The employees discomfort and the hard lessons for the African and the Africa Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship is the backbone of every economy. The role of entrepreneurs in nation-building could not be undermined by the severity of COVID-19. Since December 2019, with China’s confirmation of the corona virus in Wuhan,...
Many are calling for a temporary moratorium on all debt repayments by developing and emerging economies, in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from triggering a tsunami of sovereign defaults. Rather than waiting passively until debtors stop meeting their obligations, the argument goes, creditors would be better off agreeing...
Peer-reviewed research publications from among others UCL’s Genetics Institute, are increasingly supporting the hypothesis that SAR-COV-2 (i.e. Coronavirus) may have been with us since the last quarter of 2019.
According Professor Francios Balloux, director of the institute, genetic evidence supports suspicions that the virus was most likely infecting people in...
The origin of the phrase ‘innovate or die’ is a matter of some dispute. Peter Drucker famously declared it, though others may have shared in its coinage. But whatever its genesis, the sentiment is now widespread: stay ahead of the pace of change, or you're toast!
Organisations in African that...
The Centre for Africa Development and progress (CADeP) has come to the realisation that change can come within a very short time. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world more level for all kinds of people, whether rich or poor. The responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are simply amplifications of...
“Leadership without effective communication, accountability, integrity, self-confidence and empathy is poor leadership.” – Irene Asare
What makes someone a great leader as opposed to a good one? During the last quarter of 2019, I spent time ruminating and sharing content across my platforms on leadership; and I ask, is being...
Credit: This is Africa
Highlights from the Economic Development in Africa report for 2018 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), indicates that after the 1960s, Africa recorded one of its longest periods of sustained economic growth between 2004 and 2014 with a growth rate of more...
Women are self-selecting out of the African credit market
As a girl, I was taught to believe that personal agency prevails over societal biases. I was told that I could accomplish anything if I believed in myself and that sexism was not insurmountable. Later, as a woman, I found out...
“If the wind does not come, the long grass is motionless.” – Akan proverb
In all things, some people are better at them than others. Excelling in an activity or venture invigorates us with good feelings about ourselves. It makes us aware that we are good at something, which contributes...
Several countries in Asia and Europe, where the COVID-19 outbreak appears to have peaked, are gradually reopening their economies. Without a vaccine or effective treatment, policymakers will be balancing the benefits of resuming economic activity against the potential cost of another increase in infection rates. They face difficult choices,...