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

Transformify

The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. 20 % of the project managers are familiar with Scrum, but there are very few product managers – less than 1% of all. Project/ Product Management.

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8 Tips For Online Startups To Improve Customer Experience

YoungUpstarts

David Chambat is Chief Executive Officer of Villa-Finder.com , the leading villa booking and distribution platform in Asia, with 1,000+ villas in Bali , Sri Lanka , Phuket , Samui and Mauritius. Villa Finder is a technology company developing innovative tools for owners to maximize their villa distribution.

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Make ‘Em Say Wow: 11 Tips For Building A Strong Service Team

YoungUpstarts

When I worked with Air Mauritius to kick off its service revolution , they started by addressing the communication problems in its dysfunctional culture, which manifested as bickering, finger-pointing, withholding information, etc. For example, Air Mauritius had captains to start greeting passengers as they board the plane.

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The 4-Star Turnaround: How A Struggling Island Airline Revolutionized Service

YoungUpstarts

One recent success story is Air Mauritius, a national airline for the island nation Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean. Not only did Air Mauritius improve its Skytrax rating from the merely average 3 stars to the far more prestigious 4 stars, it realized an $8 million profit. Colleagues are customers too. Big mistake.

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Can You Really Overhaul A Nation’s Customer Service Culture?

YoungUpstarts

If you’ve never heard of Mauritius, take note. Before the global recession, Mauritius was a popular vacation destination for Europeans. The nation and the people of Mauritius needed to set themselves apart, to express their service brand and culture to the rest of the world. Mauritius is working on taking similar steps.

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