Category Archives: Business
The B Team Website Up And Running!
John Elkington, author of The Zeronauts, helps launch The B Team website, a non-profit organization led by Sir Richard Branson and former CEO of Puma Jochen Zeitz. Zeitz is currently co-authoring with Elkington on their new book, Tomorrow’s Bottom Line.
As seen on bteam.org:
The B Team is a not-for-profit initiative that has been formed by a group of global business leaders to create a future where the purpose of business is to be a driving force for social, environmental and economic benefit.
The 2013 IABC World Conference – NYC
Conversation with transformative CEOs
Tuesday, 25 June, 9:00–10:15 a.m.Track: General Sessions and Special Events
Leading business is no longer just about change or innovation … it’s about transformation. Reiss will enlighten, inspire and entertain you with his message: “The Transformative CEO – Lessons from America’s Top CEOs”. He will facilitate the panel of top executives to help you better understand the rules of how to become transformative leader, inspire teams and lead your organization.
Moderator
Robert Reiss is founder and host of The CEO Show, nationally 
syndicated to more than 600,000 listeners on Am/Fm radio. His company publishes The CEO Forum, a quarterly magazine whose subscription base is exclusively 10,000 CEOs and is co-author of The Transformative CEO. He is a regular contributor with Forbes.com, where he has written over 40 columns on CEO perspective. In 2011 Reiss launched The CEO TV Show which is the first pan-mobile program featuring CEOs who have reinvented the fabric of American industry.
Rwanda, Inc. Authors Editorial in FORBES
The Markets Endorse Rwanda’s Path To Economic Growth
By Andrea Redmond & Patricia Crisafulli
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Amid the rhetoric, pro and con, around Rwanda, the impartial voice of the marketplace has spoken, with a ringing endorsement of its economic turnaround and prospects for continued growth.
Last week, Rwanda’s debut on the global bond market raised $400 million with an offering that was heavily over-subscribed by nearly eight times. Final yield on the 10-year bonds of 6.875% was less than reported expectations in the low-7% area, due to strong buyer interest. Proceeds will go to repayment of bank loans, infrastructure such as a hydropower project, expansion of the national airline RwandAir, and the completion of a convention center in the capital of Kigali.
The successful bond issue triggered a flurry of enthusiastic postings on Twitter from Rwandan government officials (very savvy users of social media). Finance Minister Claver Gatete hailed a “great day for Rwanda after the investors have shown confidence in our economy….” President Paul Kagame tweeted his congratulations to those who worked to bring the bond offering to a successful conclusion, adding “Let’s continue forward.”
