In: Management

Doing Business in Africa

Once known as “the Dark Continent” due to its mysterious, unexplored territories, Africa is fast becoming a bustling hub for innovation, commerce and connectivity. Get enlightened about this region of opportunity.

Summaries

9 Article

Sea Change
Google and Meta’s new subsea cables mark a tectonic shift in how the internet works, and who controls it.
Andrew Blum and Carey Baraka
Rest of World, 2022
9 Article

The Divestment Delusion
Why Banning Fossil Fuel Investments Would Crush Africa
Yemi Osinbajo
Foreign Affairs, 2021
7 Article

6 reasons why Africa's new free trade area is a global game changer
Caroline Kende-Robb
World Economic Forum, 2021
8 Report

What’s New and Next for M&A in Africa
Seddik El Fihri et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2021
8 Article

Foresight Africa
Top Priorities for the Continent in 2019
Brahima S. Coulibaly (Ed.) and Joshua Miller (Ed.)
Brookings Institution, 2019
8 Article

A New Kind of Company Is Revolutionising Africa’s Gig Economy
Aubrey Hruby
World Economic Forum, 2019
8 Article

The Largest Free Trade Deal in Nearly a Quarter-Century Seeks to Make Africa a Single Market
David Meyer
Fortune, 2019
8 Report

Spotlighting Opportunities for Business in Africa and Strategies to Succeed in the World’s Next Big Growth Market
Landry Signé and Acha Leke
Brookings Institution, 2019
8 Article

How Online Marketplaces Can Power Employment in Africa
Patrick Dupoux et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2019
7 Article

African Consumer Sentiment 2019
Optimism and an Eagerness to Spend
Pedro Marecos et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2019
9 Book

China’s Second Continent
How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
Howard W. French
Knopf, 2014
8 Article

Why Silicon Valley’s Money Can’t Solve Africa’s Tech Problems
Esha Chhabra
Wired, 2018