Op/Ed

VENTURES AFRICA – There is a growing and urgent need for cutting edge skills, well-developed reasoning abilities and the aptitude to deal with complex business problems in today’s competitive business environment. These skills and competencies are often gained through an MBA programme and, as such, people need to be careful when choosing an institution for [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Ghana stands ready to elect its new President on Friday, amidst popular calls for the state to share oil revenues for the benefit of society. President John Mahama and rival candidate Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday face the test of the people’s opinion as the country decides on who will be the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – A decade after Sierra Leone’s gruesome civil war ended, the tiny West African nation of about six million people has always been linked to its ugly past; a past defined by atrocities committed by rebels which included the hacking of feet and hands of young and old, rape of girls and women [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The mobile phone market in sub-Saharan Africa – where some of the continent’s fastest growing economies are situate d – is facing an amazing explosion in mobile phone usage. So says trade group GSMA and audit firm Deloitte, adding that the number of mobile connections in the region has shot up 44 [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Many companies talk about expanding into Africa. It’s the next obvious frontier. However, it would be wrong to assume that a week’s visit to Nigeria for example, with a population of over 160 million and 350 ethnic groups with twelve languages, will give you a true understanding of how to operate your [...]

VENTURES AFRICA - Perhaps, investing in stocks and bonds will never be obsolete, as with the right strategy, substantial increment awaits all that invest in the stock market. However, if you have never hit it big in the stock market and you have money to spare, why not take a good look at investing in startups. Although there [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – According to recent reports, the issuing of bonds in Africa is on the rise to help countries on the continent finance their infrastructure spending. Financing infrastructure projects in the energy, roads and railways and social sectors, was the key reason behind three most recent issuances by Zambia, Namibia and Senegal. Debt issuance [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – With United States President Barack Obama fending-off an election year challenge from former Republican Governor and businessman, Mitt Romney, to secure a second term and four more years in office, now that the dust has settled, the world steadies itself, as it prepares to observe how Obama intends to steer the United [...]

By Temitayo Olofinlua   VENTURES AFRICA - In 1999, the creative industries were said to have accounted for around 4 percent of the world’s economic output. The creative industry is service driven, mostly knowledge based. Advertising, Architecture, Arts and antique markets, Crafts, Design, Film, video and photography, Software, computer games and electronic publishing, Music and the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The transport network of Africa’s most populous nation was left in limbo last week as Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline, suspended domestic flights for four consecutive days. The suspension – which took most aviation analysts by surprise – came just months after the Nigerian federal government attempted to remove petrol subsidies, sparking [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Entrepreneurs in Africa are widening their business interests more than in any other part of the developing world, creating businesses across various different sectors. This has been attributed by some to the wealth of opportunity that exists on the continent, with business people not willing to restrict themselves to one sector alone. [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Africa’s booming airline industry reached another milestone on August 14, when Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of the continent’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. As only the third airline (after All Nippon and JAL) to operate the cutting-edge aircraft, Ethiopian continues to transform itself into a player that can compete on equal terms with [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – It was just over a year ago that 3,000 people died in political violence in the Ivory Coast, and the country continues to be rocked by attacks on military forces. Yet there are some positive signs for the economy, both in terms of cocoa and oil, that suggest that if the country [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Africa is struggling in to economic climate along with everyone else, but with such a large continent, what are the options available to ensure the required infrastructure? Catching up with technology is the way forward. Economic growth is a touchy subject all over the world right now and the strategy differs depending [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Entrepreneurship is the answer. That is the motif that the Moroccan government has adopted as it squares up to its unemployment problem, with it looking to make it easier for youths to start a business and create their own jobs. Unemployment in Morocco stands at around 9 percent. Abdelilah Benkirane, the head [...]