News Archive
News Archive
First Impressions are Critical – are you using Search as a PR tool for your Corporate Brand? By David Pinney, Executive Search Consultant
Is your recruitment process damaging or enhancing your corporate brand? In today’s competitive market, corporate image is a key strategic element in delivering growth and success in the local market. Have you ever considered how your recruitment process, and perhaps even more importantly, how the recruitment partner you choose to represent your company externally in […]
Finding Business Leaders for emerging sectors – Read our Case Study on how we searched globally for a COO based in Tanzania for an Investment Company.
Case Study – Finding a COO for an Investment Company in Tanzania An Investment Company which works in partnership between governments, private companies and development partners to provide tangible improvements to Africa’s investment climate, required an East African National with a unique combination of skills. The Situation Based in Tanzania, a need arose for a […]
Is Tanzania’s President the new role-model for African countries? By Emily Bralee, Research Associate, Executives in Africa
The son of a peasant farmer and successful previous Minister of Works, John Magufuli, became President with 58% of the people’s vote following a bruising election in 2015. He is known as ‘the bulldozer’ for his no-nonsense and abrasive style, which, together with his claimed peasant farmer family background, has enhanced his popularity. His election […]
Finding Business Leaders for emerging sectors – Read our Case Study on how we searched globally for a Modern Retail CEO for a Nigerian Retail Start-up
Case Study – Finding a Modern Retail CEO for Nigeria A Private Equity backed Retail start up business required a CEO from a leading multinational to create a new African brand for grocery Retail. The initial business was to be opened in Nigeria with the long term vision to roll out stores across the African […]
Emily Fryer, Executive Search Consultant (Agri), shares insights from her network on some of the challenges faced by the edible oil sector in Zambia.
Agriculture is an essential sector for Executives in Africa to support in order to feed a growing population and it is an area where we can have a positive impact on the Continent. We have placed a number of leaders in this sector including a full leadership team for a palm oil refinery including Managing […]
How the growth in Ethiopian Manufacturing has affected the demand for talent in Ethiopia? By William Hardman, Search Consultant
Executives in Africa (EiA) has seen activity in Ethiopia increase rapidly over the last 12 months having completed Search mandates in a range of business including Real Estate, Fertilizer and Mobile Money. Now manufacturing is another sector seeing huge investment and growth. The Government’s tax policies, free trade agreements with the West, and huge investment […]
Talent Scarcity in Emerging Industries and How to Overcome It
Emerging and rapidly developing industries and sectors, such as Technologies, Real Estate and Renewables are fast becoming strong contributors to the success of economies across the African continent. Critical to their continued success is the human capital driving the expansion, but this talent is in scarce supply on the continent, especially if your company is […]
A New Gold Standard for African Democracy but Where Now for Ghana? By Adam Waterhouse, Search Consultant
Ghana has re-established itself as a shining beacon in Africa for the benefits of peaceful, clean and transparent democracy when authorities proclaimed opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, 72, a British-educated lawyer and veteran statesman, as their next President. Winning clearly with 54% of the vote from a high turnout of 69%, he has a strong mandate […]
Can ‘extroverts’ give a misleading impression at interview? By Sarah Fitzgerald, Managing Director
It is a fact that we all make up our mind about somebody within the first 5 to 8 minutes of meeting them. Whether this is face to face, by Skype or on the telephone, in an interview in particular, human nature causes us to make up our mind about a potential future hire really […]
Why do Africa’s Oil Producing Economies need to diversify? By James Adair, Executive Search Consultant
There appears to be growing confidence in the oil industry and beyond that the market is turning a corner in 2017, having bottomed out last year. I don’t share this confidence and can’t see oil prices rising this year, next year, or any time soon for that matter. Furthermore I think some of the indicators, […]