Africa’s top female CEOs; Sharia-compliant crypto; Hedge fund legend heads to UAE
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Business Chief Bulletin: Africa’s top female CEOs; Sharia-compliant crypto; Hedge fund legend heads to UAE
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How are workplaces evolving to meet the challenges of today?
The way in which workplaces function has changed dramatically over the past few years.
But the evolution of workplaces and the workforce itself goes way beyond the location in which staff are doing their jobs.
In this age of growing promises from employers – to be more sustainable, to be more inclusive, to be more understanding – are employees actually recognising discernible differences in their day-to-day experiences?
In attempting to answer exactly that,?Workhuman?surveyed more than 4,100 full-time employees across the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. The outcome was its latest ‘Evolution of Work’ 2023 report, the 15th iteration of the company’s annual whitepaper research.
Learn more about the report findings, here
Which US hedge fund legend is setting up in Abu Dhabi?
Described as “the Steve Jobs of investing”, Ray Dalio is something of a maverick and pioneer when it comes to trading. Born in 1949 in New York, Dalio was buying and selling shares by the age of 12, and established? Bridgewater Associates ?in 1975.
Sound familiar? That’s because Bridgewater is now the biggest hedge fund in the world, with an estimated US$160 billion in assets under management.
So what is he now doing in Abu Dhabi??Read more to find out
Now you can invest in crypto and be Sharia-compliant
Islamic Coin is set to be a game-changer in Islamic finance.
As the world’s first Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency, this soon-to-be-launched coin is promising to take the financial ecosystem to a new level of ethics.
And investors are biting.
Not only is Islamic Coin (ISLM) an industry first mover, as the first cryptocurrency to strictly abide by Islamic principles and traditions on finance, but it is set to become the first-ever coin to bring direct economic value to a community.?
Currently still in private sales phase, but due to be unveiled to the public across top global exchanges next month, Islamic Coin says it will give the Muslim community worldwide a financial instrument for the Digital Age that will enable seamless transactions, while supporting philanthropy and innovation.
It seems likely, that when officially launched in May, Islamic Coin will both deliver on success and meaning, given the support it has so far secured from financial institutions and venture capitalists.
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Top 10: female CEOs leading Africa’s biggest businesses
Earlier this year, women leaders reached a new milestone. For the first time in the Fortune 500 list’s 68-year history, more than 10% of Fortune 500 companies (53) are led by women.
While across the African continent, just 5% of companies listed on Africa’s 24 stock exchanges have a woman as CEO.
That’s according to a study of 2,020 companies listed on the 24 African stock exchanges, along with Bloomberg data, revealed in the?Definitive List of Women CEOs from Africa.com and Standard Bank Group.
According to the analysis of 93 women across 17 countries, while women-led companies remain a rarity across Africa, those companies that do have a woman CEO outperform financially by a wide measure.
To celebrate the outperformance of female-led companies in Africa and elsewhere, we list the women who have made it to the top jobs across the continent and investigate how they got there and what they have achieved.
From Business Chief Magazine
Discover the upside of uncertainty to unleash innovation
Uncertain times are a catalyst for innovation acceleration. But first you must face the fear of uncertainty.
And Professor Nathan Furr should know. Because, as well as teaching innovation and technology strategy at?INSEAD, arguably the world’s leading business school, the Professor has spent the last two decades interviewing innovators all over the world.
“Nothing could be more important, in the long run, than innovation and experimentation,” declares Furr. “We live in a world of constant change and the only way forward in a world of uncertainty is through experimentation. We must recreate ourselves and our organisations, step by step, all the time – otherwise, we become obsolete with time.”
And at no time is the need to recreate, innovate and reach for new possibilities more pertinent than now, when the fallout from the pandemic has fundamentally changed the way organisations do business and economic uncertainty intensifies.
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