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The many hats of Mulumba Lwatula ’19: Senior analyst, entrepreneur and ALUSB MBA student
From leading projects at the Industrial Development Corporation in Zambia to kick-starting independent enterprises and embarking on an MBA journey at ALUSB, Mulumba Lwatula ’19 is a man with many responsibilities. There are both risks and opportunities attached to...
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Introducing our new Chairman’s Scholar: Mahder Zewdie Gebretsadik!
Every year, the ALU School of Business (ALUSB) strives to find ambitious professionals for our MBA programme. And every year we are blown away by the amount of talent on the African continent. With the Chairman’s Scholarship for Excellence in Business, ALUSB seeks to...
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3 goals Obonye Malope ’20 set for the ALUSB MBA
Obonye Malope '20 is the Director of Marketing at the First National Bank of Botswana and embarked on her ALUSB journey this past July. Preparatory to starting the MBA programme she set several goals, but most of all, Obonye wanted to develop herself further as an...
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Motlatsi Mkalala ’19 on taking bold leadership decisions
Motlatsi Mkalala ’19 is a South African, an Area Manager at Standard Bank, and a rule breaker. We had the pleasure of sitting down with this maverick to discuss his decision to pursue an MBA at ALUSB and his thoughts on taking non-conforming leadership decisions. “I’m...
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4 work-life balance tips from Yves Iradukunda ’19
Three years ago, Yves Iradukunda '19 started at MASS Design Group in Kigali, Rwanda as the East-African operations manager. Now, he's the senior director of operations and mainly works on bringing in new talent, kickstarting new projects and managing relationships...
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A Week in the Life of Patience Mapeza ’19
Patience Mapeza ’19 is a Senior Retail Banking Manager for NMB Bank in Zimbabwe. She joined NMB in 2002 a few years after the former merchant bank registered as a commercial bank. She has risen steadily through the ranks ever since. Patience now manages over 14 bank...
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A Week in the Life of Arnaud Niyongabo ’19
Arnaud Niyongabo '19 has been with Village Health Works in Burundi for the past seven years. As he embarks upon the final weeks of his ALUSB MBA experience, the winds of change are blowing in a new direction. Arnaud just accepted a job with Kaz’O’zah in Bujumbura, an...
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On Leadership and Personal Branding: Part 2 of our interview with Mzamo Masito, CMO of Google Africa
On Leadership and Personal Branding ALUSB Director of Admissions, Vani Nadarajah, had the pleasure of sitting down to an interview with Mzamo Masito, Chief Marketing Officer of Google Sub-Saharan Africa. In part 2 of this wisdom-packed interview, we asked Mzamo...
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A Week in the Life of Njideka Nwabueze ’20
Njideka Nwabueze '20 is a Proposition Manager at Diamond Bank Plc, Nigeria. She leads BETA proposition, a digital savings strategy to increase financial inclusion for low income un-banked and underbanked market entrepreneurs - especially women. Njideka’s weekly rhythm...
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