Careers

“I’m a slow walker but I never walk backwards.” Abraham Lincoln   VENTURES AFRICA – Quitters never win. A sizeable number of the world’s most successful people have failed or had setbacks at one time or the other in their lives. Multi-billionaire, Richard Branson was dyslexic, President Bill Clinton was caught in an infidelity scandal, Ronaldo De Lima [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Branding, communications, events planning and creative solutions all have one thing in common: Gloria Buckman Yankson. The young and talented Yankson is an award-winning event planning and brand communications professional and one of the brains behind PlanIt Ghana – one of Ghana’s most popular and fastest growing events firms. PlanIt Ghana’s roots [...]

“Ten years and counting…and each day is different from the next. What an exciting industry this is” ~ Alima Atta VENTURES AFRICA – 10 years ago, Alima Atta sat in a room in her mother’s office and began Sesema PR, a public relations and marketing communications consultancy that provides services to its West Africa clientele. 10 [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – It was American football coach, Vincent Lombardi that said, “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” Today, there are many young Africans blazing trails across the continent and globally [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Last month, Johannesburg-born Jessica was awarded the “Rising Star of the Year” at the annual South African Business Awards, hosted by the South African Chamber of Commerce at SA House in London. Jessica works as the Network Development and Affiliations Officer with Democratic Alliance (DA) Abroad – Democratic Alliance being the main [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Ethiopian Airlines CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, has been awarded the “African Business Leader of the Year” by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) at an award ceremony which held in Washington D.C. with over 300 US and African Business leaders, in attendance. “I am honored by this award,” Tewolde said in his acceptance [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) today became the only school of an African university to be triple accredited, having now also earned accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools in Business). USB is the first ‘African-born’ school to gain the sought-after AACSB accreditation after previously achieving both EQUIS [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The Tunisian capital, Tunis, has hosted representatives of international organizations, government delegations and the private sector attending an international conference on productive capacity for youth organized by the European Union (EU) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The 700 participants who attended the two day event discussed strategies geared towards developing [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – In the last decade, Africa has experienced an unprecedented influx of private equity (PE) investments. The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) estimates that PE investments in Africa rose from $151 million in 2002 to $1.5 billion in 2010. Although a significant proportion of these funds are managed by largely male-dominated private [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – There is no doubt that the past year has been incredible for African women in leadership. More African women, than ever hold powerful national and international offices; we have a second female president, women at the helms of the African Union and the International Criminal Court and many more. This development is [...]

VENTURES AFRICA - At the recently concluded 5th Eduniversal World Convention of the Best Business Schools, the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) was rated as the best business school in Africa, based on votes from Deans of other international business schools. The annual meeting which welcomes academics, business school leaders, and [...]

VENTURES AFRICA -Females, in the animal kingdom, are more lethal than their male counterparts. This is also the case with species of spiders and other insects, and everyone knows that few things are more dangerous than a mama bear whose cubs have been threatened. In a pride of lions, the lionesses have the specialised task [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Eniola Mafe was recently described as a “Convener” in the Diplomatic Courier’s ‘Top 99 under 33’ 2012. Her role as the Program Manager for Africa in Vital Voices Global Partnerships, a leading international NGO that supports businesswomen, allows her to “bring people together in creative ways to address a pressing international issue [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – A dedicated career scientist, Dr. Monty Jones did not expect to become a global phenomenon. Yet, with his perseverance and commitment to finding a food solution for Africa, Jones has been listed as one of the most influential people in the world. Dr. Jones’ story is that of a real home-grown talent; [...]

VENTURES AFRICA - Global Press Institute (GPI) is the brain child of Cristi Hegranes, a 31-year old American journalist and former foreign correspondent that is changing the face of international journalism and women’s empowerment. In 6 years, GPI has grown from just Cristi, to news desks which employ 120 women in 25 countries, including desks in [...]