Organisational culture must be client/customer focused.
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SMEs must incorporate Total Quality Management practices in their organisational culture for better performance.
Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women.
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Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Benno Ndulu at a World Institute for Development Economics Research forum in Poland in 2013.
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Ndulu has left big shoes to fill. Tanzania now has to focus on creating an environment where citizens with his foresight, ability, and expertise can thrive.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has already held top positions in several international bodies.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be better able to balance policies between the advanced economies and developing ones to achieve sustainable global economic growth and development.
A rice farm in Nigeria.
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The Nigerian ministry of agriculture and rural development needs to focus on the adoption of modern rice processing techniques.
Trucks wait in line to enter Uganda in Malaba, a Western Kenyan border town. All truck drivers must take a COVID-19 test.
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The community’s response to the pandemic has been fragmented despite gestures of regional solidarity
A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa.
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The hard truth is that the more the isolation is contained, the greater the economic problems will be.
People receiving food handouts in Lagos, Nigeria.
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The Nigerian government must adopt a process that is open in implementing its social assistance programmes.
A member of the Nigerian Health Task Force fumigates a building in Abuja, Nigeria, as the city struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Africa’s leaders need to implement COVID-19 policies that protects African economies from the health crisis.
What social protection measures are in place for those who’ll be worst affected by the economic impacts of the lockdown?
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Several groups of people are at high risk of hardship, especially those who have effectively become unemployed because of the lockdown.
Lagos Computer village, Nigeria’s version of Silicon Valley, shut following COVID-19 lock down.
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As part of response to COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria has announced a lock down in three strategic states but this is going to be tough on the self employed and small scale entrepreneurs.
The pain of being out of work is hard to bear for many South Africans.
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Unemployed people in South Africa suffer acute distress and more needs to be done to give them social support.
Cyber insecurity is a threat to Africa’s digital economy.
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Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda are at the forefront of the war against cyber criminals.
Cross-border smuggling is a persistent issue in Nigeria
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Stricter policing at the border does not address the root causes of Nigeria’s smuggling issue.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory.
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As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
Taking a loan has never been easier thanks to the proliferation of mobile lending platforms.
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Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime
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Rwanda is a paradox – a ‘development miracle’ and an authoritarian state.
Diaspora remittances support men and women trying to make a living.
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African states may have an alternative funding source they could harness during times of crisis: diaspora investment.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has banned sports betting and a variety of other gambling activities.
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There’s a strong case to ban gambling as it’s rapidly becoming a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa.
Accra’s sprawling slums.
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Research in Ghana shows that improving slum housing could be one of the alternatives to the capital’s housing crisis.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has received millions of dollars in repatriated funds.
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Millions of dollars have been repatriated to Nigeria by Swiss authorities, but there are better ways to spend it than what the government is proposing.
African women do a lot of unpaid work that isn’t captured in GDP calculations.
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The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
Young people in Africa are getting addicted to online betting through their mobile phones.
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Mobile money transfers have been a great asset. But the rise of online betting could threaten its contribution.
Food is delivered by the UN in South Sudan.
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Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
The European Union’s relationship with Africa is as old as the independence story.
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Sixty years on, the European Union is facing unprecedented challenges among member states. Can its relationship with Africa survive the storm?