Opinion
Why businesses should take a long-term approach to people, product, and customers
Business success is perceived differently today. Buzzwords like maximization, venture-backed, growth hacking, and well-conceived exit strategies (like IPOs or acquisitions)...
Remote Workers – A key source of Africa’s future tourism revenue
In 2020, remote working finally became normal everywhere. Analysts and thought leaders had predicted that this would happen “soon” for...
Africa’s Debt Relief and the G20 Debate, why Senegalese President Macky Sall is right in his quest
“Flatten the curve.” Do you remember that phrase? It was on everyone’s lips back in the spring, when the novel...
How Financial Exits have fared in Africa’s new normal
On 9th September 2020, US-based blockchain investor, Digital Currency Group (DCG) bought Naspers-backed South African cryptocurrency exchange Luno and Transactions...
Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies
Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa’s sustainable development. What it means is changing...
COVID-19 has hit SMEs in South Africa’s food sector hard. What can be done to help them
COVID-19 has prompted widespread discussion of the resilience of food systems and how efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood....
Various Media reports indicate Tanzania’s economy is awful – truth, or fake news?
Earlier this week, several people forwarded me a link to a recent article published by The Economist, which makes the bold claim that...
What the Pandemic is teaching us about Health System Readiness
With more than 11 million confirmed cases and over 530,000 deaths globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating...
Africa’s Mergers and Acquisitions gain momentum during the Pandemic
On the 10th of July 2020, Helios Holdings Limited announced a merger with Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation to form Helios...
How Africa can partner with the most effective world leader you may not know of!
Rarely does any so-called “world leader” impress me. Some of them probably mean well in that superior, “I know better...
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