Business Elites Africa Magazine -Issue 120

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In this issue

The world is closely watching the continent of Africa as the next economic frontier. The optimism of many has been dampened due to political and leadership issues that has consistently and constantly plagued the continent. Despite all the upheavals against the continent’s economic prospects, many tech minds in the country are pushing the dominance of Africa in the emerging digital ecosystem.

Despite global sobering statistics of Africa’s future economic outlook, the premise that Africa will lead the global economic frontier in a few decades remains. For the cynics wondering whether Africa possesses the true economic acceleration potential to lead the digital economy; stay tuned!

The mental fortitude of the African genius has never ceased to amaze the world. The entire continent is known and celebrated for her resilience and dogged ascendance through slavery, tribal wars, foreign economic subjugation; internal political conflicts and low industrial growth epidemic.

In this current edition of Business Elites Africa, we present to you young entrepreneurs and tech visionaries driving Africa forward. Technocrats like – Babs Ogundeyi of Nigeria’s Challenger Bank, Kuda; Fara Ashiru Jituboh – the tech whiz behind Africa’s first fintech API, Tope Awotana – founder of Calendly, Deepankar Rustagi of Omnibiz who’s digitising the retail chain, and a lot more.

In this edition, we also x-rayed hot topics and insights like: global cyber threats and investment opportunities in Africa; How to tap into opportunities in Africa’s $200B energy industry; Digital transformation: where will Africa be in 2032; and many more.