Mutsa Kajese is the founder of UbuntuLab, an organisation that focuses on the holistic development of emerging market leaders. This week in his life is an epitome of work-life integration. Mutsa’s first book “30 days of Transformation: A guide to your authentic self” is coming soon. It is the perfect compendium of nuggets on personal […]
A Week in the Life of Likeleli Monyamane ‘19
Likeleli recently re-launched Inspire Innovation in her home-country, Lesotho. In the past month, she has been working on getting the business off the ground. This week in her life is a reflection of the grit and spirit of a startup founder, mother, mentee, teammate, and ALUSB student. “My reason for doing an EMBA was to […]
10 Questions with Emmett Tracy – Dean of ALUSB
Emmett P. Tracy combines an erudite academic portfolio comprising a BA from Williams College, EMBA from INSEAD, and a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, with an executive professional portfolio including Chief Executive Officer, KaffeeHouse Digital and Dean at Hult International Business School. At ALU School of Business (ALUSB), Dr. Tracy consolidates academic administration, risk management […]
A Week in the Life of ALUSB EMBA Students: Energy and Excitement at the EMBA Intensive
Intensives are periodic week-long sessions where ALUSB EMBA students meet in Kigali to learn directly from seasoned guest faculty. They also take the time to reconnect in person with their classmates. Here are some highlights of the recently-concluded October 2018 EMBA intensive. SUNDAY, 28 OCTOBER Kicking off with a schedule overview and course introductions, our EMBA […]
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ALUSB, with Chidi Afulezi
At ALUSB, we believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are critical paths to the African Century. In the words of our founder, Fred Swaniker, “the challenges that leaders face on the continent are effectively entrepreneurial challenges.” In this interview, Chidi Afulezi, Head Faculty of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E & I) course at ALUSB, speaks about […]
A Week in the Life of Hector Chilimani ’19
Hector Chilimani is a Business Operations Project Specialist at One Acre Fund, Malawi. His passion lies in serving his community by equipping and empowering people with the tools they need to solve their problems. Through his leadership style of imparting ownership, Hector is, in his own right, building leaders and problem-solvers for the African century. […]
A Week in the Life of Akua Nyame-Mensah
Akua Nyame-Mensah ’19 has worked in e-commerce for the past four years. She was the Managing Director at Jumia Classifieds, Nigeria and Ghana. For the past few months, she served as the leader at a design and build company. She currently aspires to take an entrepreneurial route starting with career advisory services. Wake up. Stretch. […]
Amine Alaoui Soulimani ’18: The Power of a Great Pan-African Network at ALUSB
Amine Alaoui Soulimani is a Mechanical Engineer from Morocco. He is the service manager of ThyssenKrupp, a German multinational, in Rabat, Morocco. Amine belongs to the founding class of the ALUSB EMBA programme. “Every company that is expanding in Africa or willing to expand, really requires a great pan-African network of individuals adept at navigating […]
A Week in the Life of Bame Moremong ’19
Bame Moremong ’19 is the Executive Director of Brand Botswana, at Botswana Investment and Trade Centre and a current ALUSB EMBA student. She manages marketing teams and mothers two daughters while studying her EMBA. Her depiction of this week is as true to life as an executive’s existential template. She is customising this template for […]
A Week in the Life of Raoul NdayaEMBAje ’20
Raoul NdayaEMBAje ‘20 welcomed us to experience his life as the Head of Transaction Services Group (TSG) at Ecobank, Rwanda and ALUSB EMBA student. Raoul’s burgeoning career in banking is both inspiring and fascinating as he grew from an early leadership role of data analyst team lead to a transactional products and services expert within […]
