What young Africans want from their employers
Universum, an employer-branding firm, recently surveyed students from Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria to find out what they look...
Visa is taking on the world’s largest mobile money platform on its home turf
Visa, the world’s largest payments network, is taking on the world’s largest mobile money platform, M-Pesa, in its home country....
Companies would benefit from helping introverts to thrive
Most companies worry about discriminating against their employees on the basis of race, gender or sexual preference, but they give...
To Sink or Survive, the Mantra of Ghana’s 7th Elections
Ghana has experienced six successful elections in the fourth republic and as the country prepares to go to the polls...
What is the Keynesian multiplier?
When Barack Obama sought to boost America's ailing economy with a fiscal stimulus package worth more than $800 billion in...
Eight Key Points of Blue Ocean Strategy
Here’s the essence of blue ocean strategy captured in eight key points.What is distinctive about blue ocean strategy as a...
Why is Ghana 25 times more successful than Nigeria in attracting tourism revenues?
Tourism should be an easy win for emerging market (EM) and frontier market (FM) economies with weakened currencies, and cheap...
How Apple Leads Market Change
Why Forcing Market Change Is Good StrategyApple is forcing change on the market again and that’s no bad thing.It’s happened...
Financing small-scale farmers: Opportunities for the private sector to get involved
Agriculture – especially small-scale farming – is a vital part of the African economies. The sector employs most of the...
Here’s why it’s so tough for African startups to raise funding internationally
I’ve noticed a pattern after several experiences helping African entrepreneurs raise funds with foreign investors. What started with good intentions...