Africa’s prosperity depends on achieving gender equality

As the 13 August election approaches, Zambia must decide which leadership approach can translate economic reform into jobs, lower living costs, reliable electricity, stronger institutions and renewed national unity.

A few weeks ago, I ran into a former student of mine at a fuel station in Accra.

For decades, career advice rested on a single and deceptively comforting axiom that working hard to deliver exceptional results would naturally ensure that recognition followed.

Africa stands at a defining moment in its demographic and economic evolution.

There is a question every executive fears, and it is not even a hard question. It is a short one. It goes like this: "Yes or no — will prices go up?"

At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as they had done in Qatar in 2022 and France in 1998, Japanese football fans waited until the final whistle blew, pulled out blue plastic bags, and methodically cleaned the stadium stands of all litter before exiting.

For many years, when investors looked at Africa, the conversation was almost predictable.

During my first 30 days as Chief Executive Officer of Ghana International Bank (GHIB), I spent 10 of those working days in Ghana.