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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 […]
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 […]
East Africa’s role in the Global LNG Race – will Mozambique and Tanzania be able to Capitalise on the Domestic Potential? By David Pinney, Search Consultant
Executives in Africa have been paying close attention to the discovery of LNG in East Africa throughout 2016 in the light of global uncertainty. It is remarkable how quickly East Africa, specifically Mozambique and Tanzania, have become the primary focus of attention as a source of a new global gas supply. This is very exciting […]
EiA Team gaining first-hand knowledge of the OCP Plant in Morocco with a guided tour.
On kind invitation from OCP AFRICA, James Stevenson, Managing Search Consultant and Stuart Denson, Executive Search Consultant had a guided tour of the OCP Phosphate Hub at Jorf Lasfar last month. It was a fantastic opportunity to visit this facility and learn more about the supply chain for the OCP business. The OCP Group is […]
My $600,000 mistake and how you can avoid it. By John Agnew
I write this specifically for you and I am one of you. That’s assuming that you are a business owner, Managing Director or HR professional engaged in an African market with turnover of anywhere from $500k to $500M. I am not a recruitment industry professional and I don’t have any plans to become one. I […]
What Trump could mean for Africa – Graham Palfery-Smith, Board Advisor
However unpalatable some of us might find it there is a very real possibility that Donald Trump could be the next President of the United States and ergo the most powerful man in the world. What might this mean in practical terms for Africa? Aside from the prosaic – some celebrities, such as Samuel L […]
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 […]
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 […]