Only a few actions matter, and they require the CEO’s attention. Organizations have always needed leaders who are good at recognizing emerging challenges and inspiring organizational responses. That need is intensifying today as leaders confront, among other things, digitization, the surging power of data as a competitive weapon, and the ability of artificial intelligence to automate […]
In 2014, Satya Nadella was appointed CEO of Microsoft,making him only the third leader in the software company’s 40-year history, following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Since taking the top job, Nadella has doubled down on cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and social networking while also pushing Microsoft to become more innovative, collaborative, and customer focused. In […]
The Songhai Group, a corporate development company, has signed an agreement to work with Fidelity Bank, a leading Ghanaian financial institution, to develop the capability of their Data Modeling and Analytics division to support strategic initiatives through insights gained from customer and business data.Songhai ran the first in a series of programs under its Corporate […]
The Songhai Group, a corporate development company, has signed a 3-year deal with uniBank Ghana Ltd, a leading Ghanaian bank, to roll out a company-wide business execution program, THE Practice School @ uniBank. Songhai will partner with uniBank to help implement resulting initiatives aimed at developing top performing leaders in banking and finance. Songhai will […]
I recently had the opportunity to interview two CEOs on a single day. While the interviews were conducted for two different projects and initially seemed dissimilar, my review of the notes revealed great commonalities in how the two run their businesses. Their insights make a great playbook for the leadership basics from which every executive […]
Companies spend their sales forces about three times more than they spend on all ad media. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms. Yet, on average, companies deliver only 50% to 60% of the financial performance that their strategies and sales forecasts have promised. And more than half of executives […]
Paul,* the CEO of Maxreed, a global publishing company, was having trouble sleeping. Publishing is an industry that’s changing even faster than most other fast-changing industries, but Paul wasn’t awake worrying about his strategy. He had a solid plan that took advantage of new technologies, and the board and his leadership team were aligned around it. […]
Nuguisi Ekekwe HBR Across Africa, banking is being redesigned. Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. While the banks compete among themselves, they face existential threats from amalgam of entities, not necessarily possessing bank licenses. For example, from telecommunication companies to fintech entrepreneurs, African banking fees and […]
August 26, 2015. Fidelity bank in partnership with Entrepreneurship Ventures and Songhai has organized a two day workshop for selected businesses in Ghana under the theme “Taking Ideas to Market Globally”.The workshop which was held at the Labadi Beach Hotel, aimed at enabling businesses to acquire insights on how to pitch their business to potential […]
June 6, 2016 A country’s knowledge capital can be estimated looking at what it produces and sells to the rest of the world. Today a bulk of Ghana’s economic growth is coming from selling resources we dig from the ground and ship outside. That is not sustainable. The only way we can generate the next […]