Dr. Wiebe Boer, chief executive of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is seeking strategic partnerships on how to catalyse substantial growth in the provision of management education at all levels across Africa, according to a press statement.
In discussion with the African Association of Business Schools, the Global Business School Network (GBSN), and other key stakeholders at a capacity-building conference, co-hosted by IPADE Business School in Mexico City, Dr. Wiebe Boer argued that "Africa is experiencing remarkable growth, but that growth is not sustainable and does not benefit Africa substantially if it is not driven by Africa´s own management talent."
“Our approach to enhancing management education in Africa is to be proactive in forming synergies with global leaders in management education and deepen the relations,” he added.
“What we have been discussing is an initial strategic plan on how to fill those gaps by catalysing a broad focus on the issue of management education as a key component of Africa’s economic transformation and competitiveness,” Dr. Boer said.
TEF’s participation in the GBSN 2011 conference comes on the heels of the
Foundation’s collaboration with the Financial Times’ for the ‘This Is Africa Special Report on Business Education: Building Human Capital’. As a part of TEF’s commitment to economic transformation in Africa through investments that enhance the competitiveness and growth of the African private sector, the Foundation believes education is the key to unlocking Africa and in building entrepreneurship – which leads to economic development and prosperity. TEF aims to lead the charge in developing a catalytic plan to enhance business education across Africa.
GBSN's mission is to strengthen management education for emerging markets
through a unique global network of business schools. The network helps to provide the rigorous yet practical local training business and management student demand, resulting in a stronger pool of local leadership and management talent for all sectors.
The conference, which held June 20-23, 2011, brought together 140 regional and global leaders of business schools, corporations, foundations, government, corporations and development organizations, from more than 37 countries spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. The theme of the event was ‘Generating leadership: developing human capacity in emerging markets’.
Last month, TEF launched the African Markets Internship Programme (AMIP), a 10-week MBA internship program designed to improve the competitiveness of innovative small and growing African businesses, while introducing some of the world’s brightest new business management talent to the growth opportunity that African markets represent.
AMIP interns were drawn from leading graduate business schools in East and West Africa, Europe and the U.S. and placed in highly structured programs at companies in Lagos, Nairobi and Accra.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) was represented at the sixth meeting of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) conference at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE Business School).
In discussion with the African Association of Business Schools, the Global Business School Network (GBSN), and other key stakeholders at a capacity-building conference, co-hosted by IPADE Business School in Mexico City, Dr. Wiebe Boer argued that "Africa is experiencing remarkable growth, but that growth is not sustainable and does not benefit Africa substantially if it is not driven by Africa´s own management talent."
“Our approach to enhancing management education in Africa is to be proactive in forming synergies with global leaders in management education and deepen the relations,” he added.
“What we have been discussing is an initial strategic plan on how to fill those gaps by catalysing a broad focus on the issue of management education as a key component of Africa’s economic transformation and competitiveness,” Dr. Boer said.
TEF’s participation in the GBSN 2011 conference comes on the heels of the
Foundation’s collaboration with the Financial Times’ for the ‘This Is Africa Special Report on Business Education: Building Human Capital’. As a part of TEF’s commitment to economic transformation in Africa through investments that enhance the competitiveness and growth of the African private sector, the Foundation believes education is the key to unlocking Africa and in building entrepreneurship – which leads to economic development and prosperity. TEF aims to lead the charge in developing a catalytic plan to enhance business education across Africa.
GBSN's mission is to strengthen management education for emerging markets
through a unique global network of business schools. The network helps to provide the rigorous yet practical local training business and management student demand, resulting in a stronger pool of local leadership and management talent for all sectors.
The conference, which held June 20-23, 2011, brought together 140 regional and global leaders of business schools, corporations, foundations, government, corporations and development organizations, from more than 37 countries spanning the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. The theme of the event was ‘Generating leadership: developing human capacity in emerging markets’.
Last month, TEF launched the African Markets Internship Programme (AMIP), a 10-week MBA internship program designed to improve the competitiveness of innovative small and growing African businesses, while introducing some of the world’s brightest new business management talent to the growth opportunity that African markets represent.
AMIP interns were drawn from leading graduate business schools in East and West Africa, Europe and the U.S. and placed in highly structured programs at companies in Lagos, Nairobi and Accra.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) was represented at the sixth meeting of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) conference at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE Business School).
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