Poll fears may harm growth, warn CEOs

CEOs in Africa are optimistic about their company’s prospects for revenue growth over the medium term, according to PwC’s ‘Africa Business Agenda, 2014’ report issued today (http://www.pwc.com). Suresh Kana, Senior Partner for PwC Africa, says: “CEOs in Africa feel more positive about their ability to generate revenue growth and about prospects for the economy now that they are emerging from the global financial recession.”

“It is interesting to note however that CEOs are slightly more...

Bashir Partner KPMG, (PWC) Country Senior Partner.

Issues affecting East African region’s economic progression are expected to take centre stage at this year’s East Africa Business Summit (EABS) to be held in Kigali, Rwanda as from June 4 – 6.

The two-day Summit, themed Positioning East Africa for Inclusive Prosperity in 2020 and beyond, is expected to bring together over 100 top Chief Executives Officers, financiers and government officials who will also discuss ways of exploiting...

Lars Rebien 

The world’s top-performing CEO isn’t a household name. In fact, Lars Rebien Sørensen doesn’t even look like a big-time global executive. We recently traveled to the quiet town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, to meet with the CEO of the Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk at his lakefront summer home. He met us in shorts, sandals, and a polo shirt, dressed for a bike ride later that day.