Africa’s trade and investment landscape is transforming. With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) now operational across 54-member states, the continent’s economic architecture is shifting in ways that will define the next several decades of development. Into this evolving landscape, a distinctive and often underestimated category of institution is stepping forward: the global faith network.
Head of Commerce at Loveworld Nation, Stephanie Oforka, is one of the most visible architects of this movement.
To the uninitiated, the idea of a faith organisation as an economic actor might seem conceptually awkward. Stephanie Oforka has spent the past several years dismantling that assumption — not through argument alone, but through demonstrated institutional practice.
Loveworld Nation operates in more than 140 countries. That is not merely a religious statistic. It represents a global network of relationships, cultural credibility, communication infrastructure, and community presence that most commercial organisations spend decades and billions of dollars trying to build. Stephanie Oforka’s insight — and the foundation of her work as Head of Commerce — is that this network is also an economic asset.
