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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

18:08) Carl's experiences at USAA following Hurricane Harvey's devastating 2017 hit on Texas. (18:21) They were 90 minute, I'll call it, sprints and the team started scrumming really as soon as we got back on Saturday night. And you think about how hard it is to hire a normal employee in any business.