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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A talent scout for tomorrow’s Africa
In his role as vice president of admissions for the Africa Business Club at HBS, Olujimi Williams (MBA 2015) does more than just acquaint prospective students with the School; he serves as a link to his native continent for any candidate... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
The Africa Business Club hosted its first-ever conference at the School on January 30. The relatively new club, founded in 1997 to help increase awareness at HBS of business and career opportunities on the African continent, chose... View Details
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
And I've always grown up with the strong guiding principle that to whom much is given, much is expected. So specifically with Suguba, what we want to do is to develop strong entrepreneurial ecosystems across francophone Africa through the... View Details
- 07 Oct 2010
- News
Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reinventing perceptions of Africa through wine
Selena Cuffe (MBA 2003) and her company, Heritage Link Brands, import wine made by black South African vintners. In so doing, Cuffe is helping to reverse the effects of apartheid: the vintners gain access to more capital, can own their land, and ultimately help... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- News
MBA Students Comment on Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Changing the way the world sees Africa
continent’s 54 nations focusing on current events, business, travel, arts, and culture. “When people have unbiased information about Africa,” says Clarke, “they appreciate the ingenuity, beauty and culture of this continent of a billion people. The world is now... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
has been presented in South Africa, Rwanda, Ghana, and Mauritius. To organize the immersion, Datar and Casadesus-Masanell worked closely with HBS’s Division of Research and Faculty Development and Pippa Tubman Armerding (GMP 23, 2017), executive director of the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa
Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As chief operating officer for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense of accomplishment when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change
Professor John Quelch (center) moderated a panel on emerging opportunities in Africa. Photo: Justin A. Knight Singer Angelique Kidjo performed for an enthusiastic group Friday night. Photo: Justin A. Knight Over six hundred participants gathered at HBS March 8–9 for... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
to development assistance, as it works to move Third World countries beyond subsistence toward genuine participation in the global economy. Best of all, the MCC is producing demonstrable results, including in Africa, where Bloom is the MCC’s West View Details
- 24 Jun 2010
- News
Liberia: A Flower Grows in West Africa
- 21 Jan 2016
- News
The perils of building democracy in Africa
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
Goncalo Neves-Correia (MBA 2007) is CEO of ThirdWay Africa, an investing and advisory firm based in London, Maputo, and Harare. ThirdWay Africa believes we are entering a new paradigm where sustainability is an absolute. In this... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
before deciding to devote more time and energy to raising money for the Student Sponsorship ProgrammeSouth Africa (SSP-SA). With Nyagaka Ongeri (MBA 1997), Clarke cofounded SSP-SA in 1999. “We have a chance now to become a major player in... View Details
- 02 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
- 18 Dec 2023
- News