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14 Dec 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from Alumni Perspectives from GCC

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in the Gulf Coast countries. View Details

15 Dec 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from Saudi Arabia

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in Saudi Arabia. View Details

16 Dec 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Spotlight on Abu Dhabi

Please join us to learn more about Harvard Business School and our MBA Program through the voices of faculty, alumni, the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center, and MBA Admissions. View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) When Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) cofounded the grocery delivery platform BulkWhiz in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in spring 2017, she joined a nascent startup scene in the Middle East and View Details

Career Coach

Guy Kamguia

Guy (HBS’ 15, Villanova’ 11, UMBC’ 08) is a Director of Strategy at TOMRA, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced sorting equipment. He previously worked in private equity, driving value creation in portfolio companies, in emerging markets. Guy is... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing

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Club Conferences | MBA

22, 2025 Middle East & North Africa Club Investment Club Conference December 7, 2025 Investment Club 2026 VCPE Conference January 31, 2026 Venture Capital & Private Equity Club WSA Conference February 7,... View Details

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

problems. Werker's research adds to a body of work, largely in Africa, that examines fragile states, foreign aid and investment, and conflict and governance. Into Africa Werker found his way to Africa after... View Details

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Student Clubs | MBA

Student Organization Latter-day Saint Student Association M Management Consulting Club Marketing Club Middle East & North Africa Club Midwest Student Association O Outdoors Club P Partners' Club Pickleball... View Details

01 Jul 2021

Geographic Regions Series: Alumni Perspectives from Turkey

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in Turkey. View Details

Portrait Project

Mamongae Mahlare

Allocate time and energy to initiatives for the primary benefit of my beloved South Africa Many lives were sacrificed for my freedom And with political freedom comes great responsibility To achieve economic emancipation So our children... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

in June, the CEO of leading Colombian supermarket chain Grupo Éxito, Carlos Mario Giraldo, talked about his company’s efforts to help customers, employees, and essential workers. Middle East & North Africa... View Details

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Global Experience | MBA

Israel Business Club LatAm Club Middle East and North Africa Club South Asian Business Association Southeast Asia Club A Global Curriculum Students put their Case Method learnings to action in a variety of... View Details

25 Jun 2020
News

Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

customers, employees, essential workers, and those who are vulnerable, and what he envisions for the new normal. Senior Lecturer José Alvarez moderated the discussion. This series marks the center’s 20th anniversary. Middle East and North... View Details

03 Apr 2017
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS

geographies. As a matter of fact, I was part of the French Society, the European Society, the Middle East and North Africa Club and the Africa Business Club. Each club brought... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Supporting Global Understanding, Locally

Suzan Sabanci Dincer Suzan Sabanci Dincer has been a key partner with HBS since the opening of the School’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research Center in Istanbul in 2013. “The center is a... View Details

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Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020

Middle East & North Africa Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye A desire to “democratize art in the Middle East” led Yazan Halwani (MBA 2020) to start creating public art—often combining Arabic... View Details

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International Students | MBA

Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club French-Speaking Club German-Speaking Society Greater China Club Israel Business Club LatAm Club Middle East and North View Details

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Global - Global Activities 2020

Carlos Mario Giraldo, CEO of Grupo Éxito, a leading Colombian supermarket chain, talked about his company’s efforts to help customers, employees, and essential workers. Middle East & North Africa Research... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The Power of Cultural Understanding

and natural gas company in the Middle East. “When I was at HBS it was clearly the world’s leading business school. What it has become even more today is the leading business school for the world,” says Jafar, who has served on the School’s Middle East and View Details

20 Jan 2017
News

Bringing Power to the People

building a solar plant of 100 megawatts that will supply power to roughly 200,000 people. And it will be at the cheapest price ever in the region. “We are going to build a solar plant in Mozambique. The electrification rights of Africa is... View Details

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