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December 29, 2021 0 comment
Have you considered “influencers” as part of your 2022 marketing strategy?
Many small businesses are looking into 2022 with a lot of optimism. And they are right. It is only hope, backed by good strategies that have helped many entrepreneurs to survive the turbulent past two years of COVID-19 and its vast impact on staff health, supply chains, employment, and business revenues. Even though COVID-19 and […]
December 28, 2021 0 comment
What does it mean to think outside the box?
Albert Einstein once said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” That is creativity – the capacity to “think outside the box”. That is why Fred Smith with his grade “C” in a Yale economics class, was able to think of an idea for overnight delivery in […]
December 21, 2021 0 comment
How prepared are you to face the top SMEs challenges in 2022?
Each year presents unique challenges for everyone, both in business and in our personal lives. It is difficult to precisely predict the developments in a year, but that does not take away the need for planning. By now, a majority of SMEs have sent most of their staff on a break. Before such breaks, there must […]
December 14, 2021 0 comment
SMEs leadership lessons from COVID-19
For nearly three years, the world’s leading business models and strategies have been dismantled; courtesy, changes brought about by COVID-19. What worked yesterday no longer works today and leaders are constantly learning and testing new strategies. So far, here are a few lessons from the pandemic to share for the benefit of SME leaders Staff […]
December 7, 2021 0 comment
Let your ideas take over as an entrepreneurial leader
For most businesses, December is when plans are made on how their first quarter (and rest) of the ensuing year will look like. Although such a key strategic function is normally executed by top management, (leadership), with the oversight of the board, it is up to the leader in the driver’s seat to direct affairs […]
November 30, 2021 0 comment
Entrepreneurial Leadership to help SMEs navigate business dilemmas
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is the discipline to carry it out” – Henry Ford. History is replete with accounts of failed nations, institutions and businesses that have been brought to their knees due to leadership failure. For Start-ups and SMEs where every decision by the entrepreneur can either develop or […]
November 17, 2021 0 comment
How technology can accelerate financial access to start-ups and SMEs
Across Africa, financial institutions find it difficult to lend to small businesses. Start-ups and SMEs are regarded as high-risk portfolios owing to their unstable sources of income and low collateral options. This is coupled with the fact that small businesses are prone to higher operational costs making them vulnerable to collapse at infancy; hence, the […]
November 10, 2021 1 comment
FINTECH as the best companion for SMEs growth.
The world has witnessed unprecedented digital transactions for the past two years. When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, immediate health protocols dictated that the absence of large gatherings, limited movements, and remote working become the norm. The new normal also mandated that if businesses were to survive, they had to innovate and find creative ways to […]
November 2, 2021 1 comment
Common challenges to expect as a Start-up Entrepreneur
Every entrepreneur is a risk-taker and always an optimist. Risk taking means an entrepreneur will venture into an area expecting to make profit. Some are “lucky” and can make a profit. For others, the adventure goes totally wrong. What is even worrying is that, sometime along the way, some entrepreneurs will face, health, family, emotional […]
October 27, 2021 3 comments
Reasons why many fail in business.
Dear reader, we dedicated the month of October to providing information on the management of small businesses. Well, the month is coming to an end, and so is the year. Some of you have reached out to us on the need to start a business. This is commendable because through entrepreneurship, poverty, unemployment, high imports, […]