HANS STOISSER
Banken Challenge 2020
The French telecom provider Orange starts mobile banking in France. Mobile banks come from Africa, where Orange has go the Know-how from. Will mobile banking disrupt European banks?
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HANS STOISSER
Africa, the next factory of the world
The African industrialization through Chinese entrepreneurs, that is the theses put forward by Irene Yuan Sun. Her new book "The next factory of the world - How Chinese Investment is reshaping Africa" ....
Read MoreTurning Point
A new blogpost in German.
Ten tips to start a business in Africa
This article has been published in full length for the first time in German language in the BUSINESSART magazine in September 2017. READY TO MOUNT A VULCANO? Some of us have already ascended a volcano. If they succeeded and made…
Kenya is worth the trip
Did you notice that elections in Kenya disappeared from media coverage in Austria/Germany before the exact outcome was resolved? Learn what determines African societies and economies. Watch out for opportunities to cooperate.
Read MoreNot fear, hope drives African migrants
A new blogpost in German. You find it here.
Insulting and Foolish – Paul Collier on Refugees and Aid
A highly interesting interview with Paul Collier, the British development economist, by Andreas Sator from DerStandard. Currently Paul Collier is supporting the German government in changing their approach towards Africa.
Read MoreWhy a stimulus from Africa can help Europe to overcome its own crises
Why European companies have to be present in Africa, part 4: Being present in African countries helps to see again that an increasing division of labour, more free trade and more and more networked systems not only reduce poverty in Africa, but are also the foundation of our own prosperity.
Read MoreEurope’s Handling of African Migration
Paper from Hans Stoisser, published in Europäische Briefe of the European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi on December 15th, 2016 Europe’s Handling of African Migration If we develop a clear picture of the situation, a strategy will almost become self evident From a European perspective, Africa is a continent…
Disruptive Innovations start on the lower end of the market
Why European companies have to be present in Africa, part 3: Market-creating innovations always start at the lower end of the market, we learn from Clayton Christensen, the father of the theory of disruptive innovations ...
Read MoreDigital Transformation – Why learning from Africa
The African innovation culture has always been creative and good at doing. But lacked knowledge and technologies. Globalization has changed that fundamentally. Today, the ubiquity of digital technologies and the access to knowledge provide the missing link.
Read MoreThe Digital Revolution and the real needs of people
Mobile money is standard in African countries. Much less vested interests and much less old technologies have allowed to cater much more directly for the needs of the people. And this goes on. In African countries it seems to be…