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- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Diversifying the Nigerian Economy
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
photo by Getty Images photo by Getty Images When Samuel Ejeh decides to open a new location for his Lagos-based supermarket chain Grocery Bazaar, he likes to move quickly. But expansion is capital-intensive, constraining his cash flow, and banks in View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
undergraduate at Stanford University, in 2007, Rewane began to put her thoughts into action. She set up an initiative with her sister, Jemine Rewane (MBA 2009), and some friends, called the Impact Initiative (Inspiring Minds, Perceptions, and Attitudes to Change... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
but you also lived in Paris, as a teenager, while you were attending high school. I just wondered what was it like to make that transition from Nigeria to France at that age? Seni Sulyman: I think the one phrase that I would use to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Sunny's MBA
In 1986, as a 26-year-old with a degree in agricultural management and little business experience, Sunny Verghese (AMP 115, 1994) was newly employed by a venerable Indian conglomerate to oversee a textile mill in Nigeria. A foreign exchange crisis was making it very... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
admire Madam C.J. Walker, an African American woman who became a millionaire by creating and marketing hair products that she couldn’t find for herself.” On corruption: “When you read the press on Nigeria you assume that everybody is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Mehta saw them everywhere, piled along the roadsides to dry—or rot—as prices for fresh tomatoes plummeted. She came to HBS with an idea for addressing the problem she had witnessed: Nigeria needed a functional tomato processing plant. A... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
From A to Z
Temitope Abereoje Hometown: Ilesha, Nigeria Education: B.A., Economics, B.S., Information Systems, University of Maryland, College Park Languages: English, Yoruba Last Job: Associate, Goldman Sachs, New York Age: 25 Why HBS? “I was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
or send them more prepaid airtime directly." With 100,000 unique users in the Ghanaian market, Kourouma hopes to expand soon, eyeing Nigeria as the next potential destination. But ultimately his goal extends beyond the bottom line: "My... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
are looking forward to when there is a play produced about her creative life!” HBSA of Nigeria Celebrates Star Leaders at Black Tie Gala Close to 300 guests, including many HBS and Harvard alumni as well as top business leaders, converged... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
Nwogugu with students at Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive School in Lagos (photo by Ruth McDowall/The Verbatim Agency) I volunteered at Junior Achievement (JA) in New York when I was working at Goldman Sachs after college. I realized that if I’d had access in View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
looking to better serve their senior members can reach out to him at lpolaner@mba1954.hbs.edu. HBS Association of Nigeria celebrates outstanding leadership Simi Sanni Nwogugu (MBA 2004) was among three honorees at the HBS Association of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni Connections
Harvard Business School in Africa & Young Alumni Gatherings 1 Abdu Mukhtar (MBA 2001), Ndidi Nwuneli (MBA 1999), and Hetty Ugboh (GMP 7, 2009) at an alumni reception held at the InterContinental hotel in Lagos, Nigeria in January,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Small Club, Big Impact
entrepreneur who founded an IT solutions company before coming to HBS, will return to Nigeria after graduation and hopes to launch a business there. The decision of whether or not to return is complicated and deeply personal, Osawaye... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
dominance versus global or Western engagement. The regime’s sober assessment tipped the choice for negotiated political reconciliation, global engagement, and democratic economic governance. Nigeria is moving away from oil, and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Future Source
Seni Sulyman (MBA 2014) wants to rescript Africa’s role in the world. “For too long the continent has been seen as a place people give things to,” he says. “I want to connect Africa to the world on equal terms.” As vice president of global operations at tech company... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Sep 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) had an ambitious goal in cofounding WAVE Academy, an innovative vocational education program that connects its graduates with entry-level jobs within six to eight weeks of completing the program. “We are trying to rewire the entire education and... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- News
Aig-Imoukhuede Named Chairman of Nigerian Stock Exchange
- 08 Jul 2014
- News