by Oscar Manduku-Habeenzu | Nov 17, 2025 | Profiles, People, Leadership
Aptiva AI’s founder receives a prestigious 2025 LIST Award, marking a defining moment for African-first artificial intelligence. A Defining Moment for African AI When John Arufandika walked onto the stage at the 2025 LIST Awards in Harare to receive the Emerging...
by Oscar Manduku-Habeenzu | Oct 8, 2025 | Profiles, People, Leadership
The auction floor wakes early. In the cool light before buyers crowd the lines, graders nod through stacks of flue-cured leaf and a district councillor from the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) answers a grower’s question about this week’s prices. The scene could be...
by Oscar Manduku-Habeenzu | Sep 17, 2025 | AI, E-Commerce, Apps & Tech, Business & Industry
The social media era seduces businesses with big numbers: 100,000 followers, a million views, trending hashtags. These numbers sparkle like treasure-but too often, they’re fool’s gold. Virality may bring fleeting applause, but it doesn’t guarantee sustainable sales,...
by Oscar Manduku-Habeenzu | Aug 21, 2025 | Banking & Finance
“My Godzilla needs more food to be a contending monster in the media world of business”, you may say, but remember, every founder has a Godzilla. At first, it’s small – a creature you can feed with your own savings, late nights, and the sheer fire of belief. You...
by Oscar Manduku-Habeenzu | Jul 7, 2025 | Business & Industry
In an age of fast talk and fleeting trends, The Compass Room 360 made a bold and refreshing entrance into South Africa’s business leadership space with its inaugural Accountability Room event on 5 July 2025. Hosted at The Premier Hotel Quatermain in Morningside,...