A Lapaire Glasses outlet.
In lower than six years, the Africa-focused eyeglasses firm Lapaire has expanded from its authentic market in Kenya to 6 different African nations, particularly Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, and Benin. Founder and CEO Jérôme Lapaire credit a big a part of the corporate’s development to his means to belief folks.
“I’m not a micro-manager,” Lapaire says.
This method proved essential when the corporate expanded to Côte d’Ivoire, because it enabled him to relocate there and set up the enterprise, whereas relying on his staff in Kenya to handle operations. “In Kenya … I employed two folks. I labored with them for 3 months and simply gave them the keys of the whole enterprise. I gave them entry to the checking account, I gave them entry to all the pieces they usually ran the enterprise.”
“If you wish to scale it’s essential belief folks. You possibly can’t scale in case you’re by yourself and also you need to management all the pieces,” he provides.
Learn our full interview with Jérôme Lapaire: Entrepreneur capitalises on Africa’s demand for inexpensive eyeglasses
