Partners

Partners are organizations that collaborate meaningfully with GBSN on projects and programs to achieve the mission. They work with GBSN on projects, provide financial support for projects and programs, and bring expertise and innovative approaches to both.

Work with GBSN to

Collaborate on generating funding support through grants and sponsorships
Host event and workshops
Offer or support training programs and opportunities that support the GBSN mission
Collaborate to do research in line with the GBSN mission

EFMD Global Network

EFMD is a global, non-profit, membership driven organization dedicated to management development. Recognized globally as an accreditation body for business schools, business school programs, and corporate universities. With the support of 900+ members across 91 countries, EFMD acts as a catalyst to promote and enhance excellence in management development globally. With a network of 30,000 management professionals from academia, business, public service, and consultancies, EFMD plays a central role in shaping global approach to management education and provide a unique forum for information, research, networking, and debate on innovation and best practice. For more information, visit www.efmdglobal.org.

Center for International Enterprise (CIPE)

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is a business-oriented NGO working at the intersection of democratic and economic development and partnering with business associations, chambers of commerce, think tanks and other civil society organizations to implement homegrown, business-led solutions to local development challenges. CIPE’s mission is to strengthen democracy through private enterprise and market-oriented reform, fulfilling a vision of a world where democracy delivers the freedom and opportunity for all to prosper. CIPE is active in 20 countries through its field offices and representatives and has a network of partners in more than 60 countries. It carries out programs in the following focus areas: Anti-Corruption and Ethics; Business Advocacy; Democratic Governance; Enterprise Ecosystems; Trade; and Women’s Economic Empowerment.

Ecobank Academy

Ecobank Academy is one of the largest capability development centers in Africa focused on Banking, Digital Financial Services and Leadership Development. As a corporate university, Ecobank Academy provides training programs reaching over 16,000 front-line, middle to senior managers across 36 countries. Founded in 2012 and operational in 2014, Ecobank Academy is the first pan-African corporate university and is the epicenter of Ecobank culture. Since becoming operational, Ecobank Academy has become a hub for Ecobank’s leaders from across the world to convene and receive world-class management development. For more information, visit academy.ecobank.com.

The World Continuing Education Alliance

WCEA is a social impact technology company that provides sustainable tech solutions to healthcare organizations across low- and middle-income countries to build capacity in CPD and lifelong learning. Their aim is to improve access to evidence-based education to nurses, midwives, doctors and other health worker cadres, keep skills and knowledge up to date, improve service delivery and health outcomes. The objective of the GBSN & WCEA partnership was to bring scalability and adaptability to their Management Development Institute program. Mobile MDI Program content and curriculum were designed by four top universities across Africa within the GBSN member network: The University of Cape Town Graduate Business School (South Africa), Strathmore University (Kenya), Lagos Business School (LBS) – Pan-Atlantic University (Nigeria), as well as Institut Supérieur de Management à Dakar (Senegal). For more information, visit oneworld.wcea.education.

The Resiliency Initiative

The Resiliency Initiative (TRI) is a certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) with Fortune 500, government, military and non-profit leadership experience specializing in business continuity, crisis, security, and risk mitigation planning and training services.

A sponsor and partner for the annual GBSN Social Logistics Challenge, the Resiliency Initiative also offers competing teams a chance to win a scholarship to attend the Resiliency Academy, a virtual workshop on managing crisis response.

The Kühne Foundation

Deutsche Post DHL Group

Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics company. The Group connects people and markets and is an enabler of global trade. It aspires to be the first choice for customers, employees and investors worldwide. The Group contributes to the world through responsible business practice, corporate citizenship and environmental activities. By the year 2050, Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to achieve zero emissions logistics. Under its Deutsche Post and DHL brands, the Group provides an international service portfolio consisting of letter and parcel dispatch, express delivery, freight transport, supply chain management and e-commerce solutions. Deutsche Post DHL Group employs approximately 550,000 people in over 220 countries and territories worldwide. For more information, visit www.dpdhl.com/en.html.

The SWIFT Institute

The SWIFT Institute, set up by SWIFT, funds independent research, supports knowledge-led debate and provides a forum where academia and financial industry practitioners can learn from each other. Its primary focus is transaction banking, covering the areas of payments & banking, capital markets, cyber security, technology & innovation, regulation & compliance and leadership. The SWIFT Institute aims to extend the understanding of current practice and explore future needs in global financial services.

The SWIFT Institute is proud to have partnered with GBSN to produce two case studies examining cybersecurity and banking across the African and East African region. These were led by the United States International University in Kenya and have provided a valuable insight into the current cyber-risk landscape. The cases and other research by the SWIFT Institute are free to download at www.swiftinstitute.org.

Carringtoncrisp

Carringtoncrisp are education marketing specialists, providing market research, consultancy and creative services across higher education. The company was set up in 2003 and since that time has worked with more than 130 institutions in over 30 countries. Carringtoncrisp are particularly well known for their group market research studies, but also carry out a wide range of individual consulting assignments and increasingly work with clients on creative brand and marketing solutions. For more information, visit www.carringtoncrisp.com.

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious foods for all people, especially the most vulnerable. At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food. Today, one in three people – drawn from nearly every country on the planet – are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge. See GAIN’s work with GBSN. Visit www.gainhealth.org.

Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Next-gen technological advancements in Finance are disrupting traditional business roles, but they are also opening new gateways to more advanced opportunities. CFTE strives to help new-age professionals reimagine the role of technology through education, so they are equipped to reinvent finance 2.0. The courses it offers reflect the changes occurring in the industry including FinTech mega trends such as blockchain, machine learning, API’s and Big Data. See CFTE’s work with GBSN. For more information, visit courses.cfte.education.

Localized

All students from GBSN member institutions have complimentary membership to the Localized platform. Localized partners with schools, organizations, companies and accelerators to university students and recent graduates with industry experts and employers. While talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Localized builds virtual a career community on a global scale.