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Revenue is up. The team is bigger. A second location is on the way. And the founder is working harder than at any point in the last five years. If that sounds familiar, the business is growing. Whether it is scaling is a separate question, and the answer decides what the company is worth. What

Sami took her daughter to the hospital because she woke up with a stomach ache. At reception, Sami provided her daughter’s name, age, contact information and other basic details. Then she saw the doctor. “Can you fill this out for us?” So she did. Then she went to the lab. Another form. Then billing. Another

Nigeria is moving into a new phase of its digital transformation. The Federal Government’s National Digital Cloud Policy is not simply about where the government stores its data or which cloud provider an organisation chooses. It signals a broader shift towards building the infrastructure, governance and systems required for a more digitally capable Nigeria. And

Across Africa, we celebrate extraordinary people. The entrepreneur who built a business against all odds. The teacher who transforms lives despite limited resources. The employee who keeps an entire department running through sheer determination. These stories inspire us because they showcase resilience. But they also raise an important question: Why does success so often require

Coordinating an enterprise treasury and risk implementation means managing decisions that never stop multiplying. On Africa Finance Corporation’s Murex MX.3 programme, that means 11+ interlocking workstreams, spanning Front Office, Risk, Operations, Finance, Technology, Data Migration, Interfaces, Collateral Mgmt, and Reporting, each with its own experts, timelines, and dependencies, all moving at the same time. Insyt

Accessibility is no longer optional. For a long time, workplace accessibility was treated as a compliance checkbox. Something you addressed when legal flagged it or when a specific employee needed accommodation. That approach is changing fast. In 2026, the most forward-thinking enterprises are treating accessibility as an operational priority, and AI is the reason that

A company spends eight months implementing an AI-powered reporting system. Three months after go-live, the analytics team is still pulling data manually every Monday morning, reconciling figures across spreadsheets, and emailing summaries the same way they always have. The tool is live. Nobody is using it the way it was designed. This is not a

There is a version of success that creates its own problem. You build the capability. You win the clients. You develop expertise. And somewhere along the way, the business quietly outgrows the brand while the brand keeps telling the old story to every new opportunity that walks through the door. When a government agency, a

Scaling is the dream, right? More patients, more staff, more impact. But for a prominent home health agency in the Washington, DC region, scaling felt more like a nightmare. As their patient list grew, their back office started to buckle. They weren’t just growing; they were leaking cash through a thousand small holes. The Crisis: