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Thomas Weisel | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United Bank for... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin Great application of dedication, common sense, and perseverance. If Nigeria can be turned around, perhaps there may be hope for the remainder of Africa and its people. —Fred Brodsky (OPM 27, 1999) via... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Ghana

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Africa: research, news, analysis

on significant political, economic and security developments across the continent AllAfrica.com Useful for: includes 100 publishers with content in both French and English, including independent, government- and opposition-controlled... View Details

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

people are included in the labor market today,” says Rewane. “This is not just a West Africa problem—it’s a global problem. We’re learning from on-the-ground implementation, looking to work in partnership... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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No Time Like the Present

Africa Health Holdings which works to improve the health care system in West and East Africa and has 38 facilities, 52 community outreach programs, and serves more than 500,000... View Details

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The International Experience at HBS - MBA

“family” at HBS (something I was concerned about before arriving)- but also outside the section through student clubs organized around common interests or geographies. As a matter of fact, I was part of the French Society, the European... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Banishing Balkan Ghosts

determined to revive Serbia's economy and one day see his country join the European Union. Not so long ago, Djelic, as a partner at McKinsey in Paris, was enjoying what he terms “a charmed and privileged existence” in the French capital.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Ben Seipel

progressed from West Point to aviation training. And he had served two 12-month tours of duties in Afghanistan, where he lead helicopter companies of the 101st Airborne. Most importantly, Ben had just received notice of a pending... View Details

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

Nigeria, saw how Ebola ravaged West Africa from 2014 to 2016, which prompted her to think about how she could have an impact in Africa when macro shocks occurred. The crisis... View Details

17 Sep 2024
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The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater China Club. She is a recipient of the Global Opportunity... View Details

20 Feb 2019
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Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs

prosperity,” says Elumelu. “That is at the heart of Africapitalism.” The retired chief executive officer, now chairman of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) and the founder of Heirs Holdings, Elumelu has put the tenet of this... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Third World Multinationals: A Look Back

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Oceania; West Indies

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01 Sep 2024
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The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

of the faculty from every unit across the School, the interviews are a resource to teach business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as at HBS. Here, Jones and Khanna discuss what makes these leaders so effective and what the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

10 Feb 2016
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Putting Faith in a Good Education

“The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today,” says Chris Crane (MBA 1976), who founded and leads Edify, a nonprofit that furnishes micro-enterprise loans and business training to Christian schools in... View Details

17 Jul 2020
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Support System

the 1970s. She wanted to give families in these villages the same educational opportunities she had enjoyed in America. Offering fair prices, as well as educational and retirement benefits, to her shea-nut pickers in West View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

20 Jan 2017
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Bringing Power to the People

Xavier Barbaro (MBA 2006) is CEO of Neoen, a French firm that generates electricity from renewable sources, operating in multiple countries. In this interview, he talks about how the electricity the company produces is bringing power to... View Details

13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

millions of young adults in West Africa who are eager to embrace better opportunities through WAVE Academy (West Africa Vocational Education), an ambitious vocational program... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)

with that.” Home: West Sussex, England. “As close to Africa as I can get in an English environment. It’s an overgrown farmhouse with horses and rabbits and dogs and many children.” On safari: “I was in one... View Details