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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
on the entire mining industry as well. Carroll’s mettle was tested early on when she was visiting South Africa and learned that another death had occurred in a nearby platinum mine. “That’s enough,” she... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- News
Finding a Path Out of Poverty
Helping people improve their lives is of utmost importance to Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013), and he’s using a nonprofit education center, Inspire Belief, to lift young people in South Africa’s poorest communities out of poverty and set... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni Connections
right) with guests at the Harvard Business School in Africa event held at the Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff in Johannesburg, South Africa. Armerding was introduced during the program as director of HBS’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
From Wildlife to Winetasting
visiting Mala Mala, where one is likely to see the "big five" - elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard. Other tours within South Africa include golf excursions, a luxury ride aboard the elegant Blue... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
to his home country of South Africa and established Allan Gray Investment Counsel, a firm dedicated to meeting clients’ needs, including delivering superior returns through rigorous company research. While... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Attention, Oenophiles
THE CUFFES: A new career importing “fantastic” African wines from black-owned vineyards. In 2005, while on a trip in South Africa, Selena Cuffe (MBA ’03) saw an ad for the Soweto Wine Festival. “I was used to seeing negative African... View Details
Keywords: Wholesale Trade
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
The Power of Service
South Africa and the UK. A City Year, Inc. trustee and cochair of its international committee, Reilly says the organization’s current efforts are “laser-focused on helping teachers and public schools address... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
S.F.’s New Museum
Bradley Photo Courtesy MOAD The executive director of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), which opened in November in San Francisco, is V. Denise Bradley (MBA ’86). Bradley (right), who came to MoAD from London’s South Bank Centre... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
there are no continent-wide studies of this, a report last year by Adcorp, a workforce management company, found that in South Africa there were an estimated 470,000 private-sector job openings remain... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
As for the cultural issue, Mittal notes that India and Africa have a shared past—in trade relations and, in the diplomatic realm, cooperation during the heyday of the Non-Aligned Movement—that has helped build trust and familiarity. And... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
in the Night: A Memoir of Resilience (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), makes clear. In addition to being a truth-to-power minister and antiapartheid crusader (his 1997 book, Loosing the Bonds: The United States and South View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
a consultant at Bain & Company in New York, with proposing that they be organized at all. Ballou-Aares worked for Bain in South Africa before receiving a joint degree from HBS and the Kennedy School. “Bain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)
community development, and other conservation efforts in Africa, South Asia, and South America. “The conduit by which we do all of that is exposing guests to experiences that bring to life the wonder of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Analyze This
(239), Chile (159), Colombia (83), Ecuador (39), Peru (82), and Venezuela (85). On the African continent? Answer: South Africa (775), followed by Nigeria (239), the only other country in triple digits. It... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Relations, shines a spotlight on alumni ventures, supports promising new ventures and awards a $25,000 cash prize to the winning team. Preview the finalists, wish the contestants luck, and cast your vote to the right to predict the winner. View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Action Plan: The Power of Story
you were to where you are.” Henderson brings his story to audiences from LA to South Africa as managing director of the leadership development firm Henderson, Harper & Associates. Its power lies in its... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
connect alumni and friends with fellow alumni, faculty members, and other experts around a variety of issues related to the pandemic. Highlights of their efforts include the following: Africa Research Center—In June, the center launched... View Details
- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
coveted Nobel for his work in ending the hostilities between the province of Aceh and the government of Indonesia, a struggle that had claimed 50,000 lives during a 30-year war. Before that, he was a key figure in negotiating Namibia’s independence from View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Cooper Elected Alumni Board President
president last year. Cooper, a native of South Africa, moved to Canada 24 years ago. He and a physician partner founded Scienta Health in 2004 to focus on preventive health care. View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
of experience. “Although I was often part of privileged communities, from very early on, I frequently identified with those who were excluded.” Enrolling at Princeton, Massie became an activist, particularly regarding South View Details