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Sarah FitzMorris, CEO, Appointed Global Advisory Council of 100 Women in Finance
Sarah FitzMorris, Co-Founder and CEO of Executives in Africa is honoured to have been appointed to the Global Advisory Council of 100WF in order to help set up 100 Women in Finance in Africa. With nearly 20,000 members in 27 locations globally, 100WF is committed to building a more diverse and gender-equitable finance industry by […]
Balancing Mobile Lending with Financial Education – Sarah Fitzgerald, MD, interviews Sadia Rajput at the Seamless EA Conference
With the rapid rise of FinTech companies and increased accessibility to online micro loans and financing, the mobile lending industry currently estimates there are… seven million borrowers in Kenya… procuring loans from more than 50 digital lenders… with the average loan size being $40… and interest rates up to 150 per cent. Mobile lenders came […]
East Africa is a Dynamic Goldmine. By Dennis Chaling’a, Regional Finance Officer
About the Author: Dennis Chaling’a is Regional Finance and Project Officer for KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. Dennis holds Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing master’s in business administration majoring in Operations Management from the same University of Nairobi. Dennis is accomplished in financial management majoring mainly in project finance. […]
Growth Later vs Growth Now – Can Interim assistance in Africa deliver real value?
As a Managing Director who has launched and developed 6 different businesses in Africa I have worked with EiA in several different capacities. I have been a potential candidate, I have worked for CEOs they have placed and I have been on the client side a number of times. While I would wholeheartedly endorse their […]
Country Manager, Start-Up – Kenya
Our client, a Multinational Industrials Business, embarked on a market entry strategy into the agriculture sector with the dedicated aim of transforming farming in Africa. Their growth strategy included the creation of subsidiaries where market penetration had been identified as critical to the success and Kenya was one of the first countries to be established. […]
What is the Best Way to Find Scarce Skills? Read our Case Study on how we searched globally for Thermal Power expertise for a role in East Africa
Introduction: Our client, a Multinational Power Generation Solutions Provider required an experienced Sales Manager with a strong technical focus to further develop the market across multiple industries in Eastern Africa within a highly technical sub-sector. The Situation The sales strategy in the region had previously been driven by the Managing Director based in the Middle […]
How the 2017 Cambridge Africa Conference inspired attendees to ‘Make an Impact’ in Africa
This year’s Cambridge Africa Business Network (CABN) Conference had a real buzz about it. Run by a team from the Judge Business School each year, the annual event has become one of the leading Africa Conferences in the UK each year and provides entrepreneurs an ideal opportunity to network with Cambridge University students and alumni, important […]
Understanding Mobile Money opportunities and how businesses are using them. By Greg Reeve, Founding Partner of MFX
Mobile Money is one of the generic terms for the ability to provide a number of financial services to customers, delivered by the phone. More than half a billion Mobile Money accounts were registered as of the end of 2016, with more than 170 million active accounts around the globe. People can use a Mobile […]
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 […]
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 […]