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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
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Digitizing Africa's Small and Midsize Businesses
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Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
A Nigerian Model for Stakeholder Capitalism
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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
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Why African Entrepreneurship Is Booming
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Banana War Maneuvers
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleCompanies often resort to lobbyists and lawyers to fight unfair trade policies. But sometimes there are easier alternatives. Consider the case of Chiquita and Dole, organizations that faced restrictive new trade policies in the early 1990s that limited banana exports into Europe. Following World War II, Chiquita became Europe’s main banana provider, exporting to Germany […] -
How to Succeed in Africa
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleI've recently returned from Ethiopia, where I led a breakfast meeting at the World Economic Forum on Africa. One of the topics we discussed was whether... -
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
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The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleNo leader is perfect. The best ones don’t try to be—they concentrate on honing their strengths and find others who can make up for their limitations. -
Mobile Phones Promise to Bring Banking to the World’s Poorest
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Life’s Work: Desmond Tutu
Leadership Magazine ArticleAmong human rights activists, he’s often compared to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., but Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu demurs at those comparisons. The South African cleric jokes that he won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize mostly because the Nobel Committee was looking for an anti-apartheid figure whose last name was easy to pronounce. “What […] -
What Africa’s Leaders Have Learned About Facing Huge Challenges
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Smarter Offshoring
Economics Magazine ArticleThe most popular offshore sites for service functions are overheating. Now is the time for companies to explore a world of opportunity beyond those hot spots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims, and appetite for risk. -
Celtel's Founder on Building a Business on the World's Poorest Continent
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBack in the late 1990s Ibrahim, who was running a software and consulting company in the UK, regularly worked with big telecom companies. He began asking... -
Bogus Audited Statements Are Holding Africa Back
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The Rapid Growth of Digital Business in Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleWhat the continent's first tech unicorn means for the future. -
Dream Deferred: The Story of a High-Tech Entrepreneur in a Low-Tech World
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAdesemi, an American start-up in Africa, had been trying for six years to blanket the developing world with desperately needed wireless communications... -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills.
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MBC Group: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East and North Africa
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Mariam Farag, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at MBC Group, a leading media company in the Middle East, seeks to grow her division and effect... -
Barry Callebaut (B): To Follow the Chair?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1598 This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing... -
The BRI in Africa: The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project represented a clear opportunity for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to aid in the economic development... -
Wilmar International Limited - Managing Multiple Stakeholders in a Global Palm Oil Agribusiness Group
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Established in 1991, Wilmar grew rapidly to become one of the largest palm oil companies in Southeast Asia, with revenue and net profits of US$23.9 billion... -
ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details ApproTEC markets a range of technologies to improve the income of subsistence farmers and other small-scale entrepreneurs in East Africa. Having achieved... -
SMART: AI and ML for Wildlife Conservation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated... -
Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details By mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery... -
Boeing and the 737 MAX Crisis
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Monday, January 13, 2020, was David Calhoun's first day on the job as President and CEO of Boeing, Incorporated. Prior to Calhoun's first day, two separate... -
OCP Africa: Building Ecosystems For Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The OCP Africa illustrates the challenges of entering a market challenged by unfavorable conditions for the target customer - be it infrastructure, access... -
Genetically Modified Food Donations and the Cost of Neutrality: Logistics Response to the 2002 Food Crisis in Southern Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Set during the 2002 Southern Africa food crisis the case describes the design and implementation of a humanitarian logistics operation for the distribution... -
Performance Management at Afreximbank (B)
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Etihad Airways: Rethinking Internationalization and Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case presents a situation faced by Tony Douglas, CEO of Etihad Airways, a government-owned, full-service airline. It is February 6, 2020, and Douglas... -
The Indian Tiger Prowls in Africa: Bharti Airtel's Acquisition of Zain Africa
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On 8 June 2010, India's leading integrated telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel Ltd ("Airtel"), completed its acquisition of the mobile operations... -
Mosabi: Gathering Forces for Social Change
Management Case Study11.95View Details Founded by Chris Czerwonka, John Roberts and Julie Monniot-Gaillis, Mosabi is an app-based solution addressing the lack of financial literacy education... -
EbonyLife Media (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Founded by Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu in 2012 with a mission to bring high-quality African stories to the world, EbonyLife was the company behind many of Nigeria's... -
LifeBank Nigeria
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015.... -
Havilah Merchants Nigeria Ltd: Generating Cash from a Company's Value Chain
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Havilah Merchants Nigeria Ltd. is Nigeria's leading one-stop shop for outfitting libraries and archives. It serves three primary market segments: (i)... -
Shoe Manufacturer Stepping into High-Pace Markets: Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Clarks in Africa
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details An MBA graduate is asked by the CEO to look at Clarks' strategy in Africa. To achieve growth on a large scale makes entering new countries inevitable.... -
Hannah Beachler: Worldbuilding in Wakanda
Management Case Study11.95View Details Hannah Beachler combines a collection of diverse interests and experiences as she pursues a career as a Production Designer in Hollywood. Collaborations...
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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
Global Business Magazine Article -
Digitizing Africa's Small and Midsize Businesses
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStudying the offline behaviors of consumers and business owners could help bring this massive market online. -
MBC Group: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East and North Africa
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Mariam Farag, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at MBC Group, a leading media company in the Middle East, seeks to grow her division and effect... -
Barry Callebaut (B): To Follow the Chair?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1598 This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing... -
The BRI in Africa: The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project represented a clear opportunity for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to aid in the economic development... -
Wilmar International Limited - Managing Multiple Stakeholders in a Global Palm Oil Agribusiness Group
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Established in 1991, Wilmar grew rapidly to become one of the largest palm oil companies in Southeast Asia, with revenue and net profits of US$23.9 billion... -
ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details ApproTEC markets a range of technologies to improve the income of subsistence farmers and other small-scale entrepreneurs in East Africa. Having achieved... -
Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
SMART: AI and ML for Wildlife Conservation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART), a set of software and analytical tools designed for the purpose of wildlife conservation, had demonstrated... -
A Nigerian Model for Stakeholder Capitalism
Global Business Digital ArticleLessons from the Igbo apprenticeship system.