The 30 Year-Old Nigerian Mobile Phone Entrepreneur Who Is Challenging Apple In Africa

Michael Akindele, a 30 year-old Nigerian, is a director and co-founder of SOLO Phone, a new experience-driven digital content and Smartphone company focused on delivering the best content and services on the mobile platform to African consumers. He spoke about his entrepreneurial journey and why he believes SOLO Phone is better than the competition

Solar Energy; The Real Facts

Most power plants in the United States and around the world are using fossil fuels to generate electricity and operate. Fossil fuels has-been used as an energy source while the man has learned to generate power. Fossil fuels have been-around for ages and when man started using this energy nobody but the consequences. Fossil fuels ...

Free-Agent Lifestyle Replaces Rat Race For More Americans

Leading tours to forage for wild mushrooms in North Carolina's woods, Alan Muskat lives a life that might sound like an idyllic fantasy to many cubicle dwellers. At his business No Taste Like Home in Asheville, the Princeton University graduate sells his harvests to local restaurants in bulk or arranges for

India's Largest Cab Hiring Startup Ola Acquires Nearest Rival TaxiForSure, Leaving Uber Far Behind

In the very first sign of consolidation in India’s cab-summoning app space, India’s largest cab hire service, Ola, acquired its nearest competitor TaxiForSure for $200 million, in a cash and equity deal.

The Characteristics Of A True Leader

Every one of us is a leader in our own right. Whether we lead an entire company, or a team of people, or a group of friends, or our families, or just ourselves…we are all leaders in some form or fashion. Whatever size our circle of influence may be today, if we work to improve as leaders, that circle of influence will enlarge.

Two New Big Players in Web Video - With Very Different Visions Of The Future

For the past ten years there was only one answer to the question: ?Who owns Internet Video?? It was YouTube, hands down. But in the past 90 days - we?ve seen two major players get in the game in a way that will forever change how video on the web

Corporate Titan, Phuti Mahanyele Resigns As Shanduka's CEO After 10 Years And No Politics For Her

After 10 years at Shanduka Group, one of the leading South African investment holding company in South Africa, Phuti Mahanyele, the firm's Chief Executive Officer, announced her resignation last week and that she will leave the company at the end of June this year. With interests in telecoms, food and beverage, property, financial services, energy, and industrial sectors, Mahanyele helped grow the Shanduka Group’s net asset value to about 8 billion Rands ($686,080,000 USD). Additionally, under the helm of the outgoing dynamic CEO, one of the group's subsidiaries, Shanduka Beverages was appointed as one of Coca Cola's four franchised bottlers in South Africa; with a work-force of 800 permanent staff, Shanduka Group owns 70% of Coca Cola Shanduka Beverages and Coca Cola owns 30%.