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…
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My blog posts and external op-eds/articles on business-related topics
**The Exchange** Remote workers – a Key Source of Africa’s Future Tourism Revenue
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…
Going cashless in Kenya is now King!
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…
Nairobi, a city of endless roadworks
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…
HotelOnline: How we scaled across Africa
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 Exchange** 21st Century Capitalism
Why terms like “impact business” or “social entrepreneurship” are outdated Article by me, published as an op-ed in The Exchange October 2019 print edition Henry T. Ford once said “A business that makes nothing but…
HotelOnline – the story
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…
[Ventureburn] Norwegian Håvar Bauck’s Kenyan startup HotelOnline announces it’s raised $320k
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…
[BW Hotelier] Shravan Shroff Joins HotelOnline Board of Directors
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…
**The Exchange** HotelOnline conquers Africa from Kenya
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…