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    'Leke Jegede

    Oluwagbemileke Jegede is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) unit at Harvard Business School. She received BBA and LLB degrees from Amity University and the University of Sierra Leone in 2015 and 2016 respectively,... View Details
    • February 2014
    • Case

    Diageo: Innovating for Africa

    By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary L. Shelman
    Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand, Guinness, first exported to Sierra Leone in 1827. By 2013, 13% of Diageo's global revenues were from Africa, up from 9% in 2007. Diageo Africa President Nick... View Details
    Keywords: Africa; Emerging Market; Innovation; Agribusiness; Beverage Industry; Emerging Markets; Innovation Strategy; Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa
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    • Teaching

    Overview

    Ryann has extensive teaching experience in varied instructional settings. She was appointed the Qualitative Advisor for the Harvard University Sociology Department senior thesis writers in 2015-2016, and supervised two senior thesis writers in prior years. She served... View Details
    • January 2019
    • Supplement

    The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
    In April 2018, the De Beers Group launched a pilot project called GemFair to create a new supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of rough... View Details
    Keywords: Diamonds; New Business; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; ESG; Supply; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mining Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Sierra Leone; United Kingdom
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    • 01 Oct 2001
    • News

    Courage and Hope in Africa

    (July 6, 2001) reported. With hundreds of thousands of displaced people now starting to return to their homes, UNICEF's Sierra Leone representative JoAnna Van Gerpen (MBA '81) explained, "We need to have... View Details
    Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
    • 04 Jan 2016
    • News

    Taking Time Out for a Challenge

    After living in Sierra Leone from 2006 to 2010, where she worked as a founding board member of the Welbodi Partnership, which supports the country’s health system in delivering essential services to women... View Details
    Keywords: ebola; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
    • 01 Dec 2000
    • News

    In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

    and valuable experience to be right there." But being "right there" last summer meant being in a region rife with political and social unrest. It is widely believed that Liberian president Charles Taylor has been supporting Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

      Debora L. Spar

      Debora Spar is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; broadcasting; communications; entertainment; federal government; health care; information; internet; music; pharmaceuticals
      • Web

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      • 12 Nov 2018
      • Blog Post

      Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

      SERVICE FROM: Bristol, England REASON FOR SERVING: I got interested in joining the military for ideological reasons. As a teenager I watched the early Sierra Leone crisis unfold and was appalled at what... View Details
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      • December 2024
      • Case

      Tropo Farms

      By: David E. Bell, Pippa Tubman Armerding, Namrata Arora and Natalie Kindred
      Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Ghana; Africa; Sierra Leone
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      • 02 Sep 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

      Leone, which was also founded by repatriated North American freed slaves. Both countries have a small population and have suffered overlapping conflicts. "They're siblings as far as nations go, and their paths to recovery are likely to be similar." View Details
      Keywords: by Kim Girard
      • 13 Jan 2021
      • News

      Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

      turned on the power in a village in Sierra Leone in 2019, there was communal joy. Poindexter: The chief of the village, he had a stereo, he had a TV, he had a ceiling fan, but he ran all of these things off... View Details
      • 01 Apr 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: April 1

      Business School Case 514-054 Diageo: Innovating for Africa Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand Guinness first exported to Sierra View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne