As recently as 2007, international investors were showing great interest in African real estate and infrastructure. This is because the fundamentals in most African countries – economic growth, urbanization and burgeoning youth – are good news for the property industry in the decade to come. Economic growth generates jobs and higher incomes. Urbanization drives settlement in cities and suburbs and young people create families and form households. This drives increased demand for urban homes, offices, retail facilities and municipal amenities.

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What is a personal brand?

Everyone has a personal brand. Your reputation, what people know you for, what you’re not. People do not know that they have a brand as they are not aware. Awareness is the first step. An effective and authentic personal brand is a combination of your personality and character all embedded in your world view and values which in turn determine your world-view. People always ask where do I start? What are the skills I need to build my personal brand? What is my competitive edge? What is my competitive edge?

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It is often said that the dinosaur, once the biggest creature on earth, was unchallenged for food in times of scarcity and hence, by its size and speed, was given the highest chances of surviving and outliving all other creatures.

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