building activities and organizational culture training, to produce a monitoring report on the percentage of women on boards, build the capacity of women-owned businesses in market-related skills, and develop Egyptian board-ready women database.
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A2K4D Publishes its First Fairwork Report for Egypt
Following the rise in internet penetration rate from only 30% in 2010 to 54% in 2020, gig work has offered increased opportunities to find work easily, especially for workers in the informal economy, women and unemployed educated youth. Nevertheless, there are issues with the gig work model. The Fairwork report for Egypt examines the working… Read more >
Call for Investors for the Africa Business Concept Challenge
We are proud to announce the second annual Africa Business Concept Challenge (ABCC) in partnership with Peaqs. This virtual business concept competition for African undergraduate and graduate students will challenge teams to design a viable business concept that addresses a locally-relevant challenge or problem related to Agenda 2063, and inclusive and sustainable development. As part of this experience, teams… Read more >
Two New Forces Shaping the Globalization of Management Education
“Finally, a global business school goes local.” About 15 years ago that was my reply to a reporter when she asked me about a new program by well-known US business school. Funded by an alumnus, the program was to connect MBA student teams to small businesses in the economically distressed neighborhood surrounding school. I tried… Read more >
Bringing Management Education Expertise to the Agriculture and Rural Economy in Morocco
ESCA Ecole de Management has been committed to bring its expertise and knowledge to train engineers and senior managers around leadership and management. The ESCA MBA program remains in line with the best international standards, it is focused on developing leadership and decision-making in an emerging context. It is mainly dedicated for senior managers and… Read more >
ESCA Ecole de Management, First African Member of HERMES Universities Network
where partners from 5 continents work closely on several collaborations, aiming at offering their communities various opportunities of exchanges, joint research, and dual degrees. The 28 HERMES Universities partners also work on common study programmes and innovative initiatives to enrich their students and faculty abroad experiences. Being part of this prestigious Network is the result… Read more >
Elizabeth Eldridge is Awarded the Best Thesis Award 2020
This research project was conducted in collaboration with Farm Radio International, a Canadian non-profit organization working with community-based radio broadcasters across Sub-Saharan Africa, to improve smallholder farmers’ knowledge on a variety of topics including agricultural techniques and rural development. The thesis focuses on how the organization of agricultural input supply chains contributes to the poverty… Read more >
Peaqs Selected to the GSV Cup Elite 200
Peaqs was selected from a global applicant pool of 750+ companies, the largest application pool for the GSV Cup yet. More than 175 judges from leading venture capital firms and strategic partners in digital learning like Accel, General Atlantic, Reach Capital, and Owl Ventures, among others, used rigorous criteria to determine the 200 most promising… Read more >
Double Win for GBSN Partner Peaqs: Shortlisted as Top 200 Global EdTech Companies & Taking Home a Prize at the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards
London 10th December: 2021’s most exciting, effective new approaches to teaching and learning have been announced by QS Quacquarelli Symonds and The Wharton School, after a gruelling competition comprising eight months, 1350 applicants, and five rounds of close expert scrutiny: the Reimagine Education Awards. Danish edtech, Peaqs, is proud to announce taking home the silver award… Read more >
Social Business Creation: Proof of the School’s Leadership in Social Innovation
The grand finale was held in the Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale on October 1. Nearly one third of the finalists for this 6th edition were on hand. The finalists from the 2020 edition, who could not travel to Canada last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, also attended. Another difference this year was that the competition received exceptional… Read more >