Our Business Person of the Week is Olubayo Adekanmbi. He is the Chief Transformation Officer at MTN Nigeria. He is a hands-on Data Scientist with a track record of conceptualizing and implementing the analytical strategy for MTN Nigeria. Olubayo earned postgraduate education from several institutions, including the Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago Booth […]

Connect Nigeria has announced the date for its 2020 Connect Nigeria Business Fair. The Information Portal for SMEs announced during its press conference that happened on the 28th of January 2020.  Connect Nigeria is an information portal for SMEs based in Nigeria. They are remarkable for hosting the largest Business Fair in Africa yearly. Back […]

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 […]

Life is more productive with better planning. Whether you set your goals at the beginning of a new year or sometime in the middle of the year, you need plans to achieve them. Setting goals are one step to achieving certain milestones, but putting plans in place to achieve set goals is the final cork […]

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 […]

Dubai is an incredibly developing city in the United Arab Emirates, geographically located between Asian and European markets. The government is transforming the city into the smartest city in the world using modern technology and innovations. The commercial transparency and ease of doing business aids the setup of small and medium enterprises, and even major […]

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 […]

Market research is the crux of every new and existing business. It serves as a source of data-driven information about a company’s target market and provides the landscape for businesses to thrive.  Data-driven Market research help brands survey the market terrain, get foreknowledge of a business in a prospective market and to understand scaling trends […]