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SONJO: Minimizing the Adverse Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 through Social Capital in the Digital Era
Welcome to this very special humanitarian-based webinar hosted by Universitas Gadjah Mada! Their program SONJO (Sambatan Jogja) is an inspiring humanitarian movement that has operated since 24 March 2020 and is based in a WhatsApp group (WAG). Today, SONJO consists of 20 internal WAGs and 4 WAGs with other communities in West Java, Jakarta, and… Read more >
Call for Chapters – Responsible Management of Work Value Shifts Post Covid-19
Editors: Kemi Ogunyemi and Adaora Onaga, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, NigeriaEmail addresses: kogunyemi@lbs.edu.ng, aonaga@pau.edu.ngPublishers: In review with Emerald PublishingPlease send a 200-word chapter proposal to the above email addresses by August 15, 2021. About the Book Title: Responsible Management of Work Value Shifts Post Covid-19Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic is leaving an indelible mark on history. This… Read more >
Talent for Africa: Africa’s Talent Challenges in a Changing World
In this kickoff session, panelists will touch on the broad range of pressing talent challenges that will be had throughout the series and provide a bird’s eye view of how these relate to Agenda 2063, and the Africa that Africans want. Join us as we address issues such as Pan-African integration in a de-globalizing world, harnessing a youthful African workforce in an aging global society, AI and the impact of automation everywhere, developing relevant educational opportunities for African business, and so much more. Africa in the Context of the world invites the rest of the global community to hear from African leaders, themselves, and how we can work cohesively to truly create the future of the continent.
Chandaria School of Business, USIU-Africa
GBSN Partners with Peaqs for the Africa Business Plan Challenge
GBSN is pleased to present its’ Africa Business Plan Challenge in a completely virtual format and has teamed up with Danish Edtech Startup Peaqs, in providing a platform to facilitate the competition. Peaqs is not so much a system for the organizers, as it is for the competition itself where student entrepreneurs continuously upload, display and refine their business cases in a kickstarter-like fashion. Judges, mentors and other key stakeholders can also logon and interact with the entrepreneurs via a comment function and a gamified stock market, where they play the role of ‘investors,’ and can allocate their funds in support of the projects they think are the best.
HEC Paris Launches its First office for West and Central Africa in Abidjan
HEC Paris celebrates the opening of its first office for West and Central Africa, in Abidjan. The HEC office, which benefits from the continued support of CGECI, aims to train hundreds of financial managers and business strategists each year and to promote and develop the school’s activities in this region. The opening ceremony, sponsored by… Read more >
Frequently Asked Questions
The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students competing as a team. At least two members from each team must be currently enrolled at an African institution. The Faculty Mentor must also be from one of represented African institutions. Yes. Teams of two to five students may enter the competition. Each team must designate… Read more >
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Hosts First African MBA World Summit
The UCT Graduate School of Business is hosting this year’s MBA World Summit, an event that harnesses the collective thinking power of the top 100 MBA students from high-ranking international business schools and is being held for the first time on African soil. One hundred MBA students from the world’s best business schools are in… Read more >
Africa: glass half full or half empty ?
A blog by Thomas Bonschab, Robert Kappel & Helmut Reisen recently published an article written by Guy. The growth of the African middle-class is one of the great topics of recent discussion. An African Development Bank report found that “The number of middle class Africans has tripled over the last 30 years to 313 million… Read more >