Being properly prepared for media interviews can help protect and enhance the reputation of your organisation. It can enable you to make the most of a positive story and turn a negative story into an opportunity to present your work in a positi

The Future of Work in Africa

Sep 23rd, 2020 16m 31s

The pandemic has had a major impact on the way people work on the continent and it will likely to continue to do so. But how might those changes take effect and are employers in African countries ready for the new normal? In this episode, we ex

Networking in the New Normal

Jul 30th, 2020 21m 41s

Given the realities and constraints of the pandemic, we all need to think creatively about how we connect, communicate and create community. Whether it's on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or LinkedIn, it's important we learn how to make the most of thes

Leadership Field Guide

Jul 3rd, 2020 22m 59s

In this episode we talk through the Leadership Field Guide designed to help CEOs and business leaders guide their companies through Covid-19 and beyond. The free online toolkit was developed by 10x Entrepreneur and its Co-Founder, Jason Goldber

Five effective approaches to leadership in a crisis

May 15th, 2020 10m 54s

In our previous episodes exploring the impact of coronavirus, we’ve looked at how it is affecting different sectors in different countries across the continent. Here, we take a slightly different approach and explore how you as a leader can tak

How is the private healthcare sector adapting to COVID-19?

Apr 24th, 2020 19m 31s

In our last episode, we looked at the impact coronavirus pandemic is having on different industries across the continent. However, we didn’t cover one crucial sector because we wanted to look at in more detail on its own here, and that sector i

Leading in a Crisis

Apr 3rd, 2020 17m 51s

Business leaders across the continent - and indeed the world - are facing a huge challenge in how they tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In this episode, we hear from three CEOs on how they're approaching it within their teams, what they think t

Spotlight on Rwanda

Mar 12th, 2020 14m 20s

In this episode we're focusing on Rwanda, where we were for The Africa List's annual leadership retreat at the end of 2019. Since the 1994 genocide, the country has undergone an economic transformation, recording GDP growth of around seven per

The Realities of Doing Business in Africa

Jan 16th, 2020 16m 29s

In episode three of Leading the Way, we explore the realities of doing business on the continent through new research from The Africa List and the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at the London Business School. The report - The Af

Paths to Success (part two)

Dec 13th, 2019 11m 24s

In the second of our two part look at the theme of "success", we look at the importance of learning from the challenges you face in order to reach the top. This episode features insight from leading executives working across Tanzania, Uganda an

Paths to Success (part one)

Oct 16th, 2019 12m 11s

This is the first episode of Leading the Way, a new podcast series from The Africa List. In it, we ask four leading executives working across the continent what "success" means to them, how their definition has changed over time and anything th

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