Africa still leads with entrepreneurial energy.Across the continent, young founders and small businesses continue to build bold, locally relevant solutions, from fintech and agritech to edtech and climate services. Yet the environment they operate in is changing fast: economic shifts, local policy hurdles, infrastructure gaps, and persistent funding inequalities are reshaping which startups survive and...

The greatest obstacle to East Africa’s sustainable development is the structural injustice that prevents women entrepreneurs from fully participating in the economy. Despite possessing extraordinary resilience and innovation, women are continuously held back by deep systemic hurdles. Their micro-enterprises are not just businesses; they are the financial anchors of entire communities, and the most efficient...