Spotlight: Ideas
Expert opinions & narratives from business leaders in Africa & beyond that have potential for impact across the continent.
The end of aid: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s blueprint for African self-reliance
As global aid rapidly shrinks, the WTO Director-General reveals how the continent can tap $250 billion in pension funds, diaspora bonds, and underutilized development banks to fund its own growth.
August 2025
Africa is deliberately kept poor: Dr. Fadhel Kaboub on breaking Africa’s colonial economic traps
The Tunisian economist explains what's preventing African prosperity, and why pan-African cooperation is the only path to economic sovereignty.
August 2025
An ‘Entrepreneur’s Paradise’: Fred Swaniker’s vision for turning Africa’s problems into prosperity
While Silicon Valley chases the next viral app, this serial Ghanaian entrepreneur sees Africa's challenges as the foundation for building world-changing businesses.
August 2025
Resource wealth without value creation: The story of Africa’s exports
Africa commands vast resources—a third of global mineral reserves & more. Here's what the continent's export patterns reveal.
January 2025
What are Africa’s largest jobtech opportunities right now?
Africa is experiencing a crisis of missing jobs. Over the next decade, these ten jobtech platform categories will create the most impact in addressing it.
November 2024
Culture is what you’re willing to pay for
How the world's best companies demonstrate the costly action theory of culture building.
October 2024