Africa: business, fun & shopping

Africa is the world's second-largest continent and one of its fastest-growing business regions. Hubs such as Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cairo and Casablanca anchor finance, telecoms, fintech and logistics, while agriculture, mining and energy drive trade from the Gulf of Guinea to the Indian Ocean coast.

For travellers, Africa offers wildlife safaris in the Serengeti, Maasai Mara and Kruger, the pyramids of Giza, Victoria Falls, the beaches of Zanzibar and the Cape, and lively music scenes in Accra, Dakar and Kinshasa. Shoppers head to the souks of Marrakech, Cairo's Khan el-Khalili, and craft markets for kente cloth, beadwork, leather goods, coffee and spices.