News Archive
News Archive
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 […]
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 […]
What is the likely impact of Brexit on Africa?
For those passionately interested in the ongoing development of Africa as a continent, and who believe that trade and education are the only real answers to the economic development of the continent, it could be said that the Brexit vote has come as a bit of a shock. In fairness it was a profound shock […]
Can Companies find good quality African candidates?
We believe we can have a positive and lasting impact on Africa through helping our clients find the very best leaders for their businesses. However, being a UK-based Search Firm, clients sometimes assume that this means that we mainly place expats into leadership roles. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Analysis of successful hires […]
Judge Business School – Africa Business Network Conference 2016: How can Africa be transformed to create value and to drive consumption?
Over 150 Students, Alumni and Business Leaders from or with an interest in the African Continent attended 5th African Business Network annual conference at the Cambridge University Judge Business School at the end of May. This year the main theme was how Africa could be transformed to create value and to drive consumption – a […]
How are companies in Nigeria faring in the midst of the toughest currency challenges?
At the end of May, Executives in Africa MD, Sarah Fitzgerald, was in Nigeria for meetings with new and existing clients. While she was there, Fitzgerald took some time to observe how the businesses are faring in the midst of the some of the toughest currency challenges for nearly a decade. “Basically it’s a costly […]
Does your Executive Search Firm visit you?
As the world’s largest Executive Search team with a pure focus on Africa, we believe it is critical to spend time on the continent to visit our clients, experience their office environments, and get a proper understanding of the cultural and personality requirements which work in a particular organisation. This is the same for Search […]
Report on AVCA Trip to Ethiopia by our Managing Director, Richard Putley
The recent annual conference of the AVCA in Addis Abba created the ideal opportunity for Executives in Africa to travel to the continent’s second most populous Country and meet with a number of Clients who have invested in or have operations based there. This year’s event, billed as the largest Private Equity gathering globally, brought […]
Executives in Africa in Ethiopia
Richard Putley, Managing Director and Edward King, Executive Search Consultant, are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week for the 13th annual AVCA Conference. They are looking forward to hearing about growth opportunities in Africa and will be available to explain how Executives in Africa have supported many PE and VC backed companies through the identification […]
Richard Putley, Managing Director is heading to the AVCA Conference in Ethiopia
Richard Putley, Managing Director at Executives in Africa is visiting the AVCA Conference for the first time this year. “We have been working with many VC organisations who have, and are currently investing in, a wide range of exciting growth opportunities across Africa. From Agricultural to Renewable Energy Projects, Africa is the place to be,” […]