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June 1996
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Armscor: Life After Apartheid?

After taking office, South Africa's new president, Nelson Mandela, must decide whether to dismantle or support Armscor, South Africa's state-owned arms company, which has been a pillar of the apartheid regime. Complicating matters is the fact that the arms industry was... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Competitive Advantage; State Ownership; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; South Africa

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April 1992 (Revised April 1997)
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Reconstruction of Zambia

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Examines the causes of decline--economic, social, and political--of the Zambian economy since 1974. It takes place at the time of the election of Frederick Chiluba, in October 1991. Examines the problems of economic development in Africa, and especially, of structural... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Borrowing and Debt; International Finance; Political Elections; Africa; Zambia

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October 5, 2023
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A Smarter Way to Design Business Strategies to Serve the Poor

By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Ioanna Popescu, Serguei Netessine and Rowan P. Clarke

Keywords: Poverty Reduction; Technology; Business Model; Strategy; Renewable Energy; Consumer Behavior; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Africa; Rwanda

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Reuel J. Khoza

Keywords: Consulting

Cas Coovadia

Keywords: Banking; Finance

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Reuel J. Khoza

Reuel J. Khoza, Chairman of Dzana Investments and Discovery Bank, shares why his consultancy firm chose to focus on corporate culture, challenging South African business norms of the time. View Details

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Reuel J. Khoza

Reuel J. Khoza, Chairman of South Africa's Dzana Investments and Discovery Bank, details his involvement with university student politics and advocacy during apartheid, which led to his firing from a faculty position in 1974. View Details

28 Jul 2020
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Sizwe Nxasana

Sizwe Nxasana, the founding partner of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the largest Black accounting firm in South Africa, as well as the former CEO of Telkom and FirstRand Group, describes the importance and results of... View Details

29 Jul 2020
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Sizwe Nxasana

26 Jun 2020
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Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency in South Africa, discusses how he discerned the importance of strong values in business success, and resolved to place integrity at the... View Details

Portrait Project

Nathalie duPreez

disadvantage. It's the fact that their parents often do not have the resources to inspire them to achieve their dreams. For generations, structural change in Africa has seemed impossible. But while she is a "forgotten... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential

involved in projects in Asia, Latin America, and Africa and another 200 alumni already making a difference as leaders on college campuses nationwide. Falik conceived the idea for Global Citizen Year after high school, when she moved to... View Details

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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10 Feb 2016
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Helping Young African MBAs Go Home

As a student member of the Africa Business Club, Tomiwa Igun (MBA 2012) learned how companies on the continent are struggling to find experienced managers to lead their organizations—and also how many young Africans are leaving their... View Details

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

through the ministry’s work, launched a $1.3 billion economic resilience plan, representing 7 percent of GDP, the second largest in Africa (second to South Africa). Senegal was one of the first African countries to come up with a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

February 2014
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The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch

Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details

Keywords: DEKA; Dean Kamen; Coca-Cola; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Commercialization; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; North Africa; South Africa; Asia; South America

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Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

construction. Letters from sales representatives detailing their experiences, for example, in remote towns and villages of Africa or Asia, accompany some of the images. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard... View Details

30 Sep 2015
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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 the high-school dropout... View Details

22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.”... View Details

September 2024
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InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility

By: John Macomber, Namrata Arora and Maagatha Kalavadakken

Around the world, large infrastructure projects are frequently stymied by the high cost and high uncertainty of the project inception phase: the research and engineering and planning prior to financial close and start of construction. Could there be a new kind of... View Details

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