Family is the elephant in the room
The biggest challenges for family businesses in Africa have to do with the family system and not with the business system.
Tsitsi Mutendi
Opportunists or strategists? What will bring more African family businesses to the forefront?
The continent’s future is influenced by those who hold the wealth and resources — and their motives.
Is the African Union passport a potential game changer?
The African Union passport is a common passport document set to replace existing nationally issued AU member-state passports.
Africa, cryptocurrency, and the future
Several governments are still contemplating whether it should even be legalized.
Healthcare investment as a future focus
The past three years have had a massive global impact, in which the healthcare industry has become the center of all focus.
Education investment as a future focus
Since 2000, millions of African children have benefited from better access to education.
Digital risk for African family businesses
Cybercrime poses a serious threat to families of wealth.
Tech and the future of African business
Growth in Africa’s tech sector has been stratospheric in recent times.
Extremophiles dominate the African business landscape
In most countries around the world, family businesses are between 70 and 95 percent of all business entities.
Tradition and their impact on family governance
What drives the giving and philanthropy of Africa’s wealthiest usually comes from their spiritual capital.
Rise of the millennials next-gen leaders stepping up
Founders and incumbent leaders have the responsibility of legacy building.
Family office locations, does Africa have potential?
In recent years, the global wealth sector has seen an upward trend in family offices.
Family business resilience leads to generational wealth
One of the strengths of family businesses is their ability to create roots similar to trees that embed them in the space they are in.
Understanding the silent giants
Some of the strongest groups of family businesses are grown in the Indian-African communities.
Booming industries for African billionaires
Africa’s wealthiest made their fortunes by investing in industries like manufacturing, retail, telecoms, mining and oil.