Masters of Industries

The Franco-Gabonese self-made entrepreneur Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard is the Founder and Chairman of APO Group, the leading Pan-African communication consultancy and press release distribution service.

Mr Borrut Bel joined the Company and the Board as the Managing Director/CEO on the 22nd of January, 2018 and has been able to successfully lead the Company through a turbulent period and a challenging operating environment.

As part of its commemoration of this year's International Women’s Month, Facebook announced earlier today the launch of a book titled LeadHERs: Life Lessons From African Women.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala walked into the World Trade Organisation's office earlier this morning on her very first day of work as the new Director General of the WTO.

A leading Nigerian cryptocurrency investment platform, Bitfxt, has severed its relationship with a UK syndicate of hedge funds, Payitup Clearinghouse, after raising $15 million in seed funding from the foreign investors in February 2020. When Bitfxt landed the investment opportunity from a foreign company last year, it seemed like a…

Times are changing and so are the tides. Unlike in the 1980s when the idea of owning a business seemed to have been exclusively reserved for men, we are beginning to see a growing number of successful female entrepreneurs across the world that are doing wonderful things. In Africa to…

Being successful in business seems like a given for a child born with a silver spoon in her mouth, especially the one whose parent already built a business empire. But in reality, it’s not as simple and Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is proof that it takes a lot of dedication, hard work,…

Born in Dakar, Senegal, and with a career experience that spans 25 super-productive years in financial services, Aida Diarra is known in the global business community as a highly-skilled business executive. In her current role as the Senior Vice President at Visa and Group Country Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Aida…

A clearer career path, no doubt. But, never in Patricia Obo-Nai’s wildest imagination did she think of becoming the Chief Executive Officer of a British multinational telecommunications company. As a young Ghanaian girl, there was no love lost between Patricia and subjects related to arts and basic sciences including Biology.…

Known in South Africa as the boardroom superstar and among global entrepreneurs as a seasoned business leader, Phuti Mahanyele-dabengwa has earned all the accolades that follow her name. She gives all the credit to her father who ensured she had the best education there was. Born in Soweto, South Africa,…