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The Global Headhunting Firm for AfricaThe global consumer and retail sectors face significant and unprecedented challenges in today’s constantly evolving landscape. The importance of hiring and retaining the right senior talent therefore remains more critical to the industry’s success than ever before. Read more below. If you’re an employer seeking high-level, specialist talent across various sectors, get in touch. If you’re seeking a fresh career change in Sub-Saharan Africa, make sure we have your CV. We were featured on 702 and kykNet this month. Be sure to check out both interviews below. We hope you have a great month ahead. Onwards & Upwards The Homecoming Revolution Team |
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| Africa’s Retail Skills Shortage | ||||||
| In Sub-Saharan Africa’s fast moving and highly competitive consumer market, the importance of hiring the right talent remains critical to the success of retailers.
This was among the key insights and trends garnered from the recently held GIBS Retail and Consumer Insights Conference 2019. One of the major themes which emerged from the event was the significant skills shortage in several pockets of the industry. David Smith, Equity Research Analyst at Investec, highlighted the critical skills shortage of data scientists and analysts in the retail sector. Read more. |
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| For Employers – See Our Talent Hot List | ||||||
| Please contact our headhunters if you are interested in recruiting any of the following candidates:
Zimbabwean Male – Chief Executive – Insurance |
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| A Selection of Job Opportunities | ||||||
| Chief HR Officer – Global FMCG – Sub Saharan Africa CFO – Fintech – Johannesburg General Manager – Pharma – Nairobi Ecommerce Exec – Retail – Johannesburg Chief Marketing Officer – FMCG – Lagos Digital Transformation Director – Manufacturing – Johannesburg Head of Sales – Computer Software – Lagos Commercial Director – Multinational Tech Company – Nairobi Chief Information Officer – TMT – Johannesburg Ecommerce Director – Retail – Nairobi Sales Director – Food & Beverage – Lusaka HR Tech Specialist – Professional Services – Johannesburg Agriculture Manager – Food Production – Durban Chief Commercial Director – Manufacturing – Ghana Agriculture Manager – Consumer Goods- Maputo Factory Manager – Food & Beverage – Lilongwe CEO – Food Production – Mbabane E-commerce Director – Retail – Johannesburg Managing Director – Agriculture – Nairobi Regional Director – Manufacturing – Nigeria CFO – FMCG – Lagos Finance Executive – Retail – Durban Head of Product – Fintech Lagos Managing Director – Fintech – Cape Town |
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| We are continually working on many roles in addition to the ones above. So, if you’re in the market, please make sure we have your CV so we can match you to opportunities as they arise. | ||||||
| In the News | ||||||
 702
CEO Angel Jones speaks to Talk Radio 702’s Bruce Whitfield on the core reasons why skilled South Africans choose to leave the country, and the core motivators behind the decisions made by many to return home after time spent abroad. Click here to listen to the interview. |
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 kykNET
Homecoming Revolution Managing Director Faye Tessendorf spoke to popular South African Afrikaans-language television channel, kykNet, about the importance of South Africans gaining global experience abroad and bringing this expertise home. Click here to watch to the interview. |
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| Retail & Consumer Insights 2019 Conference
The GIBS Retail & Consumer Insights 2019 Conference examined various trends, opportunities and insights key to the sustainability of the retail sector on both a local and international scale.
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| Mercer Africa HR Summit 2019
Over 150 HR professionals came together to discuss how to build a more agile workforce through digitization, transformation and the use of metrics and analytics.
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| Ghana World’s Fastest Growing Economy in 2019 | ||||||
| Ghana’s economy is skyrocketing. That is what the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predict for this year. The IMF talks of a growth rate of 8.8 percent in its World Economic Outlook, which would make Ghana the fastest growing economy in the world in 2019. Last year, the country’s economy only grew by 5.6 percent, putting it in sixth position. Where does this new impetus come from and in which sectors is Ghana doing particularly well? Read more. | ||||||
| Homecomer Stories: | ||||||
 SOUTH AFRICA
‘I always knew I would one day return’ South African-born chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of Michelin-starred restaurant JAN in Nice, France, has become known as the country’s first chef to be awarded a Michelin star. Now, he’s announced plans to open a restaurant in his home country by 2020. I’m a farm boy, born and raised, so I always knew I would one day return to the bush; to the campfires and open skies of my beloved South Africa. Through a shared passion and vision for all things South African – our food, people, shared culture and arts – I have entered into a global partnership with the Oppenheimer family. Together, we have embarked on an incredible project that celebrates the unexplored culinary territory of the vast Kalahari…Read more. |
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NIGERIA
10 things you should know before returning to Nigeria Tejumade Haastrup’s move back home to Nigeria from South Africa in 2017 was more accidental than intentional. She recounts her homecomer story. Since I’ve moved back home, albeit indefinitely, I’ve had some difficult times. There have been highs and lows but most of all, what I’ve discovered amidst the challenges I’ve had to endure is that some of my ‘suffering’ could have been avoided if I had been forewarned. She lists 10 things she wishes someone had told her before moving back home…Read more. |
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