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The Way Forward “Prosperity is not determined by what is beneath your feet but by what is between your ears,” Thomas Sowell. This statement by Thomas Sowell pertains to the socio-economic dynamics of Africans in Africa and African Americans in the United States. It remains highly relevant to the continent and nations of Africa. Here […]
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Applying rationality and intellectual muscle 2 To foster a sustainable national economy, existing well-tested and trackable principles must be adhered to, and specific strategies and tactics must be devised for implementation. The first crossroad on the journey is to decide on the economic principle on which to base the economy. Most African countries are oscillating […]
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Applying rationality and intellectual muscle There are a few broadly accepted truisms in the world today. One of them is that the world as we know it was sculpted by Western cultural reality, one tenet of which is rational thought. Rational decision-making is based on rationalism, the philosophy of using reason as the basis […]
Building a Success Culture in African Countries 30 Doing the Right Thing for their People
This column has been criticized for using other countries as examples for African countries to model development efforts after. My response is as follows: If you want success, copy success. That is precisely what African leaders should be doing. It worked for the countries I have used as examples. Japan copied Western companies of the […]
Patriotism and Profit: Creating an Environment for Rising Champion Companies 3
Patriotism and Profit: Creating an Environment for Rising Champion Companies 3 by John I. Akhile Sr. Contemplating the resources that African countries have frittered away since independence, through the profligacy of leadership, is mind-numbing. The path to evolving a successful economy is not only based on the activities of the business community. It rests more […]
Patriotism and Profit VII Creating an Incubator for Future Champion Companies 2
Patriotism and Profit VII: Creating an Incubator for Future Champion Companies 2 by John I. Akhile Sr. There is a huge divide between the reality of the capacity of Africans and political leadership’s recognition of it. In other words, African people are progressing on all fronts: in business, academia, global multilateral agency management, etc. Case in […]
Patriotism and Profit Part VI: Creating an Incubator for Future Champion Companies
Patriotism and Profit Part VI: Creating an Incubator for Future Champion Companies by John I. Akhile Sr. Companies are a crucial part of economic development. In fact, it can be posited that throughout history, the spear of economic development has been trade in goods and services produced in one place and sold in another, usually […]
Patriotism and Profit Part V: How to Build Champion Companies in Construction Services
Patriotism and Profit Part V: How to Build Champion Companies in Construction Services by John I. Akhile Sr. Preamble Intense strategic thinking is lacking in the deliberative construct of policymaking. For instance, countries commit to building industrial projects without fully fleshing out the intangibles of sustaining the resulting business. Questions like source of raw inputs, […]
Patriotism and Profit Part IV: How to Build Champion Companies in Construction Services
Patriotism and Profit Part IV: How to Build Champion Companies in Construction Services by John I. Akhile Sr. Preamble One of the biggest challenges that African leaders have to overcome is the inescapable megaphone of “false prophets.” False Prophets are always around because they are an integral part of the fabric of human existence. There […]
Patriotism and Profit Part III: How to Build Champion Companies
Patriotism and Profit Part III: How to Build Champion Companies by John I. Akhile Sr. The key to building champion companies that will carve out markets for their products in the world market is “intentionality”. Intentionality is the act of channeling of thoughts, energies, and actions to affect, redirect, and impact the existing status quo […]