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Perhaps you’ve seen that despite global uncertainties in 2023, more leadership teams and investors are interested in growing their businesses in Africa. What will it take to succeed? It starts with reframing some common misperceptions about Africa and its people.
In this episode, we discuss reframing some of these misconceptions with returning guest, Dr. Deanne De Vries. Her newest book is Africa: Reframing Political Leadership.
Deanne has spent much of the past thirty years living across Africa and working for startups (including her own), global non-profits and international organizations, venture capital firms as well as one of the world’s Top Ten logistics firms. Her articles and ideas have been featured in the World Economic Forum Africa, the Economist, the Financial Times, and CNBC Africa as well as on university campuses and at local tech or entrepreneurs’ gatherings.
Understanding the politics and the power structures of a country, as well as the culture and the people, is just as important as understanding the business environment.
– Dr. Deanne De Vries
This week on Growth Igniters Radio:
- Deanne’s view on trends for African-US business expansion in 2023
- The importance of fit between a company’s leadership and a country’s leadership
- The most common misconceptions about African leadership business environment
- The biggest learning Deanne had about leadership as she interviewed African heads of state
- Three immediately useful ideas for for reframing misconceptions around the fit between a company’s leadership and a country’s leadership
Resources for This Episode:
- Deanne De Vries website and LinkedIn profile
- Read about Deanne’s new book, Africa: Reframing Political Leadership
- Listen to our first conversation with Deanne about her first book Africa: Open for Business
- Read World Economic Forum Report: “A new era for global business and investment in Africa“
- Find out more about Pam’s keynote “Break Orbit: Achieving Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World”
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