{"id":501,"date":"2014-07-23T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/?p=501"},"modified":"2016-10-28T14:33:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:33:58","slug":"africa-2-0-developing-african-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/07\/23\/africa-2-0-developing-african-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa 2.0: Developing African leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an earlier post I talked about the role of business schools in educating African managers.<\/a> Some of these schools aim not only to educate managers but also to develop leaders<\/strong>. Lagos Business School <\/a>and Strathmore Business School,<\/a> for instance, set out to develop African leaders. At IESE<\/a>,<\/strong> we share this ambition \u2013 the slogan “developing leaders you can trust” captures our mission <\/a><\/strong>in a nutshell \u2013 but beyond business schools there are many other organizations aimed at developing African leaders.<\/strong> One such organization is Africa 2.0<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A group of African business leaders (alumni from LBS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In its own words, Africa 2.0 is “a pan-African civil society organization that consists of young and emerging leaders from Africa and the diaspora who share a collective vision for Africa and a commitment to finding and implementing sustainable solutions that will in turn leapfrog the development of the continent.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than a network, Africa 2.0<\/a> is a community.<\/strong> It brings together people from the private sector, government, and civil society.<\/strong> \u00a0While organized by the youth and for the youth<\/strong>, it bridges generations by bringing in seasoned leaders who can pass their experience on to the young ones. Members of this community are bound by a common goal<\/strong>: “Transform hope into action from today onwards in order to establish a prosperous and Inspiring Africa within the next 20 years.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa 2.0 works by first pilot-testing an initiative in a few countries, and then replicating this initiative in other countries with an active chapter. Current initiatives<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Startup Africa<\/strong><\/a> supports African entrepreneurs who build new companies that contribute meaningfully towards the social development of communities;<\/li>\n
  2. Regional Corporate Champions Index (RCCI)<\/strong><\/a> is a yearly report that identifies and rates African Corporations based on their social responsibility expenditure;<\/li>\n
  3. Mentorship Program<\/strong><\/a>offers a variety of formal and informal mentorship opportunities with the aim of fostering intergenerational dialogue and knowledge transfer;<\/li>\n
  4. Infrastructure Advisory Facility<\/strong><\/a>aims at accelerating the completion of infrastructure projects by mobilizing and seconding young African talents into government Project Management Units.<\/li>\n
  5. Africa 2.0 Game Changers<\/strong><\/a> features individuals and programs whose initiatives are transforming Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Isn’t this a vibrant community? Do you know of other similar initiatives?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In an earlier post I talked about the role of business schools in educating African managers. Some of these schools aim not only to educate managers but also to develop leaders. Lagos Business School and Strathmore Business School, for instance, set out to develop African leaders. At IESE, we share this ambition \u2013 the slogan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99314],"tags":[80776,560,981,1007,160,100265],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-and-institutional-context","tag-civil-society","tag-education","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-start-up","tag-youthful-mentality","megacategoria-mc-africa"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t