In this issue, we report on a recent study by US consultancy The Boston Consulting Group that African consumers are optimistic and eager to spend in Africa’s Consumer Boom Rwanda, Nigeria, Namibia, Tanzania and Gabon occupy the top five places of the inaugural A.T. Kearney African Retail Development Index (ARDI) as reported in Retail in Africa: Brimming with Opportunities.

In Athletics Africa AthleticsAfrica.com’s Yomi Omogbeja shares how digital media provide the tools for Africans to tell their own sporting stories.

Chioma Nnani talks about her life and career as a self-employed ghost writer who uses her creative talents to give a voice to individuals and organisations that need her persuasive communication skills in Born to Write.

If we are to address the Leadership Deficit in Africa we must be prepared to acknowledge that we need to see things differently, says leadership specialist Mark T. Jones in Addressing the Leadership Deficit. Executive and Leadership Coach, Noel Brady explains how mindful business leaders make better decisions for themselves, their teams and their businesses in Introducing Mindfulness.

In our Careers section, Nigeria is a dynamic environment that offers opportunities for work and enterprise, says Anne-Funmi Fatusin, who offers her tips for success in Moving to Nigeria? A Diaspora Perspective. Mimi Koranteng sheds some light - and offers some lighthearted advice - on how to deal with the different personalities in your workplace in Workplace Personality (Stereo) Types

Also in our Careers section, our careers coach offers advice on how to handle blame deflecting colleagues in Ask the Career Coach –My Colleague is Always Shifting the Blame!

In our Enterprise section, Landé Belo explores one of the main challenges facing businesses operating in Africa - finding and retaining the right staff. To be sustainable, she says in Can’t Get the Staff?,businesses must convert Africa’s vast human capital into a skilled workforce.

We preview two forthcoming events: HR Leaders Africa 2014,the HR Leaders Africa conference in June 2014 which is Africa’s most influential gathering of HR professionals, and The 5^th TMT Finance & Investment Africa 2014 Conference which will take place in London at the Grand Connaught Rooms Covent Garden on June 18, 2014.

Our guest interviewee in this month’s ‘ 5 Minute Interview’ Management Consultant Modupe Williams who shares some of the lessons he has learned along the way.

May and June see an extensive line-up of events in the UK and overseas and our Events listing gives you details of what’s on and some un-missable Dates for your Diary

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We visit the ReConnect Africa Library and we give you another chance to read Africa through an Artist’s Eye, an interview with award-winning South African composer and poet, Eugene Skeef, who gives his take on ubuntu, South Africa and the need for transformation.

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