Africa economy

When Kenny Fihla walked onto the stage at the B20 Summit in Johannesburg, there was a sense that the room was bracing for more than a corporate address.  As the Group Chief Executive Officer of Absa Group, one of Africa’s most influential financial institutions, he arrived with a message that felt both urgent and momentous.  Africa, he argued, is standing at a rare inflexion point, one shaped by shifting global dynamics and the continent’s own emerging strengths.  And if the room expected a predictable speech filled with familiar development clichés, they quickly realised they were in for something different. Fihla…