The proposed European Super League by the biggest clubs in Europe is an exciting business phenomenon. You can analyze it from many angles. From a platform perspective, I see UEFA, FIFA and the national football associations as platforms. The clubs are players in the ecosystem
In recent times, we have been inundated with the news from Francophone West Africa that they are changing the West African CFA to a new currency named ECO that will be pegged to the Euro. What most people might be forgetting is the fact that
A leader’s biggest job is communication.
In 2012, after a stint on a project in Uganda, I was moved back to a project in South Africa that was certified by the client as ‘failing’ on the way to total failure. This project was a first for me compared to my strength
“The opposite of love is not hate, it is fear” – John Legend I finally watched Inferno, a 2016 movie staring Tom Hanks. The plot is dope. I love history and the play on Dante’s Hell and other historical facts/works of art just made it
I learned many business lessons from a tourism visit to Mauritius. I already shared one that had to do with urgency and how the government of Mauritius and Rwanda take the first place in Africa when it comes to the will do do good and
In June 2014, I did my Leadership Integrated Examination at the University of Stellenbosch. It was the final assessment in the leadership module of the MBA. The module took us more than 2 years to complete. This last assessment was an analysis (under exam conditions)
I visited Mauritius with the bae earlier this month. I thought I was going for just a holiday but I got lessons in business, citizenship, leadership and loyalty. We had fun! It was totally worth it. It was not my first time in Mauritius but
Dear African Presidents, I hope you are well? If so, doxology. The purpose of my scintillating letter is to inform you that Trump is now President of the United States, in case you are suppressing the use of the Internet like Ethiopia and some other
In business, politics and even our normal daily life, we need to exhibit the principle of systems thinking. It is not an academic speak or principle. It is the real reason some societies solve their problems in a more sustainable manner than others. Most bad
It is no longer news that the Nigerian U-17 soccer team known as the Golden Eaglets won the FIFA U-17 World cup for a record five times on 08-11-2015. The lads retained the cup won by their predecessors in UAE 2013. Chile 2015 is the
“Politicians are all corrupt”. This statement is very popular with most of us and we are quick to expose the rot in the political class. In Africa, one of our first conscious discoveries is that you can never trust a politician and that they have
Formulating a winning strategy is not rhetoric or some form of brainy activity just just to show your company has MBAs. In fact, the best strategy formulation are the ones that come from understanding the market through the eyes of a substantial part of your
The mobile communication industry in Africa can be rightly described as a great enabler of the shift in the African story to the positive. Countries such as Nigeria had no solid Telecommunication service before the introduction of GSM in 2001. The story is similar in
I am a student of Systems Thinking. When a problem or challenge happens, my first instinct is not to look at the problem itself but dig deeper to understand the root cause. Using that route in problem solving ensures that you do not waste your