DONALD TRUMP’S COMMENTS AGAINST KENYANS ARE BACK TO HAUNT HIM
During a September 2015 campaign rally at Iowa, United States of America, popular Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump made a derogatory comment about the Kenyan winners of the IAAF Olympics in Beijing, China, calling them cheats and con-men. They had won $7,194,000 in prize money. “Look at them, all of them, don’t you see frauds”,
WHY THE EU’S ‘MIGRANT SWAP’ OFFER TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE MIGRANT CRISIS
The European Union (EU) is offering a deal to African countries to receive some of their illegal, and unskilled migrants. The deal involves a 1.3 billion-pound plan to provide cash to African governments while also opening the door to African students, doctors, entrepreneurs, and other professionals, by way of granting them European visas, in what is being termed
HERE’S WHY COMPANIES NEED A ‘GOOGLY’ APPROACH TO BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO JEFF JARVIS
“Google is not just a company, it is an entirely new way of thinking. Jarvis has done something really important: extend that approach to business and culture, revealing just how revolutionary it is.” – Chris Anderson, author of the Long Tail. American Journalist, Professor and Public Speaker, Jeff Jarvis is the Author of the internationally acclaimed
FOR THESE BUSINESSMEN, BEING ON FORBES MOST POWERFUL 2015 LIST IS AN ADDED BONUS
Forbes is the online platform ‘du-jour’ for lists and has become a significant voice on the ‘who is who’ of the world in different sectors and industries. On the 4th of November, the 2015 Most Powerful People in the World list was released and it boasted of personalities such as Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Warren Buffet
Want to become a successful entrepreneur in Africa? Don’t get an MBA! Here’s why…
I met Taju at a local business event a few weeks ago. During our short conversation, he shared a shocking experience he had during a job interview with a top local bank in Nigeria. Taju has an MBA from a Nigerian university, and as he expected, this credential would give him a strong competitive advantage in the
Free Online Courses – Top 10 Places on the Internet Where Africans Can Learn Anything for FREE
Did you know there are free online courses for Africans? Millions of young people on the continent may be missing out on an opportunity of a lifetime. The quality and standard of education in many parts of Africa is in a terrible situation. The sector is inadequately funded, school (tuition) fees have become too expensive
Nigerian emerges world scrabble champion
Jighere Wellington of Nigeria on Sunday morning emerged the new Scrabble champion of the world after defeating Lewis Mackay 4-0 in a Best of Seven series in Perth Australia. The duel which was monitored online by the News Agency of Nigeria kicked off at 2 a.m. Nigerian time with the winner set to emerge after
The Top 25 African Retailers And What They Earn
Financial advisory consultant Deloitte on Tuesday released its inaugural African Powers of Retailing 2015 report Tuesday, listing the top 25 African retailers and what they earn. South African retailers took the top 10 positions. Southern African markets are more mature and more saturated than West and East African markets, and South African companies are looking
Disney Africa, What The Future Holds
U.S.-based Walt Disney Co. has been busy in Africa. It’s the world’s second-largest media and entertainment conglomerate in revenue after Comcast, but in Africa, Disney is is not all about theme parks and cruise ships. Disney recently shot a feature, “Queen of Katwe,” in Uganda and South Africa. “Desperate Housewives ” launched an African version, shot in Nigeria.
Africa is about to launch a Cairo-to-Cape Town free trade area that’s bigger than the European union
The world is just about to get a free trade area that’s bigger, by population, than either the European Union or NAFTA. It’s got nothing to do with the much-publicised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). In fact, you’ve probably never heard of it. It’s actually the Tripartite Free Trade Area, a deal that