Yvonne Gyefour (EMBA ’20) is a Customer Marketing Manager at Unilever, Ghana, specialising in the personal care division. She describes her road to ALU, her key learnings so far and her advice to ALUSB aspirants. Get to know and be inspired by Yvonne’s career, her ALU and her legacy! Yvonne’s arrival in Kigali for course […]
An Interview with ALUSB Guest Faculty Willy Yav
Guest Faculty Willy Yav, broadcaster and pan-African entrepreneur from the DRC, joined us for an interview while on campus in Kigali this past July. Hear Willy’s advice for building pan-African ventures and his thoughts about the future of Africa. Be inspired! Here are some highlights from Willy’s interview. Scroll down to watch his full video […]
A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF ALUSB’s GRADUATING EMBA CLASS
ALUSB’s EMBA Class of 2018 arrived in Kigali for the last stage of their EMBA journey: programme wrap-up and graduation. What did they experience that final week? Here are some highlights of the week: SUNDAY 1 JULY The week opened with an evening reception at 1000 Hills Distillery, which offers one of the most beautiful […]
ALUSB Welcomes the EMBA Class of 2020
ALU School of Business (ALUSB) was honoured to welcome their third EMBA cohort to Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday 7th July, 2018. The EMBA Class of 2020 is made up of 46 students, of which 33% are women. Residing across Africa, Europe, the United States of America and the Middle-East, this class represents 17 countries of […]
ZANUDEEN MAKORIE ‘19: LEADERSHIP IS A QUESTION OF APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE
Zanudeen Makorie ‘19 is a lawyer, General Counsel and Company Secretary at RioZim, the largest mining company in ZiEMBAbwe. In this interview Zanudeen talks about his personal leadership journey since joining ALUSB, shares his thoughts on what leadership development applied looks like in his professional life, and highlights some leadership lessons from African leaders that […]
LILLIAN SECELELA MADEJE ’18: LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING!
Lillian Madeje ‘18 describes herself as a passionate changemaker from Tanzania. In this video interview, Lilian talks about her personal leadership journey since joining the ALUSB programme, the importance of empowering her team, and her thoughts about what lays ahead after graduation, this July. Here are some highlights from Lilian’s interview: How have you grown […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH ALUSB GUEST FACULTY GBENGA OYEBODE
We had the privilege of gleaning some wisdom from guest faculty Gbenga Oyebode, lawyer and chairman of Aluko and Oyebode, one of Nigeria’s top commercial law firms. In this interview Gbenga shares his tips for doing business in Africa, his reasons for teaching at ALU School of Business, as well as his thoughts about what […]
OLUWATOYIN AROWOLO’18 :THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR ALL OF US!
Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Arowolo ‘18, a wife, a mother of two, and a Nigerian entrepreneur, with plans to expand beyond Nigeria. As Toyin enters the home stretch of the ALUSB EMBA, she shares a message for women considering this programme, and talks about the moral responsibility that lays ahead now for the founding class of 2018, […]
Graduation Message to the Founding Class of 2018 from the Dean
Dear Founders, Words cannot express how proud I am of you, that you have made it successfully to the end of this grueling program of business leadership transformation and earned the right to be called the FOUNDING GRADUATES of ALUSB. You caught the vision, married it with your passion, you were selected among thousands, you […]
BRENDA KOBOLA ‘19: LEADER, MOTHER AND EMBA STUDENT!
Brenda Kobola’ 19 works in the Human Capital space at Standard Bank Group. In this interview, Brenda discusses striving for work-life balance as she manages work, study, and family life. She also describes her personal leadership journey since she joined ALUSB. Here are some highlights from Brenda’s interview: How do you strive for work-life balance […]
