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  • 05 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

second role, Takatsuka is in a project management position overseeing the work of two interns. The company provides an education program for the top 5% of engineers graduating from college in Nigeria to connect them with top worldwide... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

year in the MBA program at HBS. This fall I will start the third year of the joint degree program, which combines courses at both schools.  Prior to coming to Harvard, I worked for McKinsey & Company in Mexico and India, and then with the McKinsey Center for... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2016
  • News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

of business in Africa.” That thought led to the launch of Young African MBAs (YAM). “What started off as a small networking group quickly grew to a registered organization with over 2,000 members,” says Igun, who was born in Nigeria and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
  • Web

Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

audacity to think I could do this,” she adds. “It changes your perspective of what you think you can achieve and how you want to make that big difference in the world.” Misan Rewane, MBA 2013 Job Title CEO & Co-founder, West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) Location... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

possibility, but between her junior and senior undergraduate years, a summer internship with UNICEF in the West African country of Benin and a visit with relatives in Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria put that plan on hold. “It was, by far, my... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services
  • 23 May 2016
  • Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

I was born and raised in Nigeria and moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue my university education. Growing up, I was very independent and ambitious and upon graduating from high school, I convinced my family that I could... View Details
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

Kosaluchi (Luchi) Nwokeneche-Mmegwa (MBA '20) is from Lagos, Nigeria and graduated with a degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. Prior to HBS, Luchi worked in investment banking and private equity for Goldman Sachs & Co.... View Details
  • Profile

Mira Mehta

in Nigeria! I think it's going to be a major driver for economic growth over the next decade, and I'm so excited to be a part of that process. How has HBS helped you make an impact? The HBS alumni network in Nigeria is extremely strong.... View Details
  • Profile

Folafolu Folowosele

A self-proclaimed “global citizen,” Fola Folowosele found the transition from Nigeria to Williams College full of surprises. “It was my first intense winter,” Fola says. “You think you’re prepared, but then you experience it. I’d run from... View Details
  • November 2009
  • Teaching Note

An Entrepreneur's Journey: Simi Nwogugu (TN)

By: John A. Davis and Shirley Spence
Teaching Note for 810701. View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; United States
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  • October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
  • Case

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons
On the eve of trial, and after nearly 14 years of pre-trial litigation, the parties in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell jointly announced that the four U.S. lawsuits stemming from the execution of the Ogoni Nine in 1995 had been settled. View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Lawsuits and Litigation; Nigeria; United States
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  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Business School Case 817-088 Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria Fola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

and limiting production volumes; illegal poultry imports threaten food safety while undercutting prices of domestic product; corruption is rampant; debt is exorbitantly expensive; commercial real estate is sparse; and electricity is unreliable. Yet, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2023
  • Teaching Note

Aphro Beverages

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 823-044. View Details
Keywords: Channel Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; Ghana; Nigeria
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  • March 2014 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

The Novartis Malaria Initiative

By: Michael Chu, Vincent Marie Dessain and Emilie Billaud
The Novartis Malaria Initiative was designed, as a result of a precedent–setting agreement with the World Health Organization in 2001, to provide a breakthrough treatment for malaria—"at no profit"—for public health systems. What had begun as an exemplary act of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland; Africa; Nigeria
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

at HBS. You Might Want to Read 19 May 2025 Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health Jennifer Arnold 07 Feb 2025 Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation Kasite... View Details
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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University. You Might Want to Read 19 May 2025 Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health Jennifer Arnold 07 Feb 2025 Student Spotlight: From View Details
  • 13 May 2015
  • Blog Post

Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive

who spent her summer working in consulting. Where did you do your summer internship and what was your job function? I did my summer internship at McKinsey and Company in the Lagos, Nigeria office. I worked as an Associate Consultant for... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

from New Jersey to Nigeria to work for the Clinton Health Access... Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop Verdell Walker 18 Jan 2018 During the year, we’re connecting with some of our 2017-18 HBS Leadership Fellows,... View Details