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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... -
The Company Outsmarting Big Pharma in Africa
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow one Indian company punches above its weight in emerging markets. -
The World’s Next Great Manufacturing Center
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The Rapid Growth of Digital Business in Africa
Global Business Digital ArticleWhat the continent's first tech unicorn means for the future. -
Africa’s Unique Opportunity to Promote Inclusive Growth
Economics Digital ArticleAdvice for the new head of the African Development Bank. -
Digital Transformation in Africa Requires Homegrown Solutions
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleToday's global enterprise solutions don't meet the unique needs of African businesses. -
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... -
How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa
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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... -
A Nigerian Model for Stakeholder Capitalism
Global Business Digital ArticleLessons from the Igbo apprenticeship system. -
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... -
Cultural Diversity Leads to Better Decision Making
When you allow space for diverse opinions and varying points of view, you and your team can make better decisions. -
The Globe: Is the Bottom of the Pyramid Really for You?
Economics Magazine ArticleSearching for that pot of gold in the world’s most challenging markets may not be worth your company’s while. Here’s how to make that call -
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... -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
Seven Reasons Why Africa's Time Is Now
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSurprising facts about Africa, which promises to be the world's next growth hot spot. -
What Africa’s Leaders Have Learned About Facing Huge Challenges
Government Digital ArticleOvercoming them is a learnable skill. -
Life’s Work: Desmond Tutu
Leadership Magazine ArticleAmong human rights activists, he’s often compared to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., but Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu demurs at those comparisons. The South African cleric jokes that he won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize mostly because the Nobel Committee was looking for an anti-apartheid figure whose last name was easy to pronounce. “What […] -
How to Get Employees to (Actually) Participate in Well-Being Programs
Human resource management ResearchNew research identifies 3 strategies organizations can take to engage employees. -
Breakthrough ideas for 2006
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers the single most important trait of future leaders, the marketing potential of digitally split personalities, a challenge tougher than managing risk, and the best hope for oil-importing countries.
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Performance Management at Afreximbank
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Artepharm: Commercialising the Malaria Cure in Africa
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is set January 2019. Song Jianping is senior advisor to Chinese pharmaceutical firm Artepharm, which has been engaging in malaria elimination... -
KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing
Management Case Study8.95View Details The problem was massive: two million hectares of African forests were lost annually to charcoal production for cooking, an area equivalent to 13 times... -
Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's... -
Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada-based education technology non-profit Rumie had distributed thousands of computer tablets preloaded with collections... -
Barry Callebaut: Forever Chocolate
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans - and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world's largest B2B... -
De Beers: Addressing the New Competitiveness Challenges
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of De Beers and the diamond industry from its inception in the mid-1800s to the year 2000. Discusses De Beer's history and strategy... -
Diageo: Innovating for Africa
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand, Guinness, first exported to Sierra Leone... -
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details EFL provides credit-scoring services in developing countries using psychometric assessment, but the potential loss of a large customer makes them reconsider... -
SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa's distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures,... -
Transsion Mobile: Deep Blue Ocean in Africa
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The global mobile phone market is becoming saturated, especially in developed economies where phone makers are competing for market share in an increasingly... -
(PRODUCT) RED (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study6.95View Details Describes the launch and initial results of the (PRODUCT) RED campaign, a social marketing initiative conceived of by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver to combat... -
Keep or Sell the Healthcare Family Business: The Case of Promamec in Morocco
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case depicts the fascinating success story of Promamec, a family-owned business and an unexpected healthcare champion, amid unprecedented business... -
Zipline: Life-Saving Drone Service Redefining the Supply Chain
Management Case Study8.95View Details Zipline delivers medical products via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With its expansion to Ghana in 2019, Zipline became world's largest medical drone-delivery... -
Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa
Global Business Case Study11.95View 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... -
Desertec: Evolution of a Renewable Energy Vision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Desertec Foundation was established in 2009 to pursue a lofty vision: to power Europe by harnessing the renewable energy of the deserts of North Africa.... -
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... -
Wilderness Safaris: Leveraging Technology for Impact
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Headquartered in Botswana, Wilderness Safaris was an ecotourism operator that organized several camps and mobile safaris in Africa. Recently, Wilderness... -
SENACA EAST AFRICA (A): A FAMILY SECURITY BUSINESS GRAPPLES WITH EXPANSION
Management Case Study8.95View Details Senaca East Africa, aka Sentry & Patrols, is a Kenya-based security guard firm founded in 2002 by John Kipkorir, a longtime member of the Kenyan police.... -
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...
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Performance Management at Afreximbank
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details -
Artepharm: Commercialising the Malaria Cure in Africa
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is set January 2019. Song Jianping is senior advisor to Chinese pharmaceutical firm Artepharm, which has been engaging in malaria elimination... -
KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing
Management Case Study8.95View Details The problem was massive: two million hectares of African forests were lost annually to charcoal production for cooking, an area equivalent to 13 times... -
Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's... -
Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada-based education technology non-profit Rumie had distributed thousands of computer tablets preloaded with collections... -
SimCase Simulation: Clothes.com
Sales & Marketing Digital Article"Clothes.com" is a digital exercise that demonstrates the benefits of utilizing basic math concepts to improve business decision making. In this simulation,... -
Barry Callebaut: Forever Chocolate
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans - and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world's largest B2B... -
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... -
De Beers: Addressing the New Competitiveness Challenges
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Traces the development of De Beers and the diamond industry from its inception in the mid-1800s to the year 2000. Discusses De Beer's history and strategy... -
Diageo: Innovating for Africa
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand, Guinness, first exported to Sierra Leone...
