News Archive
News Archive
The Five Keys for a Successful Transition from Executive to Non-Executive Board Roles
By Sarah FitzMorris, Co-Founder and Director – Executives in Africa sf@executivesinafrica.com Transitioning from an executive role to a non-executive directorship represents one of the most profound career pivots in corporate leadership. In my work with those seeking this change, I’ve found that five essential areas consistently distinguish successful board candidate: The transition from executive to […]
Work in Africa – Our View
Since our last newsletter in February, the impact of the US’s change in position with regards to global tariffs and the evolving trade dynamic has created challenges and uncertainty. Once resolved and a new normal becomes apparent, this will also create opportunities. The AfCFTA and its continued evolution is now even more important than ever, […]
AI in Africa: Why the Continent is Poised to Benefit from Applied AI
By Simon Poole, Non-Executive Director and AI Advisor to Boards across Africa. Former Operating Partner, Helios Investment Partners. There’s a growing narrative that Africa is being “left behind” in the global AI race, particularly in the development of large language models (LLMs). I believe this concern is misplaced. Africa is uniquely positioned to accrue outsized […]
Focus On Consumer/FMCG
Our Search specialist, Stephen Barham, has been taking a look at Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) markets across Africa – here are his six key product and workforce trend observations: Significant Diversification within countries impacted by FX volatility and devaluation. Recently, in Nigeria, due to the large devaluation, many multinational companies have cut back on […]
The Secrets Of Our People Success
Hans Nilsson is Chairman of E-commerce and payment platform provider, Hubtel. CEO, Director, Advisor, Mentor, Coach, NED: some of his titles from a wide-ranging career that describe his contribution to organisations over the decades. We caught up with him to get his take on leadership, culture, motivation and how people make the difference. On the […]
Work In Africa – Our View
Welcome to our first ‘new look’ newsletter, a focus on the workforce and leadership across African organisations – because it’s what we are focused on every day. We hope you find the articles and videos useful and do let us know if there is anything you would particularly like to see us cover in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]