Within the world of corporate Sustainability or its more recent manifestation ESG (environmental, social, governance) there exists a paradox. We have less than eight years to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are meant “to give all of us on our planet a better future”. The SDGs…

Even the most innovative and adaptive African companies over the last 12 months will emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic into a changed business environment — employee health and well-being considerations, privacy and data protection requirements, cybersecurity threats, diversity, activist shareholders, executive compensation and more. …

Seeing a number of African companies step up, scale up and begin to scale out during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a great source of inspiration to me recently. From re-purposing production lines to prioritising local manufacturing, from developing new fintech solutions to introducing new logistics services, the ability of…

It’s almost a year since I first shared my thoughts on how African companies could step up, scale up and scale out both during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. With increasingly dim projections of how Covid-19 was going to affect Africa’s economic growth, I wanted to highlight the new levels…

Sustainability and ESG (environmental social & governance) strategies and plans often seem confusing, complex, and expensive — but they don’t have to be! …

Recently, I listened to a webinar on opportunities for the automotive industry in Africa. I learned that Africa currently accounts for only 1% of the global car market and that roughly 85% of new cars sold in Africa are sold in South Africa; 85% of the cars sold in sub–Saharan…

In my last article, I introduced the principles of Corporate Diplomacy as a way for African Business leaders to create long-term interest-based alliances with key external players to advance their company’s interests. …

Life in 2D via Zoom meetings has made it easier to maintain relationships, but harder to build new ones. …

Business leaders often complain to me that they receive more requests for donations, sponsorship or other financial contributions than they know what to do with. Most of these requests have nothing to do with their core business and it can be difficult to decide who to help. …