Guest Posts

Introduction – The Cult of the Degree

Growing up in Cameroon, like in many parts of Africa, we were taught to worship the diploma. The higher the degree, the greater your chance to succeed. Our parents sacrificed, our families prayed, and society applauded every new certificate as though it was the passport to life.

I lived this belief.

I earned one bachelor’s degree, then another in Management and SME Development. I went further: a Master’s in Accounting and Finance in Douala, and later

Comment le défilement nocturne vole le repos de nos enfants — et comment familles et communautés peuvent les aider à le retrouver.

La petite étoile sous la couverture

Dans le noir, le téléphone brillait comme une petite étoile sous la couverture.

Il était presque minuit dans une maison modeste à la périphérie de Douala. La maison s’était apaisée : les parents dormaient, le chien reposait près du portail, le ronron du groupe électrogène s’essoufflait. Mais dans une chambre du fond, une faible lumière

Les progrès de la puissance de calcul et du stockage des données ont permis l’émergence du “big data” et son impact va être énorme.

Trois changements majeurs transforment notre façon d’analyser l’information :

Nous n’avons pas à nous contenter de l’échantillonnage – nous pouvons désormais utiliser toutes les données applicables.
Nous devrons renoncer à une certaine précision – les données volumineuses sont désordonnées, car elles se présentent sous différents formats et se présentent de diverses sources.
Nous devrons passer d’une concentration sur la recherche de

Written by Chekem Pierre

PARTNERSHIP DECLARATION ON CLIMATE 2022

PARTNERSHIP DECLARATION ON CLIMATE 2022

Association for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Partnership

DECLARATION DE PARTNERSHIP SUR LE CLIMAT 2022

Association pour la promotion de l’esprit d’entreprise et le partenariat

LET YOUR CONTENT REFLECT YOUR BRAND AND VICE VERSA

Perception is everything. As human beings, it’s how we understand the world. We perceive what our senses tell us. We learn from these perceptions. We also learn from experience. Positive experiences cause positive reinforcement. This means that when something pleases us, we desire to experience this pleasure again. Obviously, negative experiences cause negative reinforcement. This means that when something hurts us, we avoid that experience in the future as a

BRANDING YOUR OFFLINE BUSINESS

One area that is often overlooked by offline business owners is their brand. They open up a new store or service location and forget about the branding aspect of it. Branding is much easier to accomplish today if you incorporate online tools and marketing methods. Let’s take a quick look at how to do this. All business owners should at the very least have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. What is

WHY YOU SHOULD NOT LEAVE YOUR DAY JOB AND START A NEW BUSINESS.  Series 2/9

If you go to any school, sit in the back of Finance 101 and listen the First lesson, you will hear the professor asking her students this question: What is the trick to successful investing? The answer is pretty clear: Diversification. When you are building an investment portfolio, a simple way to minimize risk on your investment is to properly diversify so that one

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