News Archive
News Archive
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Why Interview Feedback is Often Awful – by Paul Marsh, Client Trainer
As an ex-HR Director in another life I am all too aware of the reasons why we shy away from honest, constructive feedback (be it at the end of the interview or in a subsequent call or email): If the applicant doesn’t get the job we think they might not like what they hear and […]
How do you find the right leader to deliver sustainable growth in Africa?
Our greatest demand for talent over the last year has been for leaders who can scale businesses. 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 […]