Cambodia’s National University of Management (NUM) on Friday announced that the Committee of Hanseatic League of Universities, which organizes the annual World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI), ranked NUM in the top 50 of the “WURI 2022: Global Top 100 Innovative Universities”. It said that NUM was in the top 50 for 5 innovative projects… Read more >
We are proud to announce the Africa Business Concept Challenge Top 6 Teams! The Top 6 Teams presented business concepts that stood out from competitive and diverse submissions. Breaking out from an initial 78 teams with over 290 students from 17 countries and 46 schools, we are proud to share the Final Pitch Presentations from… Read more >
Lumumba was speaking at a webinar commemorating Africa Day on Thursday, 26 May hosted by the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at Wits Business School, in partnership with the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), the Southern Africa Youth Forum, (SAYoF), the Philanthropy Circuit, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Harvard… Read more >
There is a scene late in the movie Her where the main character Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is nervously questioning Samantha, his AI-based operating system voiced by Scarlett Johansson. By then, Theodore had fallen in love with Samantha, who was designed to learn about and serve him, claimed to love him too. In the… Read more >
6 Ways You Can Inspire Entrepreneurial Thinking Among Your Students An entrepreneurial mindset—attitudes and behaviors that encapsulate how entrepreneurs tend to think and act—enables one to identify and capitalize on opportunities, change course when needed, and view mistakes as an opportunity to learn and improve. If a student decides to become an entrepreneur, an entrepreneurial mindset… Read more >
Thirty-four students have just completed a dedicated course on Business and Human Rights at HEC Paris. Prior to entering an ever more complex labour market, they had the opportunity to take a deep dive into some of the most pressing human and labour rights challenges and discuss how to reconcile business imperatives and respect of… Read more >
The GBSN Africa Business Concept Challenge returned for its sophomore year with 293 students in 78 teams from 46 schools in 17 countries across Africa earlier this year in March. For 10 weeks, students have been incessantly innovating in the aim of identifying a locally-relevant community need or challenge and developing a solution, related to… Read more >
A very long time ago, I welcomed students to my MBA course with a Peter Senge story. The influential author of The Fifth Discipline, I told the students, would ask participants in his workshops to, “imagine your organization is an ocean liner and that you are the leader.” Then he would ask, “what is your… Read more >
The partnership will contribute to the body of knowledge in energy leadership in both developed and emerging market economies across the globe, as well as enhance the international experience of both students and faculty through instruction, collaborative research and exchange programmes. The AELC was formed in 2017 to address the issues of energy shortages in Africa as… Read more >
“Corruption could kill us [South Africa] like a cancer. We need to address this urgently, as well as sustainability, addressing climate change and other issues threatening our planet. It is through using technology in every aspect of management that we will transform our organisations, as well as producing leaders who are a force for positive… Read more >
