Faraja Nyalandu shares with The Africa List why she swapped a promising career in human rights law, for life as a tech entrepreneur, shaking up the education system with her digital platform, Shule Direct.
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During CEO Night with The Africa List community in Ethiopia, Frans Van Schaik answered questions from the members about the leadership practices he has cultivated along his leadership journey. Here are some of our favourite answers from him on why he’s committed to becoming world class at asking good questions, the time management strategies that help him prevent the dreaded overwhelm, and why he avoids peak performance, but actively seeks out discomfort.
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South African tech serial entrepreneur, Andile Ngcaba, shares with The Africa List how learning how to coach others transformed his own life by turning him from a hard micro-managing task master, into a more mindful and compassionate leader.
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Ethiopian business leader, Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO of Blue Moon Ethiopia, discusses the downsides of leaving emotional intelligence out of our education, the power of listening, the importance of vulnerability at work, and how she tests her next big ideas.
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One of Ethiopia's most respected business leaders and aviation pioneer, Girma Wake, shares with The Africa List how he navigated conflict during his career as former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines and former Chairman of Rwandair, and why he thinks trust will always trump fear as a leadership style.
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James Mwangi is the Executive Director of Dalberg Group, a company he joined as a start-up when it had no track record, no business plan and no clients. In this talk he describes why this has been his best career decision to date, and what happens in his team when someone fails, how he structures his time to achieve peak performance and other #CEOLifeHacks.
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Charles Mudiwa, CEO Stanbic Bank Kenya, has had an extensive experience as an executive level business leader across Africa, and was invited by The Africa List community in Zambia as part of the 2017 CEO Night in Lusaka to discuss his thoughts on leadership development. In this talk, Charles shares why executive presence is a skill that should not be underestimated, and the three aspects that he considers to be the most important in developing your own.
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As the former CEO of Uganda Investment Authority, the #CEOLifeHacks Maggie Kigozi shared with the Uganda community of The Africa List included why it's never too late to pivot into your passion, why you need to let your team lead regardless of their level, how to prioritise at different stages of your career, and how an insatiable quest for knowledge keeps her out of complacency.
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The CEO of Citibank Uganda, Sarah Arapta, explained to the Uganda community of The Africa List how her leadership style has evolved to meet the needs of her millennial team, plus her #CEOLifeHacks on how she builds her network, the importance of planning your downtime, how she runs meetings and why she wants to encourage more women to lean in.
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CEO of Capital Markets Authority Uganda, Keith Kalyegira, shared with the Uganda group of The Africa List his leadership strategies on how he fights mediocrity, the importance of having a vision, why you don't have to be at the centre of all the solutions, and why he doesn't want to be a manager anymore.
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Jimmy Mugerwa, GM of Tullow Oil Uganda, was one of the CEOs willing to be grilled by The Africa List members in Kampala. Here are some of our favourite insights from him on how you know when you're leading well, how to make your team feel like they are winning, how he prioritises his day and what's still left on his bucket list.
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Ian Clarke is the Chairman of Clarke Group, a family business that's been running in Uganda for over 20 years across agribusiness, education, healthcare and hospitality. His #CEOLifeHacks cover how his leadership style has changed in the transition from CEO to Chairman, why he's afraid of mediocrity, and how he keeps his ego in check despite his accolades.
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Deloitte's East Africa Deputy CEO, Joe Eshun, took part in our 'CEO Lifehacks' sessions in Uganda and shared his strategies on productivity, management and leadership including why he makes all his tough calls in the first two hours of his day, how he deliberately creates opportunities for idea sharing and creative thinking in his team, when it's time to get out of the kitchen, and leading with purpose.
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Our favourite productivity, leadership and management hacks from the guest senior leaders at the Zambia edition of the 2017 CEO Night including Charles Mudiwa, CEO of Stanbic Zambia, Jason Kazilimani, Senior Partner and CEO KPMG, Andrew Kapula, MD CEC Liquid Telecom, and Mark O'Donnell, Chairman, Union Gold.
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After high flying leadership positions in financial services, including at the IFC and CDC, and as the current chair of the Zambia Working Group of The Africa List, Dolika Banda shares the personal leadership principles that guide her decision making.
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In her talk to The Africa List in Uganda, Nothando shared the advice she gives her own clients on how to prepare to be the kind of business that attracts capital at the right time and at the right price.
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Sometimes we can get carried away thinking about how to better lead our teams, but how often do we pause to think about how well we are leading ourselves? As a guest speaker at an event with the Uganda community of The Africa List, Francis Kamulegya reflected on the importance of developing yourself as leader and where to start.
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As the son of the visionary founder of BOSE Corporation, it's unsurprising that Vanu Bose has gone on to pioneer his own technology company, Vanu Inc. He broke down with The Africa List how to compete with the incumbents when you're still a small company, why investors don't always like disruptors, and why having a good story is more important than being profitable when you're fundraising.
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