Headhunting & Recruitment: Is There a Difference?
Recruitment and Head Hunting are two popular words within the Human Resource sector. Whilst their meanings might be similar, the two terms are completely different and cannot really be used …
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Business News | Highlights This Week
MOROCCO Morocco has been enjoying a surge of tourists following the lift of restrictions which to some extent had resulted in a decline of the tourism industry. The majority of …
Trends in Social Work
Social workers play an important role in society as they provide a link to stability for individuals who are marginalized or are near marginalized. As such, social workers played and …
Trends in Real Estate
The real estate market has continuously evolved over the years and one of the major trends is the improvement of office spaces. In Africa for example, office spaces have come …
5 Tips to Increase Productivity at work
Have you ever had a workday where you simply got in the zone and crushed task after task? Everything seemed to flow so perfectly and you leave the office feeling …
Industry Thursday: Legal
The legal industry is a highly appealing space for those who are passionate about all matters legal. Just like every other industry during the pandemic, the legal space adopted technology …
Industry News: FMCG
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector is one of the largest employers and job seekers continue to their search for opportunities in the industry. The FMCG sector has continuously …
Steps to Hiring the Ideal Candidate
Recruitment is a rigorous process and sometimes organizations spend a considerable amount of time and money searching for the perfect candidate but they still fall short. In 2021, recruiters and …
Business News Highlights of the Week
Sudan Sudan projects poverty rates coming down by 0.5% points in the coming year (2022). The improved economic outlook comes after the nation was removed from the States Sponsor of …
Trends in the Agriculture Sector
Each year, industries continue to evolve and make changes that maximize profitability or improve customer experiences. The agriculture industry has continuously evolved with different consumer demands and different agricultural practices …
Reasons Employees Leave Their Organizations
Whenever an employee leaves an organization, there are a number of costs incurred to facilitate the sourcing and onboarding of the coming employee. Recruitment can be an expensive process, from …
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
South Africa The biggest bank in South Africa Capitec expects to see a 292% increase in its half-year earnings. These statistics are validated by the Headline Earnings Per Share, a …
Trends in the Engineering Space and Skills Prospective Engineers Should Know in 2021
The engineering industry continues to evolve with the recent trend being developing prototypes of a final product through Digital Twins. In simple words, a digital twin is a replica of …
End of June Business News Highlights
TOGO Farmers in Togo are beginning to shift to digital agriculture by utilizing drones to assist in their farming activities. The drones are being used to inspect disease and spray …
Trends in the Healthcare Industry in 2021
In the past year, the healthcare industry has experienced massive and intense changes which nobody would have imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic put all healthcare workers as front liners in combating …
Maternity Leave in Kenya: What You Need to Know
Children are a blessing and they are partly the reason some people wake up every day to make ends meet and provide for their families. When a working woman is …
The Technology Shift in the Finance and Banking Sector
The finance and banking sector continues to evolve and one major trend at the moment is the heavy utilization of technology. In light of COVID-19, banks are rapidly adjusting their …
The Rise of Specialist Sales and Marketing Professionals
Sales and Marketing is an industry that evolves very rapidly. Being a very people-centric space, so many variables influence this industry. Buyer behaviour, Therefore, peoplesing channels and ultimately the needs …
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Emotional intelligence is increasingly becoming important in business, leadership and even in our day to day interactions. Some companies have gone to an extent of running their employees through Emotional …
Top Business News in Africa
TUNISIA Having taken a hard hit from COVID-19 and the tourism sector losing revenue, Tunisia has been receiving plenty of tourist flights from Eastern Europe. In a bid to revive …
The Growth and Development of a Manufacturing Company Amidst a Global Pandemic
How long has your organization been in business? Social Bites Ltd has been in existence since 2018 with activities in Githunguri and Mombasa. What are some of your organizations’ important …
Beginning of June: Africa Business News Highlights of the Week
Kenya The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta recently inaugurated the Lamu Port as the first container ships docked on the new port. The port is said to open up a trade …
Industry Insights | Hospitality
In the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, hospitality is one of the industries that was hit the hardest. In 2021 one major question remains, “ What are the trends …
Entrepreneur of the Week | Irene Etyang: Akimaa Africa
Three years after leaving campus, Etyang was still unemployed. She was busy knocking on office doors, dropping copies of her academic documents and curriculum vitae with the hope of getting …
Have you heard about Cambridge International College?
CIC is an accredited British College internationally recognized for high-quality courses designed to prepare its learners for career success. Studying with CIC is flexible, affordable and can be done through distance …
Looking to Recruit in the Insurance Sector?
