The Vision of GLS Catering: Ubuntu
Founded by an Ivorian entrepreneur in 1999, in twelve short years GLS Catering Services, Ltd., has expanded its operations into eight countries on three continents.
Jean Louis Billon – Biography
Having just emerged from the worst crisis ever experienced in the history of Cote d’Ivoire—the chaos and civil war that has wracked the country for the past twelve years—there is no doubt that the speed and success of that country’s recovery will largely depend on the dynamism of one businessman: Jean Louis Billon.
Bertrand Vignes – Biography
Bertrand Vignes is currently the CEO of SIFCA, though he comes to SIFCA from Michelin. He was instrumental in setting up the Michelin-SIFCA partnership in 2002. He headed PALMCI as CEO, until becoming Deputy CEO of SIFCA in 2009, and then CEO of SIFCA in March 2011.
Problems of Sport Development in Brazil
According to João Paulo Diniz, Executive Chairman of LiveWright, the major hurdles along the way are political. The nature of sport in Brazil based on federations and confederations is difficult to change.
Sport in Brazil: Professionalization of Sport in Brazil
The most important thing with LiveWright is to develop the principles of the private sector. LiveWright has been set up to professionalize sports in Brazil.
Publishing Sector in Brazil: João Doria on Publishing Industry in Brazil
João Doria, President of Grupo DORIA, talks about the publishing & media industry in a multi facet interview for Marcopolis.net report on Brazil.
Investments in Brazil: Why to Invest in Brazil
In January 2003, the index of the stock market was 11,000 points, and today it’s 56,000 points. An investor who invested money in 2003 – almost nine years ago – would have his assets five times bigger now – not too many countries provided this kind of opportunity.
Entrepreneurship in Brazil
Many Brazilians want to be entrepreneurs. However, Brazil is still a very complicated country for entrepreneurs, the cost of bureaucracy here is very high, as is the time needed to start or improve a business – there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Problems in Brazil: Slowdown in China and Speed of Changes
Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil from 2003 to 2007, talks about major problems in Brazil.
Groupe CFAO
Fabrice Desgardin, PDG de CFAO Automotive
Le Groupe CFAO – Groupe Compagnie Française de l’Afrique Occidentale – a été en Afrique depuis plus de 120 ans. Côte d’Ivoire est un exemple idéal de ce que tout le Groupe CFAO fait l’Afrique. Le Groupe CFAO a quatre principaux domaines d’activité; l’automobile, la distribution pharmaceutique, la technologie et, enfin, l’industrie.