Andersen Global has injected new momentum into its African expansion efforts, with new collaborations in Mauritania, Madagascar, Chad, Eswatini, Gambia, and Liberia. Mauritania The firm announced a partnership with Nouakchott-based legal services firm Chinguity Law – a six-attorney team that offers family, business, employment, banking, finance, and insurance services among others.
While efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 have been commendable across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), more action needs to be taken to ensure that the economy can survive the crisis and rebuild in the aftermath.
La Liga and Sevilla FC are set to provide economic and sports management support to Tanzanian football club Young Africans Sports Club (Yanga S.C.) as part of a new strategic consultancy agreement between the three entities.
The global development sector has been hit hard by Covid-19, with scores of independent cosultants in the sector losing their jobs. NGOs in Africa appear to be the most uncertain in the world, according to development platform Devex.
McKinsey’s Generation has launched a pilot online learning programme across Kenya to make up for the disruption being caused to education across the country from Covid-19. The organisation reports a number of success stories.
As of June this year, Daniel Kwadwo Owusu will take over as Deloitte Ghana’s new Country Managing Partner, tasked with strengthening Deloitte’s presence in the country and consolidate the relationship with existing clients.
PwC Kenya’s Head of Regulatory, Compliance and Advisory Joseph Githaiga has addressed some of the concerns surrounding privacy and regulatory violations during the Covid-19 crisis. He spoke to the Financial Standard.
Deloitte has revised its 2020 GDP growth estimates for Ghana from just under 7% to less than 3% in light of the Covid-19 crisis, as the country’s economy faces disruptions from a variety of directions.
The severe impact of the Coronavirus on the global economy will have dire repercussions for the consulting sector, and research has now emerged that tries to quantify this damage. For Africa’s consulting sector, the rise and fall of the virus could sweep away 14% of its revenues.
Young members in family businesses across Africa believe that they can drive digital transformation measures in their companies, but are not being given the reins to do so by the older generation that remains in control.
Elections in two of Africa’s biggest economies combined with trends across the globe have resulted in a slow year for the equity markets on the continent, according to new analysis put together by PwC.
At the latest Nigerian-South Africa Chamber of Commerce (NACC) breakfast meeting, Associate Director for Strategy & Economics at management consultancy KPMG Nigeria Olusegun Zaccheaus has listed seven challenges for Nigeria’s economic growth over the next decade.
EY has teamed up with global consumer goods company Unilever and the UK Department for International Development to organise the Utilities Sanitation Challenge, designed to support innovative companies across Africa that are working on sanitation solutions in the region.
The number of complicated steps required to pay tax in Ghana might be the biggest barrier to compliance in the country, according to PwC Ghana Partner Abeiku Gyan-Quansah. He recommends halving the number of “tax bands” from six to three in order to encourage people to comply.
Nairobi-based management consultancy Gina Din Corporate Communications (GDCC) has been acquired by global communications firm Edelman, building on a strong relationship established between the two firms previously.
As Africa prepares its workforce for being a central player in the Industry 4.0 paradigm, Big Four accounting and advisory firm PwC has put forth four possible scenarios for the development of the workforce over the next decade.
Now entering its fourth year, the Ghana Business Star Growth Program grooms entrepreneurs and business leaders in Ghana across a range of strategy, management, commercial and growth skills. The Ghana Business Star Growth Program was launched in 2017 by The Next Organization, a Netherlands-headquartered management consulting firm with an international footprint, with the aiming of helping African managers with advancing their skillset.
Nigeria’s new Finance Act 2019 came into effect on the 1st of February, and the new bill has the potential to benefit multiple economic segments in the country, according to KPMG. The Big Four accounting and advisory firm held a symposium in collaboration with the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday to discuss the new bill.
Following the appointment of Muhammad Nami as Chairman of Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) late last year, PwC Partner and West Africa Tax Leader Taiwo Oyedele has called for a patient approach to revenue policy going forth, as opposed to the heavy hand employed by Nami’s predecessors.
The workforce across Africa is prepared to become a central force in the global economy, according to Miranda Naiman, Founder of Tanzania-based human capital consulting firm Empower. Speaking to Forbes, Naiman has shared some of the values and challenges that have brought her to where she is.
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