Meet Jessica Anuna, the 27-year-old Nigerian founder and CEO of a budding e-commerce platform

Jessica Anuna is the founder and CEO of Klasha, an online clothing store. Since launching less than a year ago, Annuna has made it to numerous prestigious lists including Management Today’s “35 under 35 Ones to Watch,” Forbes Africa’s “New…

How to manage an unusually talkative CEO

We work for a small enterprise owned by a family corporation. Our concern is the constant babble of our CEO on his many ideas, sometimes giving us incoherent thoughts in our daily meetings. Many of his ideas are off-topic, if…

David Geffen is Hollywood’s richest man, Here’s how he spends his $8.5 billion fortune

Billionaire music and movie producer David Geffen is the richest man in the entertainment industry. He’s worth an estimated $8.49 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Geffen founded music label Geffen Records, which he sold in 1990 for $550 million. He also cofounded movie…

After finalising Diamond Bank acquisition, Uzoma Dozie floats a new firm, Sparkle, to help reduce operational risks of small businesses in Nigeria

Uzoma Dozie, the last Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank, has announced that he is launching a new financial technology community and ecosystem, Sparkle; a mobile-first platform focused on the country’s retail sector. Uzoma Dozie, CEO and Founder, Sparkle NG…

Obaseki’s housing win big as EDPA boss bags CEO of the Year Award

The Executive Chairman of the Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA), Isoken Omo, has been adjudged the best female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of state-owned housing agencies in Nigeria at the Abuja International Housing Show. soken Omo The award is…

Slack CEO says he doesn’t see Microsoft’s reach as a threat

Microsoft’s Teams service, a direct competitor to Slack’s messaging platform, now has more daily active users than Slack. But Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, isn’t overly concerned. “If it’s based on the bigger distribution, I don’t think that’s really a…

Samsung CEO embarrassed by the Galaxy Fold fiasco, he “pushed it through before it was ready”

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is perpetually coming soon. The Korean company issues a new press release or has an exec do an interview every few weeks reiterating in vague language that the launch is still on, and it will happen sooner rather…

CEOs made 287 times more money last year than their workers did

Companies have finally started reporting CEO-worker pay ratios. Now we know why they fought so hard to avoid it. After years of kicking and screaming, corporate executives have finally released pay data on what their CEO makes versus their median…

BMW’s Tribute To Mercedes-Benz CEO On Retirement Is As Funny As It’s Touching

The video ends with a note of gratitude for Mr Zetsche, saying: “Thank you, Dieter Zetsche, for so many years of inspiring competition.” A video tribute by BMW for Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche on his retirement proves that business rivalries…

Bayer CEO Faces a Shareholder Reckoning Over the Monsanto Deal

Bayer AG is facing mounting opposition ahead of what’s shaping up to be its most contentious annual meeting in years, with influential shareholders faulting management for failing to foresee the risks of the company’s biggest deal ever. A growing number of…