Africa Retail Academy is an initiative of Lagos Business School (LBS) aimed at nurturing a community of experts and practitioners in the African retail sector, as well as providing a platform for the dissemination of the continent's current retail advancements.
The academy also offers asynchronous programmes and short courses tailored to the unique African retail environment. This represents the first-ever African foray into a comprehensive, self-paced retail education.
Drawing upon the expertise of foremost academics and practitioners from around Africa, the academy will paint a vivid portrait of the history, future, and present state of retail on the continent.
Hybrid, in-person and virtual training sessions.
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Informal retail is not a hindrance to growth.
The future of retail is about being customer-centric.
The money doesn’t drive retail, the passion does.
The question of African retail scaling is one of when, rather than if, and who are the People that will drive that process.
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