[…] consultant on the Global Panel for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Ngozi Elobuike, who is both a Howard and UCD alumna, led a discussion with UCD Proudly Made in Africa Fellow in Business and Development Dr David Nyaluke, Social Entrepreneur Tope Bodemosi and Dr Alice Feldman who is the academic lead for UCD’s Masters in Race, […]
[…] and International Affairs (SIPA) on campus for an undergraduate study tour. The trip was part of an cultural exchange between AUC and Princeton, focusing on Egypt and Africa tailored specifically to SPIA students. Students attended educational sessions on topics related to labor markets, developing human capital and innovation practices with a focus on the […]
[…] Impact Rating (PIR) appears at a time when crises are increasingly happening on the doorstep of business schools. Over the past years, the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the sense of instability and uncertainty, replacing the long-held focus on economic growth and prosperity in the Global North. The Ukrainian war […]
[…] in your course. Social media and apps such as WhatsApp and Twitter make it easy to do so. All Students Can Benefit from an Entrepreneurial Mindset The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that an entrepreneurial mindset is critical for addressing today’s problems. Adapting to risk, spotting opportunity, taking initiative, communicating and collaborating, being flexible, and […]
[…] children aged 5-17 are estimated to be in child labour and progress in reducing child labour has stalled and is at risk of being reversed with the COVID-19 pandemic. Without concerted efforts and the active participation of the business community, progress towards the elimination of child labour is impossible. As they learned about this […]
[…] for many years). Needless to say, I wasn’t quoted in the story. I’ve thought about that call several times over the last couple of years. Could the covid pandemic cause business schools to pull back from globalization in the long term? After all, internationally mobile students and faculty have always been the lifeblood of […]
[…] a Fiscal Tightrope, has proved to be a sought-after case study for business schools around the world. Wits Business School was one of the first schools in Africa to establish its own case-writing facility in the early 1990s, which it modeled on the Harvard case method. It has since produced over 300 case studies […]
[…] asked for suggestions about the holiday message I was setting out to write. Dr. Bella Galperin is an accomplished management professor and has written about leadership in Africa. She’s been following our work at GBSN. I have a lot to learn about ubuntu, but learned from Bella and my South African colleague, Rob Vember, […]
Over the last five weeks, 56 student teams from 32 schools across 15 countries participated in our inaugural Africa Business Concept Challenge, sponsored by Stanford Seed and AACSB and supported by Peaqs, emlyon business school, Localized, and Afrilabs. It wasn’t our first student competition. Last fall 113 teams from 38 schools across 21 countries […]
[…] systems. We must explore the longer-term implications of the coronavirus outbreak for business and society. Business school leaders and administrators have adapted to the challenges posed by COVID-19 in many different ways. So too are student groups. There are many stories happening around the world. Consider two projects that vary significantly. Qi Xin Deng, […]
