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Growth without resilience is not growth at all

Sharing insights: Letshwao
Sharing insights: Letshwao

Across Africa, the conversation about growth is changing. For decades, success was measured through expansion, profitability, and market share. Whilst these remain important, businesses today are operating in a far more complex environment. Climate change, cybersecurity threats, geopolitical uncertainty, evolving regulation, and shifting stakeholder expectations are reshaping the definition of sustainable success.

In this environment, growth alone is no longer enough. The real question is whether that growth can endure. This is where risk leadership becomes increasingly important. Unfortunately, risk management is often misunderstood as a function designed to slow organisations down, create obstacles or simply say "no". In reality, effective risk management should do the opposite. It should enable organisations to pursue opportunity with greater confidence, clarity, and resilience.

The institutions that will thrive in the years ahead will not necessarily be those willing to take the biggest risks. They will be those capable of understanding risk, managing it effectively and making informed decisions in the face of uncertainty.

Editor's Comment
Tana project a welcome development

Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...

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