How To Find And Keep Talent In African Tech Startups

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. The tools used by Silicon Valley, London, and Paris to hire the best and brightest — namely stock options — seldom work in Africa, says Ndubuisi Ekekwe in a report in HarvardBusinessReview.

Ekekwe is a local technology company owner in Nigeria with pan-African operations. He founded the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

Here are Ekekwe’s suggestions for mitigating talent challenges in Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem.

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. The tools used by Silicon Valley, London, and Paris to hire the best and brightest — namely stock options — seldom work in Africa, says Ndubuisi Ekekwe in a report in HarvardBusinessReview.
Ekekwe is a local technology company owner in Nigeria with pan-African operations. He founded the non-profit African Institution of Technology.
Here are Ekekwe’s suggestions for mitigating talent challenges in Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem.
- See more at: http://afkinsider.com/94180/how-to-find-and-keep-talent-in-african-tech-startups/#sthash.I6DBdF0E.dpuf

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. The tools used by Silicon Valley, London, and Paris to hire the best and brightest — namely stock options — seldom work in Africa, says Ndubuisi Ekekwe in a report in HarvardBusinessReview.
Ekekwe is a local technology company owner in Nigeria with pan-African operations. He founded the non-profit African Institution of Technology.
Here are Ekekwe’s suggestions for mitigating talent challenges in Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem.
- See more at: http://afkinsider.com/94180/how-to-find-and-keep-talent-in-african-tech-startups/#sthash.I6DBdF0E.dpuf