1. Know thyself. You are the most important entity in the business. No one else sowed the seed of the business other than you. The success of the business is your gain, and the failure your loss and shame. In selecting the seed of business to sow, consider who you are in terms of temperament,…
The African Development Fund and Smart Africa Alliance have jointly launched a $1.5 million project to streamline digital trade and e-commerce policies across 10 African countries. The project will see to the implementation of regional training and capacity-building programs focusing on cross-border e-payment and e-commerce for governments, private sectors, and SMEs. The Institutional Support for…
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition is calling for the participation of business professionals from across Africa as judges of its 2023 edition, as it is on course to be bigger and better this year. With less than three weeks before entries close on May 12, more than 21,000 entrepreneurs from all corners of…
The 20 years between 1985 and 2005, especially the 90s in between, must pass as the most consequential years in the history of modern-day Banking in Nigeria. It was during those years that Banking, as it used to be, was fundamentally redefined, with the institution, held back by traditional approach to book-keeping and sluggish…
Founders, Investors & One-man Mentality,By Simbo Olorunfemi Yesterday, it was all about this Pharmaceuticals Retailer, supposedly in an ownership tussle between Founder and some foreign equity investor. A lot the reports in the newspapers and commentary leaned more towards a presentation of this as ‘hostile take-over’, by PE, even with the apparent misunderstanding of what…
Yesterday, I came across the article by Retson A Tedheke . As usual, he writes from a deep place of undiluted patriotism and knowledge that can only come from hands-on experience, battling with real-life challenges confronting us as a nation. On the Kaduna-Abuja corridor, he submits that “what is happening there is more economic and…
Secure a Patent for your invention If you really believe that you have invented something that no one else in the world has done before. The first thing you must do is to secure a Patent for that invention. This you must do before you approach anyone, including companies and banks. Having no money to actually…
As an entrepreneur or an entrepreneurial business, there is nothing better than creating a new product or service that no one has ever seen before and turning it into a blockbuster commercial success. There is however another path to success, and this is called, the “fast follower”: There are a lot of organizations who are…
Strive Masiyiwa is the chairman and founder of Econet, a diversified telecommunications group with operations and investments in Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. His business interests also include renewable energy, water treatment, Coca Cola bottling, financial services and hospitality. He is, reportedly, Zimbabwe’s richest men and one of Africa’s most…
Dr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe’s commitment to the improvement of the lives of those at the bottom of the pyramid is total. He relates this to his ideological conviction and belief that the democratisation of empowerment services ultimately leads to a better nation. He studied Sociology in the University, earned a Masters degree in Sociology of Development,…
