The remote work debate in Africa exposes contradictions on all sides. CEOs demand office attendance while ignoring the reality that their management models remain stuck in industrial era thinking. Employees champion flexibility while conveniently overlooking infrastructure challenges that make “working from home” a fundamentally different proposition in Nairobi than in New York. The infrastructure question...Read More

Woman with smart glasses png mockup futuristic technology Found on your desk—a letter from the MD who oversaw this company’s collapse. Would you trust it? “Dear Successor, Welcome to the ruins. Prioritize customer confidence restoration and team rebuilding simultaneously impossible, I know. West African markets forgive slowly. Two camps await you: loyalists who’ll defend my...Read More

Happy African American couple taking selfie at airport terminal, ready for travel, looking at camera. Back to normality, travel after covid-19 vaccination. Ready for vacation, travel memories. She watches her breath frost in the London air as she walks to her second job. The reality of life abroad collides with the carefully curated social media...Read More

Workplace bullying, depression and gossip of businessman with anxiety, mental health and pointing employees in office conflict. Lonely, depressed and harassment of sad victim in worker discrimination. Imagine this scene: Three executives approach you, the CEO, insisting a fellow executive needs emotional intelligence training. It seems straightforward – if someone lacks EI, get them trained,...Read More

Glovo’s exit from Ghana in May 2024 after less than two years – despite investing $3.7 million – reveals a fundamental truth about African tech: digital solutions cannot leapfrog physical infrastructure challenges, regardless of capital deployed or technological sophistication. The Spanish delivery giant entered Ghana in 2021 with considerable optimism. Their leadership publicly cited the...Read More