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Celtel’s Founder on Building a Business on the World’s Poorest Continent
International business Magazine ArticlePhotography: Timothy Allen / Redux The Idea: Frustrated by Western ignorance about Africa, Ibrahim decided to take advantage of the continent’s enormous telecom opportunity himself. Among the challenges he faced was creating an infrastructure from scratch. As a native of Sudan who has spent most of my adult life in the West, I’ve always been […] -
Managing Authenticity: The Paradox of Great Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders and followers both associate authenticity with sincerity, honesty, and integrity. It's the real thing--the attribute that uniquely defines great... -
How to Get Employees to (Actually) Participate in Well-Being Programs
Organizational Development ResearchNew research identifies 3 strategies organizations can take to engage employees. -
Africa's New Generation of Innovators
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWith a young, urbanizing population, abundant natural resources, and a growing middle class, Africa seems to have all the ingredients necessary for huge... -
Globalizing the Rest of the World
Global Business Magazine ArticleAlthough they account for 20% of the world's population and a major share of its natural resources, Latin America and Africa have been left out of the... -
Whiteboard Session: Africa, China, and the Future of Manufacturing
Global Business VideoIrene Yuan Sun explains why Africa could be the world's next great manufacturing center. -
Regional Strategies for Global Leadership
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe leaders of such global powerhouses as GE, Wal-Mart, and Toyota seem to have grasped two crucial truths: First, far from becoming submerged by the... -
Dream Deferred: The Story of a High-Tech Entrepreneur in a Low-Tech World
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAdesemi, an American start-up in Africa, had been trying for six years to blanket the developing world with desperately needed wireless communications... -
Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?
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The New Entrepreneurial Waves in Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleEarly this month, Cisco announced that it was investing $10 million in Egypt. What made it different from other investments by multinational companies... -
Africa’s Unique Opportunity to Promote Inclusive Growth
Economics Digital ArticleAdvice for the new head of the African Development Bank. -
Bogus Audited Statements Are Holding Africa Back
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAnd how to fix it. -
How New Technologies Could Transform Africa’s Health Care System
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Before Your Next African Investment
Global Business Digital ArticleWhile attending a UN-sponsored workshop last month in Freetown, Sierra Leone, I noticed an amazing transformation in that country, fuelled primarily by... -
How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
Emerging markets Digital ArticleThey’re the fastest-growing markets outside of Asia. -
How Right Should the Customer Be?
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleIf your salespeople aren't sure who their boss is--the district manager? the regional manager? the customer?--it could be a sign that your company's sales... -
What Multinationals Need to Do to Succeed in Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's home to more fast-growing economies than any other region. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
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A Nigerian Model for Stakeholder Capitalism
Business and society Digital ArticleLessons from the Igbo apprenticeship system. -
Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGetting there will take classic business skills.
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A Note on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Developing Economies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Entrepreneurs looking to launch start-ups in developing economies must confront numerous challenges that their peers in more developed countries may be... -
Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Zipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company... -
Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Second in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS... -
In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology... -
Celtel International B.V.: June 2004 (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Depicts the options facing Mohammed Ibrahim, founder and chairman of Celtel International, the largest pan African wireless telecommunications provider,... -
Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is an epilogue to "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa" (2-321-020), which ends with the emergence of... -
PlayPumps: A Playful Solution to Africa's Water Problem? (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This two-part case examines the PlayPumps project, which aimed to provide an innovative solution to water problems in southern Africa. Part A begins with... -
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Compliance programs help companies align the interests and behavior of employees with external expectations and regulation. The case discusses how ABInBev,... -
Swvl: Smart Mobility for the Masses
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details "The case focuses on strategy and governance issues at SWVL, a tech-enabled mass mobility marketplace. It describes the journey of CEO and Chairman Mostafa... -
Boeing and the 737 MAX Crisis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Monday, January 13, 2020, was David Calhoun's first day on the job as President and CEO of Boeing, Incorporated. Prior to Calhoun's first day, two separate... -
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details This case explores the role that MTV, with its heavy diet of music and general youth-oriented media content, plays in spreading public-service messaging... -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In 1999 and 2000, Abbott Laboratories' senior management considered a number of philanthropic options that could make a difference and define the focus... -
Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly... -
Ken Talbot - Cautionary Tale in Estate Planning
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Ken Talbot, a self-made Australian billionaire, was traveling throughout Africa to bring his innovative coal technology to the continent when... -
A Note on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Developing Economies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Entrepreneurs looking to launch start-ups in developing economies must confront numerous challenges that their peers in more developed countries may be... -
PlayPumps: A Playful Solution to Africa's Water Problem? (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case HEC225 -
Transsion Holdings: Leveraging Disruption in Emerging Markets
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes how Transsion Holdings ("Transsion"), a company with Chinese origins and strong advantages in the low-cost production of quality products,... -
Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent... -
GRW Engineering in South Africa: When International Competition Arrives
Management Case Study8.95View Details GRW Engineering (Pty) Ltd. (GRW) is a road transport equipment designer, manufacturer, and servicer based in South Africa. With GRW facing increased competition... -
Toyota Tsusho Corporation: Acquiring the French CFAO to Penetrate African Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, the Japanese company Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) acquired the remaining shares of the French trading company Compagnie Française de l'Afrique...
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Celtel’s Founder on Building a Business on the World’s Poorest Continent
International business Magazine ArticlePhotography: Timothy Allen / Redux The Idea: Frustrated by Western ignorance about Africa, Ibrahim decided to take advantage of the continent’s enormous telecom opportunity himself. Among the challenges he faced was creating an infrastructure from scratch. As a native of Sudan who has spent most of my adult life in the West, I’ve always been […] -
A Note on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Developing Economies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Entrepreneurs looking to launch start-ups in developing economies must confront numerous challenges that their peers in more developed countries may be... -
Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Zipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company... -
Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Second in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS... -
Shoe Manufacturer Stepping into High-Pace Markets: Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Clarks in Africa, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAn MBA graduate is asked by the CEO to look at Clarks' strategy in Africa. To achieve growth on a large scale makes entering new countries inevitable.... -
In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology... -
Celtel International B.V.: June 2004 (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Depicts the options facing Mohammed Ibrahim, founder and chairman of Celtel International, the largest pan African wireless telecommunications provider,... -
Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is an epilogue to "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa" (2-321-020), which ends with the emergence of... -
PlayPumps: A Playful Solution to Africa's Water Problem? (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This two-part case examines the PlayPumps project, which aimed to provide an innovative solution to water problems in southern Africa. Part A begins with... -
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Compliance programs help companies align the interests and behavior of employees with external expectations and regulation. The case discusses how ABInBev,...