Gender diversity is the solution for organizational success. Diversifying the roles will create a more leveled ground for collaboration, and increased human resources productivity. Although it takes more than motivation to overturn decades of systematized inequality, we can lend our voice to encourage the few already in line for that position.   Women have to […]

Businesses all over the world are engaging the shift from traditional to digital advertising. Nowadays, everyone is utilizing digital marketing to meet business goals: the same reason why ads pop up whenever you surf the net. According to Google, 80% of consumers now use search engine queries to find information about local businesses – where […]

Sudhir Ruparelia is a Ugandan Business Magnate, Serial Investor and the Chairman of the Ruparelia Group of Companies. The business magnate was born into an Indian Gujarati family in January 1985 in the western region of Uganda called Kabatoro. His grandparents were Indians who migrated to Uganda and settled in the country. Sudhir began his […]

Mohammed ‘Mo’ Ibrahim is a Sudanese billionaire, businessman, and founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The foundation offers postgraduate scholarships on International Development to African students at the University of Birmingham and London Business School. It also enhances the quality of African governance and leadership through several initiatives. Mo was born in Sudan but grew […]

Phuti Mahanyele is an accomplished businesswoman of South African descent. She is the CEO of Naspers South Africa and is also Executive Chairman of Sigma Capital. Phuti is an experienced CEO with a consistent history and experience in management, leadership and business development. After graduating from Mc Auley House Convent, she left Johannesburg at the […]

Khalifa Bin Butti Al Muhairi is the founder and Chairman of KBBO Group. Founded in 2004, KBBO Group is an Abu Dhabi-based group with investments in healthcare, money exchange, and retail. Khalifa is an Emirati with a degree in Finance from Suffolk University, Boston. He kicked off his career at the Abu Dhabi National Oil […]

Inherited riches doesn’t count as much as what you make of it. This saying depicts Salwa Idrissi Akhannounch, the richest woman of Moroccan descent and wealthiest female in North Africa. Born in Casablanca into the rich Boulajoul Idrissi family, Salwa inherited her father’s wealth but didn’t stop there. She took the hard route to acquire […]

Every week, we celebrate what we call “Business Person of the Week” on our platform. We do this in recognition of the effort of top business executives who scaled the odds and negated naysayers by successfully leading business empires that are transforming the world. This time around, we have a list of the top 10 […]