Buying and selling businesses, is business (Part 1)
A big idea, an excellent team. A few months ago, Liquid Telecom, one of our businesses, bought a South African ...
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Pause: Brand integrity matters.
During the last few weeks, I have blogged on the importance of sales and marketing skills. We’ve also begun to ...
Turn your business into a technology company (Part 7) -Maybe it was “esusu,” “stokvel,” and “mukando” that got me into business after all!
In my last post I talked about a traditional savings scheme practiced across Africa. It’s easily the largest savings bank ...
Turn your business into a technology company (Part 6) -Applying technology to an old, old idea!
In some parts of West Africa, they call it "susu." In South Africa they call it a "stokvel." In Zimbabwe ...
Turn your business into a technology company (Part 5) -Use mobile phones and the Internet to change your business.
Most of the fastest growing businesses in the world are businesses that have "re-imagined" well established business areas by introducing ...
Turn your business into a “technology company” (Part 3). -Harness the future!
The other day I was watching a program about a young Chinese entrepreneur who created a restaurant that has no ...