 110,000km of cable to connect the continent and transform landlocked nations into digital hubs.
How Ashraf Sabry built Fawry into the digital payment backbone of North Africa
Ashraf Sabry dismantled Egypt’s reliance on physical cash by building Fawry, a digital payment giant that now processes millions of transactions daily and serves as a core financial utility for over 50 million users.
How Mitchell Elegbe built Interswitch into the sovereign payment rail of Africa
Mitchell Elegbe built Africa’s most important payments infrastructure, turning Nigeria’s fragmented, cash-heavy system into a high-volume digital network processing trillions of naira and supporting over 100 million Verve cards across Africa.
Top 10 African Cities with Bus Rapid Transit Systems in 2025
Africa’s urban transport is evolving, with BRT systems easing congestion and boosting mobility. Some cities lead in coverage and innovation, reshaping city transit.
Top 10 African Countries with the Most Open Visa Policies in 2025
Africa’s most visa-open countries in 2025 are reshaping regional mobility, trade flows, and diplomatic leverage through policy choices reflected in measurable openness scores.
How Tesh Mbaabu Built MarketForce as Africa’s Digital Retail Backbone
Tesh Mbaabu built MarketForce into a commerce engine that digitized informal retail, linking neighbourhood merchants to inventory, credit, and payments across multiple African markets.
How Juliet Anammah Guided Jumia to Become Africa’s First Tech Unicorn on the NYSE
Juliet Anammah led Jumia Nigeria’s evolution into a full digital commerce platform, helping position Jumia as the first African tech company listed on the NYSE.
How Rebecca Enonchong Built AppsTech Into a Leading African Enterprise Software Company
Rebecca Enonchong transformed enterprise software for Africa and beyond through AppsTech now supporting clients in over 50 countries and shaping pan‑African tech ecosystems.