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The Science and Art of Market Sizing

Market sizing is the process of estimating the potential of a market. A market sizing process confirms whether a market is big enough to justify an investment of time and resources by the potential investor. It also determines an indicative business model and market strategy for the market entrant.

Market Expansion: “Why” And “When”

It is a natural and logical progression that every forward-looking and growth-minded business will think about expanding beyond their original or home market. As logical as this may sound, it will require a bit more rigor in thinking about why and when such market expansion becomes critical.

Leadership

The CEO as a “Nation-builder”

The World’s economies are shaped by great enterprises fuelled by vision and innovation. Research shows that in developing economies, the private sector accounts for at least 60% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 80% of Capital flows, and 90% of jobs.

COVID-19: Don’t Waste the Crisis.

We are all living witnesses to the global fallouts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. This is the most frightening public health threat in modern history with significantly negative socio-economic impacts...

A time to dream again

After a rather dramatic transition process, the world is poised to witness the swearing-in of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice-President of the United States of America on 20th January 2020…

A tale of two cities: the leadership question

Words so profound ring true across generations. This was an unlikely opening statement by South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, in his recent medium term budget policy statement to Parliament subtitled:

Africa-centric leaders in the making- My ALU Experience as Faculty

I was privileged to be invited by Africa Leadership University (ALU) School of Business to speak to their 2018/2019 MBA students. ALU has…

Does Strategy Really Matter?

Start-up, growth, hyper growth, maturity, decline, reinvention. These are different cycles that all businesses go through, influenced by factors such as competitive dynamics, economic trends

ICT

The new telecom world order: challenging customer engagement paradigms

The GSM Association (GSMA) Mobile Economy Africa Report 2016 mirrors the global realities in the telecom Industry: slower subscriber growth, declining returns on capital, slower revenue growth amidst increasing data traffic necessitating sustained massive Industry CAPEX.

Key takeaways from AfricaCOM 2017

The 20th Anniversary of AfricaCom held in Capetown, South Africa last week. Interesting key notes and discussions held around the theme of accelerating Africa’s Digital revolution and impact on socio-economic development in the Continent.

The new telecom world order: implications for nigeria.

Disruptive Innovation is at the heart of change in business models across several Industries. Amazon has literally eclipsed a generation of traditional retail chains with its transformative online business model.

Facing the reality of “OTT” players

It’s no longer news that the Internet has given rise to a plethora of over-the-top (OTT) applications: Skype, Viber, WhatsApp etc. which are still growing exponentially.

Market Entry

The Science and Art of Market Sizing

Market sizing is the process of estimating the potential of a market. A market sizing process confirms whether a market is big enough to justify an investment of time and resources by the potential investor. It also determines an indicative business model and market strategy for the market entrant.

Market Expansion: “Why” And “When”

It is a natural and logical progression that every forward-looking and growth-minded business will think about expanding beyond their original or home market. As logical as this may sound, it will require a bit more rigor in thinking about why and when such market expansion becomes critical.

Quarterly Capitalism and the Future

Anxiety, anticipation, suspense. These aren’t only descriptive words for a good thriller novel or movie. They also relate to quarterly market updates for quoted companies...

Free trade, self-reliance vital for Africa’s economic recovery in the post-Covid19 era

Will Africa’s political parties and personalities promote peace and economic recovery in 2021, or will they predispose the continent’s fragile economies to increased dependency on debt capital from the West, and China…

A MORE SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS WORLD: Implications for African Businesses

BlackRock is the World’s largest Asset Management firm with $7.4 Trillion in assets under management by end of 2019. The expertise of successfully managing such diverse assets across the World

Time For A New FDI Model

South Africa’s supermarket retailer, Shoprite, recently announced that following a re-evaluation of its operating model in Nigeria, it had started a formal process to consider the sale of all or a majority stake in its retail supermarket business in the Nigerian market.

Towards more productive public-private sector engagement in africa

In September 2017, Michael R. Bloomberg hosted the Inaugural Global Business Forum in New York. The meeting provided a platform for

Purpose-driven companies as vehicles of progress.

So what does “purpose” mean? Sometimes, definitions are clearer when compared with other related terms. So how is the purpose of a company different from it’s mission or vision?. In very simple terms, purpose describes

Macro-economic headwinds and business strategy

Apple released its results for 2016 Q1 results confirming sharp drop in iPhone sales, revenue down 12.8% and profits down 22.5% on year-on-year basis. This is the company’s first revenue decline in 13 years.