On-the-ground intelligence on Africa's infrastructure, workforce, regulatory frameworks, and business climate for companies building and expanding across African markets.
Katlego Maphai co-founded Yoco to address the structural barriers that prevented small and medium-sized businesses in South Africa from accessing card payments and digital financial services.
Ashifi Gogo founded Sproxil to help consumers detect counterfeit products using simple mobile tools. By applying verification codes and SMS authentication, Sproxil built a large-scale system that protects buyers in markets most affected by product fraud.
The 2026 African Groceries Index ranks the continent’s most expensive countries for everyday food purchases, revealing cost pressures and the forces shaping prices.
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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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.
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.
Sim Shagaya founded Konga to prove that large-scale digital commerce could work in Africa, building logistics, payments, and trust across fragmented markets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Africa’s urban transport is evolving, with BRT systems easing congestion and boosting mobility. Some cities lead in coverage and innovation, reshaping city transit.
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.
Tesh Mbaabu built MarketForce into a commerce engine that digitized informal retail, linking neighbourhood merchants to inventory, credit, and payments across multiple African markets.
