My blog posts and external op-eds/articles on business-related topics
Op-Ed by me, published in The Economic Times. 2020-10-17 For once, Africa has an image advantage As the world reopens, and leisure tourism gradually resumes, African countries have a competitive advantage in the scramble for tourist arrivals. As the world continues to battle Covid-19, most African countries seem to have weathered the global public health crisis…
Op-Ed by me, published in The Exchange. 2020-09-15. Digital Nomads are now changing the way of doing business in Africa given the upsurge and availability of internet connectivity. In 2020, remote working finally became normal everywhere. Analysts and thought leaders had predicted that this would happen “soon” for the past 25 years, but it took…
This post was also published as an op-ed in The Exchange on 2020-06-10 How the pangs of the pandemic are forging a new era of cashless payments for Kenya and Africa, as the world returns to a new normalcy. A few weeks ago, I was positively surprised to see a sign in a sports shop…
Kenya is bustling with roadworks at the moment. Nairobi is leading from the front. With the promise of great highways soon, however, comes utter chaos now. Every other major road seems to be under construction in 2020. As an inevitable result, brace for slow, bumpy rides through choking traffic jams on temporary mud roads. Nairobi…
The first-ever African Innovation Week took place in Addis Ababa at the African Union Headquarters, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2. AIW is an international conference, showcasing entrepreneurship in Africa. I was honoured to be among the keynote speakers. Our experience of scaling HotelOnline across Africa is one of my favorite topics! Africa is experiencing an…
Why terms like “impact business” or “social entrepreneurship” are outdated Article by me, published as an op-ed in The Exchange October 2019 print edition Henry T. Ford once said “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business”. The attitude behind his statement remains emblematic for some of the most successful businesses in…
The CEO of Africa Innovation Network, Flemming Sørensen, reached out recently, asking if I could do a video appearance at a seminar, telling the story of HotelOnline. Sure, I love telling about how Endre and I built our now pretty successful traveltech company. So how to make a video? I neither had the time, nor…
Håvar Bauck, the Norwegian entrepreneur who hit the news earlier this year over his dealings with controversial Polish tech entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski announced yesterday that his Kenyan travel tech startup HotelOnline had raised $320 000. The company provides solutions for e-commerce and digital marketing to more than 1500 hotels in 18 markets across Africa and South Asia. The new…
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Shravan Shroff Joins HotelOnline Board of Directors Article in BusinessWorld Hotelier, published on 2019-07-10 HotelOnline is a travel tech scale-up, started by Norwegian entrepreneurs Håvar Bauck and Endre Opdal, both living in Kenya. HotelOnline, with an aim to strengthen its position in current core markets, delivering outstanding quality to their hotel partners and creating more…
Interview with me about HotelOnline in The Exchange. 2019-04-25. How two Norwegians turned Kenyan built a global traveltech success from five apartments in Syokimau When Håvar Bauck landed in Kenya in 2002, the country was in chaos. The government of outgoing president Daniel Moi was preparing to exit the scene after 24 years in power….
