By – Bestwill Johnny
Days ago, while I browsed the internet in search of certain information, I came across the quote above, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The quote struck my chords and plunged me deep in thoughts. I had to even put off the search for information I came online for.
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99% of all business entities in the advanced industrial world. The importance of SMEs to the real economy is immense, particularly in outlying areas, where they often play a critical role in the life of the community. Finding ways to inject vitality into small businesses is clearly a high priority for industrial economies seeking to overcome the sluggish growth of recent years. At the same time, government policy can only accomplish so much in terms of promoting small business reform in today’s highly complex society. Each company needs to adopt strategies appropriate to its sector and tailored to its own circumstances. Corporate social responsibility has a significant role to play in such private sector-driven reforms.
The presence of a worm taints even the most popular type of apple including the corporate kind.
Is it any wonder, then, that iPhone loyalists felt betrayed when Apple confirmed customer suspicions that it had been deliberately slowing down the performance of its older models? Although Apple claimed it wanted to preserve battery power and avoid sudden operational shutdowns, consumers weren’t buying it; to them, the lack of transparency seemed disingenuous.
Mothers around the world make priceless contributions to our lives, oftentimes while balancing the demands of their career and the family. That’s why a day (Mother’s Day) is dedicated annually to celebrate mothers’ around the world, for giving their precious time and resources to provide the much-needed balance in our homes. In all these, we need to identify the veritable lessons behind the strength of motherhood and apply them in the day-to-day running of businesses.
When you first started your business, you probably did a lot of research, sought help from advisors; sourced information from books, magazines, and other readily available sources. Probably invested a lot of money, time and sweat equity to get your business off the ground. Its 12 months on, now what?
By Matshona Dhliwayo
I was born into a male-dominated family, nurtured in a male-dominated society, and educated in a male-dominated country. Because of this, I realize I’m going to be in a lot of trouble, especially from the matriarchs of the very system I benefited from my entire life. How dare you bite and spit at the very hands that fed you, some might rightly ask? They are, of course, correct. But, something strange happened in my 20s — I grew a conscience.
By: Mamudu Hamzat Gideon
Entrepreneurship has gathered more converts in the past few years than any other time in human history. And recent research by the Gates and Clinton foundation revealed that there are more women in entrepreneurship than the men with countries like Nigeria having as much as 41% of her women involved in entrepreneurship at some level.
