Entrepreneurship In Africa - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2009
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reflecting an outstanding career.” “Peter Crisp has played a leadership role in venture capital. His name and reputation will guide our work to further entrepreneurship and innovation at HBS and at Harvard,”... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Jul 2015
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Empowering entrepreneurs in Africa

Maimouna Diakhaby (MBA 2016), who came to HBS because of its leadership focus, plans to return to Africa to help empower deprived communities through entrepreneurship. (Published July 2015) View Details

12 Nov 2010
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Opportunity in South Africa

07 Jul 2010
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Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award

15 Oct 2019
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Fellowship Enables Opportunity in Africa

Yeboah (not pictured) from the Class of 2018, are the first recipients of the GO: Africa Fellowship. (photo by Susan Young) To support MBA students who want to make a difference in Africa, HBS created the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Courage and Hope in Africa

the country's economy and infrastructure in shambles and with its enormous social problems (Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world), Van Gerpen is seeking aid for UNICEF from Western... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

28 Aug 2009
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Faculty Pioneer Award in Social Entrepreneurship

01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

student clubs, Akinola cochaired this year’s Africa Business Conference, which brought more than five hundred people to campus to discuss entrepreneurial ventures in Africa. She is also writing a case study... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services

29 Jun 2019
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Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa

a different Africa, and a transformed Africa, and an Africa that performs better, and that surely rises in every sense of the term. One of the reasons I decided to come to HBS was the strong emphasis on the... View Details

04 Oct 2010
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Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

01 Jan 2010
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Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowships in Entrepreneurship Research

08 Nov 2013
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Lessons In Leadership – Entrepreneurship

25 Nov 2013
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Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2008
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Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year

Is it possible to teach entrepreneurship? If so, how? In July, 76 entrepreneurship professors representing 35 European countries, India, and Singapore arrived at HBS to learn more about the case method and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 May 2014
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Inside Africa

reason Americans view Africa as a land of misfortune is that all they hear about in the media is African misfortune. To counter this simplistic picture, Africa.com offers curated articles showing the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

25 Apr 2014
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Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou

entrepreneurs. “It is a very easy city in which to adopt new approaches. It's a very open city in which to take a risk,” says Wilkins. “After Katrina, everyone needed to become an entrepreneur. Everyone... View Details

06 Nov 2008
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Nurturing entrepreneurship in India's villages

03 Oct 2016
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Immigrants Play a Disproportionate Role in American Entrepreneurship

07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As... View Details

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