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NEWSLETTER - Issue 2 - March 2011
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Beyond its initial function of generating knowledge through research
and education about doing business in Africa, the Initiative acts as an
inclusive platform for engaging with clients and partners across all
INSEAD's services and products
Share with us your experiences and activities in Africa
and other emerging markets; we will help spread the word to increase
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Other Events
Past and coming up...
December 2010
MBA Africa National Week
February 2011: Learning Innovation Center Workshop on health projects in Tanzania, Egypt and Abu Dhabi by MBA participants and Johnson & Johnson Executives
Careers in Africa Recruitment Summits
WEF Africa in Cape Town
GBSN: Leadership in Emerging Markets in Mexico
Our alumni and participants acting in Africa:
The Africa Finance Corporation launch its quarterly publication The Africa Infrastructure Review
AFC's CEO is Andrew ALLI, MBA 95D
A team of MBAs is conducting an analysis on Mobile Banking Infrastructure in East Africa, with a fieldtrip to Kenya during the P4 break
Another team of MBAs is working on a project to establish high-quality private schools for high potential, low-income students in African cities
Research in Africa |
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This newsletter has been created for
INSEAD's Alumni, our Executive Education graduates, internal and
external stakeholders, partner organisations, colleagues and MBA
participants committed to Africa's socio-economic development.
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INSEAD Education Programmes
MBA Programme contact Leila Murat
MBA Scholarships
Up to 11 scholarships are specifically intended to applicants from Africa or from developing countries
Career Services
For post-graduate opportunities in Africa, for recruiting talents for your operations in Africa, contact Christelle Inacio
EMBA Programme contact Laith Dajani
Executive Education Programmes
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INSEAD Research Groups
Centres
Initiatives
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Links
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Your News – Our News
If you have news that is relevant to Africa
or emerging markets that you would like to see included in this
Newsletter, contact Brigitte Pernet.
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...Recent Events |
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 The Social and Economic Impact of Standard Chartered Ghana
October 2010
A report by Ethan Kapstein and Dr René Kim, commissioned by Standard Chartered to better understand its economic impact in Ghana
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EMRC International Business Forum - Agritec on “Boosting Agricultural Innovation in Africa”
January 2011 in Lisboa
Benjamin Warr,
Senior Research Fellow at INSEAD Social Innovation Center, spoke in
plenary session about Innovation and Supply Chains, and presented the Africa Initiative and Social Entrepreneurship
in a session dedicated to Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The event
gathered 250 participants from Angola, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya
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INSEAD in Lagos, Nigeria !
February 2011
 After Johannesburg and Nairobi in 2010, the Africa Initiative pressed on with their Africa Roadshow to Lagos, Nigeria in February 2011 where a series of events where held with mid to senior executives
The Faculty Speaker Event, attended by more than 100 participants, was graciously hosted by Guinness Nigeria Plc, a brand of Diageo Africa. Professor Roger Lehman, Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, spoke about "Innovative Leadership: Getting it Right"
The inaugural Africa Leadership Forum was launched under the sponsorship of Secure ID.
Facilitated by Professor Roger Lehman, the interactive breakfast
workshop with 19 CEOs and board members of Nigerian companies took a
closer look at Effective Leadership - how to develop your high potentials
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if you'd like to know more about the Africa Leadership Forum and / or to host the next Forum
Other events included an MBA/EMBA Information Session and a PhD
Information Session. The roadshow was completed with an informal lunch
with Alumni in Lagos, graciously sponsored by alumna Edith Unuigbe, of Nigeria LNG Limited
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The Arab-African Crans Montana Forum, February 2011 - Brussels
Devoted to the South-South Cooperation
Read more...
On this occasion, a Special Meeting of the New Leaders for Tomorrow was held on 19 February to welcome the New Leaders 2011’s Promotion, on which
Didier Acouetey, Swaady Martin-Leke and Mamadou Touré were nominated by INSEAD
Read quote from a New Leader 2010...
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Food for Thought
| With very few exceptions,
MBA programs in sub-Saharan Africa are unable to effectively compete with institutions
in the West. As a result, MBA programs cannot attract the best local students or faculty
and often lack the leadership prowess necessary to effectively position themselves within
the market.
-"Assessment of Graduate Management Education", William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School (2003) |
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AABS Members Meeting 2011 
