African Leadership Magazine Blog

With the world carefully and slowly opening up again in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinations. These include London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne. It will also offer connections in Dubai for customers travelling between the UK and Australia. In...

In mid-March, Apple closed all of its stores outside of China “until further notice.” It was a sweeping — but necessary move for a world facing downturn as a result of a growing pandemic. In a statement issued on Monday, titled, “To our Customers,” Retail SVP Deirdre O’Brien offered insight into the company’s plans to reopen locations. Nearly 100 stores have already...

A few days after my last column on Africa, COVID-19 and the disruptive concept of work, I saw a screaming headline from a Time Magazine news article on the 7th of May, 2020: “South Africa Parliament Video Call Hacked With Explicit Images“. The South African Parliament, like most parliaments in the world, switched to virtual meetings, in respect for the...

Miracle Nwankwo In the nineteenth century, the Swazis fled their indigenous home to settle in the Pongola valley in KwaZulu Natal due to territorial unrest. However, they were soon forced out by the Ndwandwe attack, and they moved to the Ezulwini Valley, which is known as Swaziland today. At the time, the people were ruled by Sobhuza I of the Dlamini,...

Adobe recently announced the release of five new AI (Artificial Intelligence) services for Experience Cloud powered by Sensei. These services are meant to help businesses use AI for predictive modelling on data sets, providing insights on things like churn, customer fatigue and the impact of marketing campaigns.  The new services include Customer AI, Attribution AI, Journey AI, Content and Commerce...