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Africa is no stranger to wealth, but the distribution of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) across the continent is as uneven as its rainfall. Some countries have built deep pockets, others are still reaching for loose change. The new African wealth report reveals where millionaires and centi-millionaires (those with $100m+) call home—and it tells a story of economic concentration, legacy industries, and a dash of inequality.

In Kenya, bribery isn’t just a moral issue—it’s an occupational hazard. Whether you’re a student, a government clerk, or running a roadside kiosk, your chances of encountering corruption vary wildly. According to the Kenya Bribery Index 2025, your job title may just predict your exposure to extortion. And while some are largely insulated, others are paying the price—literally.

In the grand library of human progress, literacy is the index page. It tells us who’s ready to read the future and who’s still decoding the alphabet soup of systemic neglect. Globally, we've made impressive strides—an 87% literacy rate in 2023 is not just a statistic, it's a testament to our collective leap forward. But amid the rising tide of global enlightenment, Sub-Saharan Africa is still wading knee-deep in a swamp of educational disparity.

60 kilometres southeast of Nairobi, a city is rising from scratch—not from ruins or sprawl, but from vision. Where once there was only red soil and wind, now lie the early veins of one of Africa’s most ambitious urban experiments: Konza Technopolis . Dubbed the “Silicon Savannah,”  Konza is no ordinary city. It is a master-planned, 5,000-acre canvas of ambition—designed to be Kenya’s digital and innovation epicentre, a place where technology, research, and enterprise converge

Every twelve steps you take in a crowd of humanity, you pass one person who is living in extreme poverty—trying to survive on less than $2.15 a day. Not because they lack ambition. Not because they lack intelligence. But because the odds are systemically stacked against them.

Chinese financing has played a massive role in Angola’s rebuilding and modernization journey. With a total of $46.0 billion spread across 270 loans, Angola has become one of China's top investment destinations in Africa.