In Demand and Future Proof: Top Skills to Rule the 2024 Job Market
Welcome to the future, job seekers! 2024 is here, and the landscape of in-demand skills keeps evolving. Are you ready to stand out from the crowd and land your dream …
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5 Red Flags Recruiters Should Heed — and 3 They Should Retire
Recruiters play a vital role in the hiring process, connecting talented individuals with suitable opportunities. However, even the most experienced recruiters can make mistakes, sometimes leading to costly hiring decisions. …
How to Choose the Right Candidate for the Job in 2024 : 15 Effective Ways
As the global job landscape becomes more competitive, organizations across industries are facing a major challenge: How to choose the right candidate for the job? Finding and retaining the best employees …
7 Recruitment Sourcing Strategies for Effective Talent Acquisition
The process of sourcing candidates is a challenging task for any company. In today’s competitive job market, 63% of recruiters say talent shortage is their biggest problem. There’s no easy solution, …
Unlocking HR Digital Transformation: Key Technology Considerations
As organizations navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape, HR departments are embarking on transformative journeys to enhance operational efficiency and employee experiences. However, executing a successful HR digital transformation project requires …
Striking the Balance: Developing Your Team While Driving Results
Getting outcomes while also growing teams is a constant struggle for firms in the fast-paced and cutthroat business environment of today. While achieving outcomes is essential for success, it’s also …
Creating a Safe and Inclusive Workplace
In today’s world, it’s crucial to create a safe and inclusive workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. An inclusive work environment is not only good for employees’ …
Understanding Gen Z in the workplace
Generation Z (born after 1995) has arrived in the workforce during a time of great change For the first time, four generations are working together. As a result, they bring …
In a slowing economy, what should employers do?
The labour market is on a shaky ground for the first time in decades. Economies around the world continue to struggle. High inflation rates have been witnessed all around the …
Why companies should focus on employee retention
Employee retention is an important issue for any company. it is one of the key factors that can help a company grow and succeed. There are a few reasons why …
Career Clinic Feedback | Candidates Testimonials
I have learnt how to package my CV to suit the jobs advertised. Also I realise the need to give room before considering another job if recently employed. The career …
Economy News This Week | Kenya
Fuel prices have risen to the highest level in Kenya’s history after the State discontinued a subsidy scheme introduced in April to ease public outrage over the high cost of …
Africa Economy News Update
Consumption of cooking gas rose last year but demand for petrol, diesel, kerosene, and aviation fuels fell in the wake of reduced activity in the transport sector due to COVID-19 …
Business News this Week
KENYA The Ministry of Labour is in the process of formulating the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Once enforced, employees will contribute a percentage of their salary to the fund which …
Business News Catch-Up | Africa
GHANA Ghana is set to be the first African country selling debt to fund development programs. The country is in a bid to issue green and social bonds by November. …
Business News Highlights | Africa
BOTSWANA Botswana is quickly cementing its status as a global frontier in the precious stones scene. This comes after a 1174 carat diamond was discovered and ranks third place among …
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 …
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 …
News Highlights this Week You may have missed
TOGO Togo recently launched the largest solar power plant in West Africa. The plant has a capacity to provide power to over 158,000 households while reducing carbon emissions by over …
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ALGERIA Algeria and Azerbaijan recently settled on an agreement that would promote foreign trade between the two nations. In 2020 the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $1.3 …
Africa Business News This Week
BOTSWANA The Local Enterprise Authority has invested in the training of agricultural entrepreneurs, especially within the horticultural space. The training involved graduates from the Glen Valley area in Botswana 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 …
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 …
Africa This Week | Mid-June Business Highlights
Kenya The Public transport sector in Nairobi is rapidly changing and is headed in the right direction. As the Greenpark Terminal project is being rolled out, construction of another bus …
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 …
Top Business News Highlights in Africa
KENYA The National Employment Authority (NEA) is putting efforts to protect migrant workers who are often mistreated while working abroad. The authority has also made great steps towards curbing agencies …
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 …
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 …
Latest Business News From Across The African Continent
KENYA Quickmart is yet again making steps towards expansion as it sets to open 4 stores in 4 different counties. The expansion raises Quickmart’s branch network to 45 at a …
Africa News Highlights This Week
The value of investor wealth on the Nairobi Securities Exchange hit a 34-month high of KES 2.62 trillion (approx. USD 24.5 billion), lifted by a rally of the share prices …
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 …
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. …
News Updates This Week
Ivory Coast’s energy leap To achieve its energy revolution, Côte d’Ivoire chose to privatise this sector in 1993. More than 25 years later, the country has one of the best …
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 …
November 2020 Career Clinic
Career Clinic offers an incredible method to pick up bearing and counsel in your profession. Is it true that you are feeling disappointed with your pursuit of employment? Is it …
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 …
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 …
Business News and Economy Highlights | Africa
Egypt’s agricultural exports have recorded very positive levels during the past months, despite what the world has witnessed of economic pressures and a complete or partial lockdown in dozens of …
Tourism and Hospitality News This Week | Africa
Mohamed Saafan, Minister of Manpower, announced that his Ministry’s Emergency Benefits Fund is currently working on the disbursement of the second and third batches of emergency aid, estimated at EGP …
Women in Tech: Odunayo Eweniyi
Odunayo Eweniyi is a serial Tech entrepreneur & one of Africa’s foremost fintech Ambassadors. She is the Co-founder & COO of Piggybank.ng, an online savings platform that securely makes saving …
IT News Highlights | World News This Week
Stakeholders in the technology and agriculture sector have called for the establishment of a reliable national database to collate relevant information on the agriculture sector to ensure information flow. Technology …
Business News | Africa
The State-controlled National Social Security Fund has bought an additional 19.6 million shares in KCB Group with a current market value of KES 719.4 million (approx. USD 6.6 million), boosting …
Hospitality and Tourism News This Week
The steering committee on tourism promotion and marketing of the Foreign Affairs has held a meeting to deliberate on the preparations to receive tourists and the precautionary measures to be …
Sergey Brin | The Success Story of Google’s Co-Founder
From humble beginnings in the Soviet Union to the heights of greatest online success, Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a great example of the classic immigrant success story in world history. …
