Working With Africans

The challenge of respecting African Cultures

For past few decades, businesses venturing beyond the borders of their domestic markets have faced challenges in dealing with their foreign partners. Cultural training has helped many in adjusting to a foreign communication styles or social etiquette. In the same line, adjustments have been suggested in the field of marketing and management. Today, segments of [...]

Managing People in Africa

During almost two decades, I have been dealing with expatriates who expressed their challenges to work with the local human resources. In many sub-Saharan countries, the first comment that surprises many foreigners is the cultural diversity of the local population.  Usually through cultural preparation, they have learned about the many ethnic groups that compose the [...]

Best Practices, Golden Rules and Cultures

The achievement of a business‘ goals supposes the implementation of various disciplines, knowledge, and technologies.  From the effective implementation of change to the effective use of a new technology, every aspect of work operations is envisioned as a pure technique unaffected by the people who are learning and implementing them. Supported by an abundant literature [...]

Can we speak of Africans?

Many African leaders have used the term ‘We Africans’ in their speeches and statements. Subsequently, many researches and works based on findings in one African society have been deemed to be relevant elsewhere in Africa. For example there are books on African organizations, on the African management style, on African values…Those pieces of work are [...]