Join us in celebrating the kick-off of this year’s Africa Business Concept Challenge! Throughout the event we discuss the overview of the competition, hear a few tips, important competition information, and teams receive guidance from judges for their developing projects, centering the factors that would make a project effective within their community and high-scoring in the competition.
A few gems from the event included Judge Joanne Mwangi-Yelbert, CEO of the PMS Group Ltd in Kenya’s suggestion: “It needs to be a solution for the same old problem, but a different approach. Which has to be replicable, scalable, must be easier, faster, and cheaper. That’s the only way that it will be effective for their community.” and Judge Austin Okere, founder of the Computer Warehouse Group PLC in Nigeria notice that “People think that entrepreneurs as people that are looking for spaceships solutions, no, especially in Africa where the problems are basic. Any solution that solves a problem in a way that enables you to have that impact and is commercially sustainable; you are the entrepreneur.”
If you weren’t able to celebrate live with us, please enjoy the full playback recording at your leisure!
What is the Africa Business Concept Challenge?
The Africa Business Concept Challenge intends to assist young people from the African continent who have an entrepreneurial orientation, a desire to serve their community, and demonstrate the values outlined below. With a focus on promoting responsible capitalism, the competition will identify high potential young people for mentorship and investment.
LOCATION
Online, Zoom
Date & Time
April 29, 2022 8 AM EDT / 2PM CEST
CONTACT
Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org
Background
Wisdom tree, in partnership with GBSN, has launched a series of exclusive invite-only, monthly learning and networking events in top industry verticals such as education and SAAS. The aim of these events is to have sponsor free discussions on contemporary topics impacting businesses today.
In the third event this April, we will be hosting distinguished professors from top universities, ed-tech founders, and thought leaders to discuss the changing expectations of Corporations from graduates. In addition, weâll examine how the curriculum has to be more inclusive of Technology, Human skills, Experiential learning and Cyber skills in order to make students more corporate ready in this post pandemic world.
This webinar will explore:
- What are the changes seen in hiring processes in top corporations post pandemic ?
- What is the need for B-schools to bring in change in the existing curriculum ?
- How do B schools adapt their students to the ever increasing threats in the hybrid workplace ?
- What are the human skills which are needed now, specially in the new world?
- What is the future of internships to capture the VUCA world?
Moderators
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CEO
Global Business School Network
USA
Speakers
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Senior Lecturer, Global Entrepreneurship Lab
MIT Sloan School of Management
USA
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Head of HR
APAC & India, DMED, TWDC & Star India
India
About the Partners
About Wisdom Tree
Wisdom Tree is the next generation management consulting and venture debt advisory firm that is working with companies across multiple markets with a specific focus on EdTech, education, and SaaS.
Using a practical, grounded and research-oriented approach, we work towards helping companies and partners with global expansion, building brands and communities, and supporting startups raise venture debt from global funds for their working capital, acquisition and growth financing needs.
About the Global Business School Network
Founded in 2003 by the World Bank, today the Global Business School Network is an independent global non-profit 501(c)3 with headquarters based in Washington, D.C. Economies and societies grow on the success of organizations that create meaningful jobs, increase wealth and well-being, and generate innovations to improve society. These organizations are created by resourceful entrepreneurs and run by competent, responsible leaders and managers. Our role at GBSNâthe reason why we existâis to ensure that the developing world has the management talent (leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs) it needs to generate prosperity.
Within the context of the emerging economies mission, GBSN builds activities, programs and projects that enable the creation of new knowledge, provide meaningful international experiences, and build relationships that can transform management education, as well as provide broad visibility to our member schools as a champion and change maker for economic and social development. More information visit www.gbsn.org
About Global Executive Learning
Global Executive Learning (GEL) is a worldwide network of practitioners, executives, experts and thought leaders. We are dedicated and committed to the delivery of innovative, customized and results-focused strategic learning and executive leadership development programs, and learning interventions.
Our approach also helps multinational organizations and leaders better understand, adapt to, and shape the external environment of their business by engaging their stakeholders and exposing leaders to outside best practices.
GEL is focused on implementing highly tailored company and organizational interventions that enhance the goals of an organization and sometimes a group or consortium of organizations. These goals are tied very closely to the strategic objectives of the organization and to the developmental needs of the its top leadership and emerging talent, in whatever part of the world that is required.
DATE: Wednesday, May 4
TIME: 9:00am EDT / 1:00pm GMT / 2:00pm WAT / 4:00pm EAT
LOCATION: Zoom
GBSN are pleased to present a virtual business concept competition for African undergraduate and graduate students, sponsored by AACSB International and Thunderbird Africa Center for Excellence and supported by Peaqs, Association of African Business Schools, Stanford Seed and em lyon business school. The competition challenged student teams to design a viable business concept that addresses a locally-relevant challenge or problem related to Agenda 2063, and inclusive and sustainable development.
Over 78 student teams from 46 institutions in 17 countries across Africa have signed up to participate. Join us as we celebrate the power of entrepreneurship in sustainable development and celebrate the work of all the student teams as well as announce the winning project.
