HANS STOISSER
Bright spots against a fragmenting world
Our struggle is not only about overcoming the pandemic. The overarching theme remains the shaping of the interlinked global digital society.
HANS STOISSER
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Learning Journey to Silicon Savannah – What we can learn from Africa
We will be looking for the 'missing link' in understanding 'Africa' - the innovators. We will meet innovators, entrepreneurs, managers, professors, thinkers, writers...
Europe takes Africa more seriously – Juncker’s State of the Union speech
Junker's State of the Union speech: Africa is taken more seriously. Europe has learned what it means to be part of the interconnected global society. And has again real interests in Africa.
Asylum in Europe – Another reason to organize Learning Journeys to Africa
Learning Journeys to modern Africa make us recognize that solutions for the current asylum issues can only be found outside the asylum system
Why 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.
Europe’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 ...
The 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…
Huge demand meets new field of networks and digital technology
Demand means needs plus purchasing power. In the next couple of years the new emerging middle class in African countries stands for a huge demand. Which encounters a newly networked field of people and organizations. Find a new blog post…
Agile Europeans in Africa
Why we need agile Europeans in Africa “Many Europeans still treat Africans like children”, said James Shikwati, a Kenyan born intellectual, at a panel discussion in Hamburg, showing how European behavior is perceived in Africa. In the same discussion I argued that Africa and Europe…