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Identifying Employee Results for Any Role – By Paul Marsh, Lightbulb & EiA Client Trainer
There is now no length of service requirement to make a flexible working request – so this potentially means an increase in remote working and for some leaders this means a lack of visibility. Which means they say it makes it harder to manage performance “But if I’m getting the job done why does it […]
Competing for Tech Talent in Africa by Nicki Halle, Client Partner
Competing for Tech Talent in Africa In Africa, as nowhere else in the world, technology is improving people’s lives. From eCommerce platforms for the informal market sector to mobile money solutions for the unbanked, technology is helping to solve key development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last seven years, the continent has seen a staggering increase […]
Leaders of Impact – Seni Sulyman – Part II: Building a High-Performance Culture
Nearly five years after Executives in Africa placed Seni Sulyman as Director of Operations in Andela, Nigeria, it is clear he has had a huge impact on that business and the people he worked with there as he rose to become VP of Global Operations. He is a unique and talented leader, and I am […]
Leaders of Impact – Seni Sulyman – Part I: What Sets you Apart as a Leader?
Seni Sulyman stood out as something special from the moment I first spoke to him back in February 2016. We were running a Search for a Director of Operations for a high growth tech business in Nigeria and ‘something special’ was exactly what Andela had asked us to find for them to scale the business […]
Is the ‘Talent Crunch’ coming to Tech Roles across all Sectors? By Nicki Halle, Client Partner
In Africa, as nowhere else in the world, technology is improving people’s lives – especially through mobile services and applications. With minimal fixed line phone infrastructure, the continent has embraced the opportunity to leapfrog existing technologies, becoming a world leader in the delivery of such services. From off-grid solar power to mobile money solutions for […]
SMEs: The Freedom Fighters of a New Frontier – Forging Futures without Fortunes by Yvette Kagoyire
Forget silver spoons and trust funds. Africa’s new breed of entrepreneurs, the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners, are fueled by a different fire. Ours is a lineage born not of inherited wealth, but of a burning desire to rewrite history, to carve a brighter path for generations to come. We rise from the ashes […]
The Problem with Competency-Based Interviewing – An Alternative Approach
81% of the reason why people fail in their roles or do not pass their probation period comes down to attitude and behaviour. It’s that slightly intangible thing that we only really see when we get away from the recruitment interview and actually see the person doing their thing at work once hired. For example, […]
How do you find the right leader to deliver sustainable growth in Africa?
We have worked with founders and companies at various fundraising stages to find leaders with experience in new country set-up, creating a blueprint for scaling, fundraising, and investor relations as well as leveraging technology and working across all aspects of product design for tech-enabled businesses. These are often newly created positions which will place a […]
Celebrating 10 years of AFSIC – Investing in Africa: An Interview with MD, Rupert McCammon
What can I expect to experience when attending AFSIC? AFSIC, now in its 10th year, is believed to be the largest African investment event taking place annually outside Africa and has become one of the most important conduits of investment into Africa. Over the past ten years AFSIC […]
Incentive Compensation, Bitcoin and Beyond: same as always, just warp speed By Simon Patterson, MD Remuneration Associates
If you tear a bank note into two and hand the other half to someone else, you have a transaction. Each half validates the other, and the whole banknote represents a promise to pay a specified sum. Nobody has any value until those two halves come back together again. Bitcoin is like that, but what […]