First off, what exactly is a pyramid scheme?A pyramid scheme, also known as a “multi-level marketing” scheme or an MLM, is a popular form of direct selling that involves using one’s social connections to grow a business network. A 1996 academic journal defined direct selling as “face-to-face selling away from a fixed retail location”, usuallyContinue reading “Pyramid Schemes, or MLMs: what they are, the problems involved, and five questions to protect yourself + a totally unrelated talk about crypto.”
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Cyclical Econo-Mindsets
To begin with, let us answer the question: what exactly are Cyclical Econo-Mindsets?
The term simply refers to the way lived reality creates mindsets in individual people, and how the collective behaviour or reaction to those mindsets engenders or creates a reality of their own.
Religion in the Modern Workplace: How to Get It Right
Religion unquestionably plays a large role in the everyday lives and experiences of most people, but religious sentiments and ideas are often, by design, conspicuously absent in the modern workplace. The reasons for this are multiple, from the unwelcome difficulty of maintaining diversity and fairness amongreligious groups within the workforce, to the risk of discriminationContinue reading “Religion in the Modern Workplace: How to Get It Right”
A Conversation About Gig Work, in the African Context
So what exactly is this “Gig Work” everyone is suddenly raving about? “Gig work” typically refers to any short-term or part-time work carried out by temporary workers or employees; the term originates from the American word gig, which was used to refer to bookings and engagements by musical performers, and that concept of a time-limitedContinue reading “A Conversation About Gig Work, in the African Context”
The Last Wellness Plan You’ll Ever Need
A corporate wellness program you’ll actually use. The health and fitness of employees are becoming increasingly important in a corporate environment since their health and well-being are indicators of the organization’s overall health. This has placed pressure on management to focus on improving staff’s health status factors through corporate wellness interventions. This, however, may onlyContinue reading “The Last Wellness Plan You’ll Ever Need”
The history of pizza, and how travel shapes how and what we eat
Pizza is one of those food items that everyone has definitely seen or heard about at some point, even if we may have never tasted it before. This popularity is a testament, in many ways, to the journeys pizza has made around the world, and how that movement exposed the dish, both to innovation andContinue reading “The history of pizza, and how travel shapes how and what we eat”
How Visual Content and Storytelling Drives Travel Destination Marketing
As much as we may travel around the world in search of luxury, comfort and excitement, the primary thing that drives tourism globally is our human desire to experience and interact with new people, places, ideas and narratives. In other words, it is our unique stories that attract us to each other, and it isContinue reading “How Visual Content and Storytelling Drives Travel Destination Marketing”
Afrosan - the intersection of African business, travel and lifestyle 