Tips for budding entrepreneurs
Manji Cheto ’19 Talks Leadership, Pan-Africanism and Business
Author: Tumiso Kevin Mokakangwe “I grew up at a time where it wasn’t so cool to be African, I think things have changed now, and thank God for that,” said Manji Cheto ’19 as she shares more about her journey into the EMBA programme, her life after the programme and coming back to the intensives […]
ALUSB 2020 Recap
Author: Tumiso Kevin, ALUSB Intern As we prepare to bid farewell to the extraordinary year of 2020 and make our way into 2021, we would like to take a moment to appreciate the past year. Like many organisations on the continent, 2020 demanded that we step up our game. Despite the twists and turns, ALU […]
INTERVIEW WITH ALUSB GRADUATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER: IBUKUN AWOSIKA
Author: Philip Mbwaya, ALUSB Marketing Coordinator With the recently concluded ALUSB graduation ceremony, we got a chance to sit down with Ibukun Awosika who is the Founder and CEO of The Chair Centre Group and serves as the very first female chairman of the board for First Bank of Nigeria. Ibukun is passionate about social issues, […]
Conquering Virtual Learning: A Q&A with ALUSB Faculty
Author: JerryLynn Kariuki, Intern, ALU School of Business The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history. Students and teachers have had to adapt to the world of virtual learning; a world that comes with its own set of challenges. Luckily, Chidi Afulezi, ALUSB’s Head Faculty for Product, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, […]
How to successfully start a new job remotely
How are you doing? I hope you are safe and healthy as you read this post. Months into the COVID-19 travel restrictions and work-from-home realities that have become the new normal this 2020, we and our organisations have started to adapt and move forward. It hasn’t been easy, but we take each day as it […]
The ALUSB EMBA Online Intensive Week: Highlights And Takeaways
Every 4 months, the ALUSB EMBA students travel to Kigali for a week-long “intensive” where they get to connect with their peers and learn directly from African business leaders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent travel restrictions, we were unable to conduct our intensive in person. Nonetheless, the ALUSB community gathered online for […]
Successful Online Learning: 10 tips from ALUSB EMBA students
The ALUSB EMBA is a blended, part-time programme. This means that the EMBA is part in person (in Kigali, Rwanda) and part online, where students engage in interactive, online learning while remaining at work in their home countries. This part-time EMBA learning structure requires students to dedicate approximately 20 hours per week to their studies […]
10 inspiring pieces of advice from powerful women in business
Sometimes, we come across a piece of advice that sticks with us and propels us forward. As part of our ‘Woman Of the Week’ campaign, ALUSB asked some of the women in our community to offer some advice to their peers in the ecosystem in the hopes of inspiring and empowering young, up-and-coming businesswomen across […]
A Father’s Day note to our EMBAs
As the world celebrated Father’s Day this past Sunday, Chidi Afulezi, ALUSB’s Head Faculty for Product, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, took this opportunity to flip the script and bring attention to an important issue in our communities: gender-based violence. We’re honoured to share his reflections on fatherhood with our larger community. I would like to […]
