Banks are not really meant for financing entrepreneurial projects
HOW CAN KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BE USED EFFECTIVELY?
WHY ARE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IMPORTANT ?
Performance management is becoming increasingly scientific. Yet, while top performing western companies largely embrace performance management to the point of leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, sub-Saharan African companies lag behind in the notion of using KPIs. As such, this article aims to explain why KPIs should be taken seriously through business case illustrations.
HOW CAN WE COMPETE AGAINST LOW COST COMPETITORS IN CENTRAL AFRICA?
The growing threat of low cost competitors to established incumbents is particularly potent in Central Africa. In light of this problem, we define in this article what exactly makes a low-cost competitor, why it is particularly hard to compete with them and what are the best business strategies to deal with them.