Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
It’s time that African business schools stopped sitting on the side-lines
New research from Henley Business School Africa shows consensus among African business school deans that it’s time for business schools to step into a more activist leadership role – pushing for continental collaboration and change. There is no limit to the areas in which African business schools can widen their footprint, believes Jonathan Foster-Pedley, dean…
Read More2021 EFMD Case Writing Competition winners interview series: MENA Business Cases
EFMD encourages and rewards innovative and impactful cases in management development each year. This year again brought an exceptional variety of winning cases across various industries. We interviewed the winners to find out more about their motivation, inspiration and significant challenges. The following interview is with Majid K. El Ghaib of ESCA Ecole de Management,…
Read MoreA new focus on what really matters for African business
A new webinar series being launched by The Dunning Africa Centre at Henley Business School South Africa in May will tap the continent into an international research agenda and aims to unlock more global opportunities for African business. Henley Business School Africa, Dunning Africa Centre (DAC) is launching a webinar series this May in a…
Read MoreGordon Institute of Business Science: A wholesale partnership ethos
This Member Spotlight highlights Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in South Africa and its focus on collaborative partnerships in business, society and sustainability. Thank you to Interim Dean Morris Mthombeni for his recent participation in the EFMD Deans & Directors Conference and Luleka Mzamo, Communications Manager & Acumen Magazine Managing Editor of GIBS, for their…
Read More2020 EFMD Case Writing Competition Winners Interview Series: MENA Business Cases
EFMD encourages and rewards innovative and impactful cases in management development each year. This year brought an exceptional variety of winning cases across various industries. EFMD decided to interview the winners to find out more about their motivation, inspiration and significant challenges. The following interview is with Imane El Ghazali and Zoulikha Maaroufi, the winning…
Read More2020 EFMD Case Writing Competition Winners Interview Series: African Business Cases
EFMD encourages and rewards innovative and impactful cases in management development each year. This year brought an exceptional variety of winning cases across various industries. EFMD decided to interview the winners to find out more about their motivation, inspiration and significant challenges. The third interview is with Mr Stefan Christiaan Nel, University of Cape Town…
Read MoreInaugural issue of Case Focus journal published
The Case Centre announces publication of the inaugural edition of Case Focus, its peer reviewed journal for teaching cases set across the Middle East and Africa. At a time when all of us in business and academia are being challenged to increase diversity in our leadership and structures, we cannot ignore barriers that restrict the…
Read MoreHow ‘entrepreneurial universities’ are tackling the effects of COVID-19 in Egypt
Business Forward, the knowledge portal of the AUC School of Business, is a credible destination for business knowledge, insight and analysis on Egypt and the Arab region. The platform provides business and economy content, covering the latest trends and developments across industries. See Amal Mowafy’s original article here. The term ‘entrepreneurial universities’ was coined nearly…
Read MoreThe Case Centre launches new case journal for the MEA region
#CaseFocusJournal New from The Case Centre, Case Focus offers a journal publication outlet for high-quality, peer-reviewed teaching cases, with a focus on management and business situations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, said: “We are excited to announce the first journal…
Read MoreEducation – a strategic sector also interesting to emerging countries
Current events give me the opportunity to return to a subject that is dear to me, higher education in emerging countries. The GBSN- Global Business School Network conference in Manila from the 4th to the 6th November, at which I was present, my trip to Iran, all the regional AACSB or EFMD conferences, the EDAF…
Read More