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Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, shares advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in emerging markets, emphasizing the value of education, perseverance, and dedication to hard work particularly at the start of one’s career. View Details
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Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, details the establishment of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in 2001 which aims to combat poverty in Egypt through education, job creation and training in fields such as nursing. View Details
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Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, outlines the management strategies he undertook in high-risk markets, providing examples from his divergent experiences in Iraq and Algeria. View Details
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Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, describes a high-stakes acquisition in Europe as he transformed the third-largest telecom operator in Italy, replacing public-sector management with private-sector efficiency. View Details
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Badreddine Ouali
Badreddine Ouali, Founder and Co-CEO of Vermeg, shares the goals and accomplishments of the Tunisia Foundation for Development, which he established in 2016 to support entrepreneurship, employment, and training for Tunisian youth. View Details
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Amina Laraki Slaoui
Amina Laraki Slaoui, President of AMH Group, emphasizes the importance of music as a way to encourage joy and resilience for patients in their rehabilitation center as well as children at their school, the Institution Tahar Sebti. View Details
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Mostafa Terrab
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, details the company’s strategies to significantly expand the African fertilizer market through the development of fertilizers specifically adapted to local conditions. View Details
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Dr. Ahmed Heikal
Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chaiman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, speaks about the firm's foundation, in addition to outlining other education and development programs instituted by subsidiaries such as ERC (Egyptian Refining Company). View Details
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Dr. Ahmed Heikal
Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, describes how the initial capital raised to start the firm was applied to profitable investments in cement and construction companies. View Details
- 23 Jul 2021
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Ouided Bouchamaoui
Ouided Bouchamaoui, the Nobel Prize winning co-founder of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet and CEO of Hédi Bouchamaoui Group, describes the moment the news broke of her winning the Nobel Prize in 2015 and goes on to identify dialogue as a key aspect for civil... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
YaleGlobal piece mentions Growing Sustainable Business and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa as positive collaborations between business, government, and nongovernmental organizations. Are there other examples that provide hope... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- November 2024
- Background Note
Social Enterprise in the MENA Region
By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy
This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the diversity of players in the region including social enterprise organizations (in their many forms) and supporting... View Details
Keywords: MENA; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Diasporas; Social Entrepreneurship; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Geographic Scope; Health Care and Treatment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Demographics; Health Industry; Service Industry; Tourism Industry; Egypt; Morocco; North Africa; Tunisia; Jordan; Lebanon; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Dubai; Middle East
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
it is in other markets." We're not talking about demand for potato chips. This is the kind of demand that becomes an obsession.— Debora Spar There are both low- and high-tech supplies of children, Spar continued. With ten million AIDS orphans in View Details
- 08 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)
across Africa and into Eastern Europe and the Middle East with a specialty in payments. Alongside this work, Kuyoro’s “try everything” mentality continues as she wears a number of other hats for the firm. Her “side hustles” include... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
Coca-Cola and Walmart, and governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," he says. The 51-year-old Atlanta native is married to Jackie Prince Roberts, director of sustainable technologies, climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance
period, multinational pharmas reported a growth rate of only 1 percent.) The case outlines Hamied’s impact — for one, pressuring global pharmas to cut the price of AIDS drugs by exporting a low-cost alternative to South Africa — and also... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
helped pay for scholarships and faculty salaries. But when protestors in the 1980s challenged the board to end investments in companies operating in South Africa during apartheid, Hayes said he was against such a move. Those who provided... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
promise of climate finance — and how to fix it.” Nature, 20 October 2021. [2] Leon Usigbe. “Nigeria prioritizes climate action to mitigate natural disasters.” United Nations Africa Renewal, 6 September 2023. [3] Interview with Adenike... View Details