Ideas that shape Africa’s business future
Research-backed thinking, leadership insights, and business intelligence curated for Africa’s evolving economic landscape.
A Publication by Lagos Business School
Sixty-three years ago, the foundations of African unity were laid with a shared vision of collective progress. Today, as we commemorate Africa Day 2026 under the African Union’s Agenda 2063 theme “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems”, we are reminded that the “Africa…
by Oreoluwa Adeyinka, Senior Programme Manager, Lagos Business School Family Business Initiative Across Africa, and particularly in Nigeria, family businesses are the backbone of economic activity. They generate employment, drive domestic production, and anchor local supply chains. Most of these enterprises are founded with long-term…
By Nkemdilim Iheanachor | Professor of Strategic Management, Lagos Business School For decades, the dominant logic of business strategy has been built around a single unit of analysis: the firm. Build walls. Protect your advantages. Lock out competitors. The stronger your moat, the safer your…