News Archive
News Archive
EiA Search Team heading to the Super Returns Africa Conference in South Africa by Richard Putley, Managing Director
Throughout 2016 there have been unexpected political and economic changes internationally as well as across Africa. But change is welcomed by those looking to invest because change creates opportunity and the impact the change has had on economies across Africa in 2016 has created a favourable environment for investors to take ownership in businesses with […]
Is Nigeria really the 137th worst place to live as an expat?
‘So what’s Nigeria really like? How bad is it?’ asks my candidate who is flying out to Lagos for final interviews for a CEO role with an exciting new media company there. ‘I read on line that it’s 137th out of 140 worst places to be an ex-pat! What’s it really like to live there […]
What’s the biggest factor affecting ROI in Africa? Sarah Fitzgerald, Managing Director presents her thoughts after speaking at the 6th Ugandan Convention in London
Over the years, I have attended many conferences on Africa where keynote speakers and delegates have talked about doing business in Africa. I have heard about financing, the infrastructure and logistics hurdles, operational challenges, and or course the potential returns. The 6th Uganda Convention on 10th September 2016 delivered many of the same messages. The […]
Is Democracy the best model for African countries? By James Stevenson, Managing Consultant
There are many imperfections of what we call democracy. Mark Twain once said of democracy ‘’only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for a democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth’’. All across the globe there are many countries that […]
There are times when investment in Search really pays off….
Executive Search is most suited to critical leadership roles where hiring the very best business leader will give companies a competitive advantage in the market place. It is also the best way to identify rare and highly specific technical skills which are in short supply. Having analysed our successful hires over the last twelve months, […]
Launch of a Pan African Passport – A step forward or more EU-style woe? By Tunde Makinde, Executive Search Consultant
If Britain’s exit of the EU has been coined ‘Brexit’ what will the progress the African Union is making eventually be called? The United States of Africa? July 2016 saw the potentially significant launch of an electronic passport intended to allow free movement among all 54 markets in the region at the African Union summit […]
What I learnt about business in Africa from rowing across an ocean, by James Adair, Executive Search Consultant
In April 2011 I set off from Geraldton, Western Australia, with my Kenyan friend, Ben Stenning, and rowed the 3,500 miles west to the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Madagascar. It took us 116 days and during that time we experienced all of the highs and lows you could expect from operating […]
Good luck to Segun Toriola, Tim Harrison, Executive Search Consultant
As Jo Pavey is rightly lauded in the UK for making it to Rio for what will be her fifth Olympic Games, cast your mind to the Nigerian Table Tennis team. Segun Toriola will be part of that team and participating in his seventh Olympics!! We wish him well. In other Olympic news, Uganda’s Stephen […]
From Nairobi to Paris – winning for the third time! By Simon Easter, Senior Executive Search Consultant
Executives in Africa congratulate Chris Frome for his third Tour De France win. Africa once again demonstrates its reach beyond the continent. As a keen cyclist myself, I follow the event closely around this time of the year. What is little known though, is that Chris was actually born in Nairobi in 1985 and competed […]
Which Sectors have been Hiring and Where will the Growth be?
Where has the demand been in the last twelve months across the various sectors in Africa, and how have our functional specialists continued to deliver on sometimes highly specialist Searches? Analysis of successful hires made by the EiA team over the last twelve months shows that 29% of these were into FMCG organisations, a further […]