The Virtual Awards Ceremony will recognize the Top Six teams and their incredible pitches made in the week prior to our outstanding international panel of judges, with the winning team being awarded a $5,000 scholarship! The awards ceremony event will be open to the public in celebration of this momentous achievement.
Presenters
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CEO
Global Business School Network
USA
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Executive Vice President and Chief Officer of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Headquarters
AACSB International
Netherlands
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Professor of Entrepreneurship Director, MSc in Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
emlyon business school
France
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Director for Africa
Thunderbird School for Global Management, Arizona State University
USA
Date & Time
Saturday, April 2
9:00 AM PST | 4:00 PM GMT | 6:00 PM CAT | 7:00 PM EAT | 9:30 PM IST
Africa is the fastest urbanizing region in the world. Nine-hundred million people will move into cities on the continent in the coming 30 years. With that urbanization, new and innovative cities are emerging. Stanford Seed is hosting three key experts in the new city movement for a panel on April 2. These thinkers, planners, and builders will share what it means to start a large, mixed-use real estate project, and what it takes to turn the built environment into a community.
Join us for a thought provoking discussion with our panel of experts via Zoom on the topic of urbanization in Africa.
DATE:
May 19, 2022
TIME:
EST: 10:00 AM
IST: 7:30 PM
UTC: 2:00 PM
Event Details
Woxsen University invites you to attend an exclusive session on âRelevance of Emerging Technologies: Vision 2030â conducted by Woxsen University’s Vice President, Dr. Raul V. Rodriguez on May 19, 2022, 7:30 pm IST. The course will cover four primary areas: The reality of AI, Labor management with AI & QC, Applications of today and tomorrow & Practical exercise.
INSTRUCTOR
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Vice President
Woxsen University
USA
Course Layout
Businesses of various sizes have shared how they are aligning their purposes and operations with sustainability goals. Watch these short-listed stories and vote for the one that inspired you most here.
“This is how I moved my #BusinessForward” campaign, developed by Business Forward the knowledge portal of the AUC School of Business in partnership with CIB Egypt, The Coca Cola Company, L’OrĂ©al Egypt and Vodafone Egypt, invited the business community to share how they are becoming more attuned to corporate responsibility, and are contributing to the evolving needs of society and the environment.
Awards to the most inspiring cases of responsible business and most-voted for by the audience will be announced in the event, amidst an exchange of knowledge and experience from the participating industry experts and campaign partners. Your vote counts; check the below on how to vote.
Interested in attending the closing ceremony of the campaign and finding out who won?The Closing ceremony of the digital engagement campaign , will take place on March 30. You can join us virtually via Zoom from 12 – 2 GMT. Engage with practical examples of how corporate responsibility is practiced in Egypt and beyond.
You may check the Event Agenda here.
Make sure to claim your invitation and register below.
Simultaneous Arabic translation is provided.
Date & Time
March 16-18, 2022 I Online
8:00 AM SAST
About the Conference
What is Responsible Leadership?
Responsible leadership is a leadership approach that addresses responsibilities and accountabilities of business leaders. It is driven by purpose and positive social impact. To reach a complete understanding of responsible leadership, its importance and how it can be implemented to benefit society, we need to establish a number of things. These include:
- How do we make sense of the concept of responsible leadership globally as well as in the African context?
- What are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the responsible leadership discourse?
- What is the relationship between responsible leadership and social innovation?
- How can organisations develop and nurture responsible leaders internally?
- How can we establish a dialogue between sectors, co-create best practices and shape pathways and actions towards responsible leadership?
Why We Need This Conference
The Responsible Leadership Reimagined Conference is an event that seeks to address important questions about responsible leadership, and encourage further research and to advance the discussion on responsible leadership in Africa. This will enable us to move towards a common understanding of what responsible leadership is and what it can achieve on the continent.
How You Can Help Us
The submission date for papers closed on 30 November 2021.
More About the Conference
The Responsible Leadership Reimagined Conference will be hosted by the Centre for Responsible Leadership Studies (University of Stellenbosch Business School), in collaboration with the Allan Gray Centre for Values-based Leadership (University of Cape Town), the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute (University of Pretoria) and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative.
DATE: Sunday, March 27th
TIME: 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM GMTÂ
LOCATION: Zoom
Personal branding is essentially marketing yourself and your experience to recruiters. It increases your visibility online, indicates what matters to you as a person, what you have accomplished in your career, and what your next move is.
In this Career Development Workshop, with our Localized Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub, we will demonstrate how you can start building your personal brand to increase your chances of being picked up by recruiters
Date: Sunday, March 20th
Time: 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM GMT
LOCATION: Zoom
Are you having trouble deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life? Do people often ask you what career you want and you have trouble answering the question? đ€
If you feel stuck in your decision or feel uncertain about what qualities, companies and industries you should be looking into, that might mean youâre having trouble determining how to match your personal values to your work.
Your values not only create a framework for how you like to work and interact with others, but itâs also a good indicator of what kind of work will feel most fulfilling for you.
In this Career Development Workshop, Localized Career Coach-in-Residence, Iyad Uakoub, will demonstrate how you can identify your personal values and use them to shape your career objectives.
