Lessons From Working in the Mining Industry
Twenty-two years from graduate engineer to operations executive: on safety, community, discipline and what mining teaches you about running anything.
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Twenty-two years from graduate engineer to operations executive: on safety, community, discipline and what mining teaches you about running anything.
A 70-minute masterclass on the opportunities and traps specific to African capital markets: treasury instruments, listed equities, private deals, property, currency and the role of patience.
Nine situations in which the right investment decision is no - including the ones that feel most like yes.
Ten things I would tell my thirty-year-old self about money, patience and the difference between investing and betting.
A twelve-month preparation plan for founders who will need bank finance - starting long before the application.
The seven clauses that matter most in a commercial contract, in plain language, and the questions to ask about each.
Forty investments and hundreds of pitches: the patterns that end meetings early and the rare things that make an investor lean forward.
Which neighbourhoods earn, which ones appreciate, and why the beautiful property is often the worse investment.
Clinical excellence does not run a business. Six patterns I see repeatedly in doctors, pharmacists and health-tech founders who struggle.
We decided to rebuild our platform from scratch. Eleven months later we had two systems, half a team and no new features. What I learned about technical debt and pride.
Fourteen months of late reimbursements, a departing head nurse and a loan I could not service. How we got through it, and what I would do differently.
Treasury bills, bonds, corporate debt and the 2022 domestic debt exchange - what fixed income is, how it pays, and what its risks really are.