News from GBSN

V-Lab Named Best Accelerator Program in North Africa

“We are honored to be recognized as the best accelerator in North Africa, as it only means that our startups will also be the best in the region,” said Ayman Ismail,  Abdul Latif Jamil Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and AUC Venture Lab Director. The award came just as the lab graduates another cohort of 20 innovative tech-based startups… Read more >

EMBA Alumnus Moustafa El-Shenety ’21 is the Bronze MBA Entrepreneur of the Year 2022

Moustafa El Shenety has 15 years of experience in investment banking, direct investments, and private equity in the Middle East. He has worked on managing investment portfolios in various sectors, including services, financial institutions, retail, healthcare, real estate, and construction. He co-founded Multiples Group in 2010, the regional boutique investment bank, out of the DIFC,… Read more >

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 >

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 >