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- 17 Oct 2014
- News
Laying the groundwork for a career in Africa
Nneka Ezeigwe (MBA 2015) is looking to make an impact in her native Nigeria through entrepreneurial ventures and work in the public sector. (Published October 2014) View Details
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Harvard Business School
International Women's Society of Nigeria and her many awards include one from the South African government for her work with children. Earl 'Butch' Graves Jr. MBA 1988 After a brief career in the NBA, where he played for the Milwaukee... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
inability to get one of the espresso-based drinks to which he had grown attached during his years working in finance in New York. Dozie hopes to solve both the supply and the demand problems with Café Neo, a coffeehouse chain he and his older brother, Ngozi, started in... View Details
- 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
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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 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
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
Idachaba-Obaro was born in the US to Nigerian parents. She obtained a Computer Science degree and worked as an analyst with ExxonMobil before deciding to quit her job and return to Nigeria in 2009. She describes how her decision came from... View Details
- 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
- Portrait Project
Tomiwa Igun
eyesight worsened from the faint beams of flashlight hitting my textbooks as I studied at night. When Nigeria finally won Olympic Gold, I watched the television flicker to darkness due to power failure — I had missed a monumental moment... View Details
- 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 2018
- News
Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
program at HBS. Held in Providence, the event included a panel discussion featuring the club’s four 2017 graduates. 2 The HBS Association of Nigeria (HBSAN) held its annual Black Tie and Awards Gala in Lagos in December. Pictured are... View Details
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Mira Mehta Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results From HBS to Nigerian tomato fields: launching a dream into reality Mira Mehta 25 Jan 2018 In 2008, I quit my job and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
offered again in 2019. Through case discussions and interactions with 15 alumni guest speakers, most of whom traveled from Africa, students explored multinationals, regulation and compliance, public-private partnerships, and what makes Africa unique among emerging... View Details
- 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 Dec 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams
Promise Okeke (MBA 2019) The desire to expand his options and pursue a career in medicine inspired Promise Okeke (MBA 2019) to leave his native Nigeria and travel over 6,000 miles to attend Augsburg College in Minneapolis. “I was from a... View Details
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Emily Anadu
When I was eleven, my mother, two sisters and I left my father and a very comfortable life in Nigeria to live with my grandmother in Texas. My sisters and I joke that the silver spoons that were placed in our mouths at birth were replaced... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ron Babalakin
desperately wished that I could bring the world to Nigeria to show it how I lived. I will bring African stories and storytellers to global audiences. I will feed these audiences diverse film and television stories about the multifaceted... View Details