Meet the Boss: Julian Artopé, director, Ringier Africa Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 9 September 2015 ‘If you had a choice to go to university for two years or start your own business and even fail with it, I would say run your own business.’
Meet the Boss: Bright Simons, founder, mPedigree Network Published by Kate Douglas on 3 September 2015 ‘People must see your mission as the canvas against which they can draw their own successful mission and find fulfilment in it.’
Meet the Boss: Akinwole Omoboriowo II, CEO, Genesis Electricity Published by Kate Douglas on 13 August 2015 ‘In Africa you need to keep your business model very simple.’
Meet the Boss: Jeremy Johnson, CEO, Andela Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 4 August 2015 Jeremy Johnson is CEO of Andela, a company that trains young African software developers and matches them with top international companies.
Meet the Boss: Pierre van Tonder, CEO, Spur Corporation Published by Kate Douglas on 23 July 2015 ‘I think we have some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs across the continent because they have to deal with adversity and different obstacles every single day.’
Meet the Boss: John Buckley, MD, Safarilink Aviation Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 21 July 2015 John Buckley is co-founder and managing director of Safarilink Aviation, a Kenyan airline that operates scheduled and private charter flights to popular tourist destinations across East Africa.
Meet the Boss: Johnnie McMillan, MD, Tropical Power Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 6 July 2015 ‘Working in a business where you have something different, unique and special, makes business fun.’
Meet the Boss: Moses Ikiara, MD, Kenya Investment Authority Published by Kate Douglas on 30 June 2015 ‘Determine where you want to be in five or 10 years, and keep working at that vision, regularly checking how far you have moved towards it.’
Meet the Boss: Jeff Nemeth, CEO for sub-Saharan Africa, Ford Motor Company Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 29 June 2015 ‘I excel at taking seemingly complex issues and distilling them down to two or three action items.’
Meet the Boss: Jake Cusack, managing partner, CrossBoundary Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 8 June 2015 “You will never be satisfied by some external accomplishment.”
Meet the Boss: Piyush Chandra, MD, Oriflame East Africa Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 3 June 2015 “Success comes by choice not by chance!”
Meet the Boss: Mark Essien, CEO, Hotels.ng (Nigeria) Published by Jaco Maritz on 28 May 2015 Hotels.ng, a Nigerian hotel booking website, recently secured $1.2m in funding from international investors. We talk to founder and CEO Mark Essien.
Meet the Boss: Alex Kitio, country manager, Carmudi Cameroon and Congo Published by Kate Douglas on 26 May 2015 “My message is very simple: be humble.”
Meet the Boss: Matthew Thackrah, deputy MD, Samsung South Africa Published by Jaco Maritz on 21 May 2015 “Once you have reached the top, the job is not complete; staying there is much more difficult.”