The insurance sector is made up of companies that offer risk management in the form of insurance contracts. The basic concept of insurance is that one party, the insurer, will …
How to Apply for Jobs with Us
Applying for a job with us was made much easier with the launch of our website. Today, all the resources you need to apply for a job with us are …
Economy News & Updates | Africa
Safaricom chances of winning one of two Ethiopia telecommunications operating licences got a boost after it emerged as one of only two bidders to participate in the auction that closed. …
Entrepreneur of the Week: Gina Din-Kariuki
Gina Din-Kariuki (born on October 23, 1961) is an East African business woman specializing in strategic communication and public relations in Kenya. She is best known as the Founder & Executive Chair …
Looking to Recruit in Manufacturing Sector?
Manufacturing, includes any industry that makes products from raw materials by the use of manual labour or machinery and that is usually carried out systematically with a division of labor. In …
How to Prepare for an Interview with Us
Once you have applied for a job through our job board, our consultants see your (and many others’) applications on the system and will give you a call if your …
Praxi Alliance Membership
Praxi Alliance was founded in Europe almost two decades ago on the roots of shared principles, professional culture and a passion for client service. With globalization as the driving force …
Meet the Team | Bree
What made you join Summit Recruitment & Search? Back in 2013, I was looking for an internship opportunity that will combine Business & IT. I applied, went through the various …
Entrepreneur of the Week | Jason Njoku: iROKO Tv
Jason Njoku is the Founder and CEO of Iroko, the home of Nollywood content. He has pioneered the African digital content market by bringing Nollywood (Nigerian cinema) to a global …
Looking to Recruit in the FMCG Sector?
FMCG stands for fast-moving consumer goods and refers to products that sell quickly at a relatively low cost. These goods are also called consumer packaged goods. FMCGs have a short …
Entrepreneurs of the Week: Nancy Kafwimbi & Zita Kafwimbi – Sage Valley.
Sage valley is a Zambian company owned by 2 sisters Nancy Kafwimbi and Zita Kafwimbi. It is a business (brand) that produces locally made spices that started in 2019. The …
Looking to Recruit in the Hospitality Sector?
While many business niches are composed of only a handful of different businesses, the hospitality industry applies to nearly any company that deals with customer satisfaction and is focused on …
Looking to Recruit within the Banking sector?
Introduction The banking sector is an industry and a section of the economy devoted to the holding of financial assets for others and investing those financial assets as a leveraged …
Meet The Team | Eve Mbithe
Meet Eve Mbithe. Eve is a hardworking, energetic and adventurous person who loves to travel. What made you join Summit Recruitment & Search? A couple of years ago, I saw …
Meet the Team | Betty
Meet Betty Maingi. Betty is always full of energy and is a very talented consultant but above all else, Betty is our resident mixologist! What made you join Summit Recruitment …
Meet the Team | Mercia
Meet Mercia Muliro. Mercia is a textbook ambivert. While she may enjoy her quiet alone time, Mercia is also very outgoing, fun and loves to laugh. What made you join …
Entrepreneur of the week: Henok Abera | WOW Peanut Butter
One of the many challenges confronting the youth in Africa is graduate unemployment. After college, many remain unemployed or underemployed due to lack of jobs or not meeting the requirement …
Meet The Team | Eliud
Meet Eliud Rogoncho. Eliud is our savior when it comes to anything tech-related in the office but has also been the backbone of the new system we are working on. …
Meet The Team | Isabella
Meet Isabella Ndonga. Isabella is a fun, bubbly and joyful person but when it comes to crunching numbers, she gets very serious and is a stickler for detail. What made …
Meet The Team | Janet
Meet Janet Sally. Janet has a deep passion for fashion and when she’s not spending her money on new clothes, you can bet she’s buying KFC. What made you join …
Meet The Team | Stacy
Meet Stacy Konyino. Stacy enjoys traveling and taking solo walks, when she’s not on her feet, you can find Stacy watching Korean Dramas and Sci-Fi shows. What made you join …
Technology News in Africa This Week.
The Government of Ghana Ministry of Communications through Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications, in partnership with Huawei Technologies Ghana, has officially launched the Rural Telephony Project at the New …
Business and Economy News This Week | Africa
Safaricom and commercial banks are seeking a deal with the Central Bank of Kenya to avoid a unilateral regulatory extension of free M-Pesa and mobile banking transactions amid the spike …
News in the World of Technology | Africa
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia has committed USD 50,000 to support the growth of women-led businesses by harnessing technology. Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure and …
Questions to Avoid Asking in an Interview
As your job interview comes to a close, one of the final questions you may be asked is, “What can I answer for you?” Your interviewer will expect for you …
