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Mobile financial services aren’t new, but they’re at an inflection point and adoption is accelerating. This is not something that African banks or multinational organizations (MNOs) can afford to ignore. A bank or MNO that isn’t active in the market runs the risk of becoming less and less relevant.

Hans Kuipers
Managing Director & Partner
Johannesburg

Hans Kuipers leads Boston Consulting Group’s Industrial Goods and Strategy practices in Africa and is also active in the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecom practice. Hans is also a member of BCG’s global leadership team for Social Impact. 

Hans’ early work at BCG focused on helping clients in the telecommunications and private equity sectors. During his career he has acquired deep experience in consumer goods, health care, technology, and media. Recently, Hans has been working with clients in South Africa on social impact projects including providing support on a strategic plan for a private NPO business school, developing scenarios for the water future for a global non-profit institution, and designing and developing funding strategies for a non-profit educational organization. 

Prior to joining BCG, he was a partner with Accenture.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MA, economy, University of Groningen
  • MSc, chemical engineering, University of Groningen

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Board member, Tshikululu Social Investments

Publications and Videos

Listening for the Signals in the Green Economy Transition | Rectangle

Listening for the Signals in the Green Economy Transition

Disruptive events like climate transition are often positioned as surprises. But by following the right signals, companies can thrive in the green transition.
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An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African Mining

South Africa's mining sector faces a number of roadblocks, but mining companies can take action to alleviate them and renew growth in the industry.
Leading in a Time of Remote Working

Leading in a Time of Remote Working

With lockdown levels reduced, successful hybrid work poses difficult challenges for business leaders. Four obstacles still must be addressed to fully benefit from new ways of working and propel organisations forward.
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Mining After COVID: The South African Case

In this publication we look into the South African case to examine how COVID-19 disruptions have affected the mining industry and propose some interventions to return the South African mining industry to competitiveness and growth.
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Building Your Uncertainty Advantage

For some companies, disruption is a risk to be avoided. For others, it’s an opportunity to be embraced. With better sensing, modeling, and planning capabilities, businesses can use upheaval as a catapult to success.
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Have You Future-Proofed Your Strategy?

We present four scenarios that can help stretch your thinking beyond forecasts. They prepare organizations for the unpredictable and for whatever lies ahead.
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Mining Needs to Go Faster on Climate

Mining executives can build an uncertainty advantage around climate-change risk by focusing on three strategic priorities.
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Working Together to Reenergize the South African Mining Industry

South Africa’s mining industry has been in decline for the best part of 2 decades. Remaining deposits grow ever deeper, and more expensive, to extract.
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Emerging-Market Companies Up Their Game

Emerging-market companies focused on their home turf are achieving stellar financial performance as they tap into powerful trends, including population growth and a rising consumer class.
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How the Local Dynamos Win at Home

Five winning traits set successful emerging market companies apart from their rivals. MNCs should emulate those characteristics where possible—while continuing to leverage their scale advantage.
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How to Emerge Stronger from South Africa’s Economic Storm

Consumer optimism in South Africa is holding up well considering the country's economic crisis. But that’s likely to change. Companies should act now to weather the downturn.
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Internet for All

The barriers to universal internet access—including significant costs—are real, and overcoming them will not be easy. But the consequences of inaction could be even greater.
Hans Kuipers