The Global Business School Network (GBSN) and EFMD Convene Joint Conference on Markets Shaping Management Education in Africa

"Reality is that students should think along the lines of bringing their own work to the party.  We should encourage students to start thinking about how they can create an entrepreneurship enterprise.  We need to teach people to learn how to learn – how to learn new things and adapt.  Entrepreneurship is like musical chairs – always one chair short," said Austin Okere.

ACCRA, Ghana, 14/11/2016 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - istruzione e formazione)

Local students and industry leaders joined the educators to discuss specific needs of sectors such as health, agribusiness and entrepreneurship. The conference also featured a parliamentary debate between four educators on the statement, "the house believes that the business schools should serve as visionaries shaping the future of management, instead of reacting to immediate market demands." Vincent Ogutu , Vice Dean of Executive Education, Strathmore Business School in Kenya argued for the statement, saying, "

Opposing the statement, Jonathan Foster-Pedley , Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa in South Africa argued against, saying:

said Guy Pfeffermann, CEO and Founder of GBSN.

" said Nadine Burquel , Director of Business School Services at EFMD.

For more information on the conference agenda and speakers visit the website at www.gbsn.org/africa2016.

The Global Business School Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening management, entrepreneurial and leadership talent for the developing world through improved access to quality, locally relevant education. GBSN harnesses the power of a network of over 70 leading business schools on 6 continents that share a dedication to our mission to build management education capacity for the developing world. 

Through international events, advocacy and local capacity building projects, GBSN facilitates cross-border networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration. GBSN programs tap the expertise of our member schools to advise, train and mentor developing world institutions and educators. More information is available at www.gbsn.org.

EFMD is a leading international network of business schools and companies at the forefront or raising the standards of management education and development globally, based in Brussels, Belgium , with international offices in Asia and the Americas.

As the largest international network association in the field of management development, the EFMD network includes nearly 900 institutional members and reaches over 25,000 management development professionals from academia, business, public service and consultancy across 86 countries worldwide.

EFMD fulfils its mission by offering a range of services which have been developed over the last 40 years to meet the needs of its members. These include conferences and seminars around the world that address key issues for our industry, surveys and the dissemination of knowledge, quality improvement and accreditation via EQUIS, EPAS, EOCCS and CLIP as well as the EFMD GN Deans Across Frontiers mentoring programme (EDAF) and Business School Impact Survey (BSIS). For more information, please go to https://www.efmd.org/

Contact: Nicole Zefran , nzefran@gbsn.org, +1-202-628-9040