Tag: Africa
IBD partners with Ugandan start-up Takataka Plastics
February 26, 2021
Over the past 29 years of the IBD program, it has been rare for an IBD project client to be a co-founder of an international start-up and a UC Berkeley student at the same time. This year the Berkeley Haas IBD program is collaborating on an…
IBD Alumni Interview: Beth Foster (‘18 MBA and IBD alum) loves working in East Africa
November 01, 2019
Written by Danner Doud-Martin IBD caught up with ‘18 MBA Beth Foster who was visiting the bay area this August before returning to Kampala, Uganda, where she works as part of the investment arm of Engineers without Borders; Canada (EWB). Beth…
Team HaAshesi – Educating Ethical, Entrepreneurial Leaders in Africa
October 10, 2019
Written by: Joseph Bird, Carolyn Henderson, Nicole Quinty, Jessica Slocovich and Nicholas Meyer Our client, Ashesi University, was founded by Haas alumnus Patrick Awuah in 2002 with the grand mission of educating a new generation of ethical,…
Uganda Come to Africa!
August 22, 2019
Team Makerere is comprised of five Masters in Business Administration (MBA) students from the University of California, Berkeley, USA: April Zhu, Samuel O’Reilly, Juliana Pugliese, Pat Hyde and Nina Ho (who served as the Team Lead). Team Makerere…
IBD Team We Care Solar in Uganda, July 2019
July 25, 2019
Written by Ana Quirino Simões “Not only lights, it provides warmth…” – midwife in Kyannamukaaka, Uganda Roughly seven weeks ago, our team was introduced to We Care Solar, a non-profit based in Berkeley that aims to reduce maternal…
Berkeley Haas 2019 MBA Commencement, Patrick Awuah, MBA ’99
May 30, 2019
For the MBA class of 2019, Friday, May 24th, was an exciting day of celebration as Evening & Weekend and Full-Time MBAs crossed the stage at the Greek Theatre to accept their hard earned MBA diplomas. It was also a special day for the IBD…
Interview with ‘19 MBA Libby Andrada; IBD Alum and now 2019 IBD Graduate Student Instructor
March 26, 2019
IBD is fortunate to have former ‘18 IBD Team Lead, Libby Andrada, join this year’s IBD program as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Her role is to offer the IBD Staff and Faculty Mentors insights into the current student perspective…
IBD Team Makerere, Changing the Trajectory of Uganda’s Tourism Sector
July 09, 2018
Written by Elizabeth Andrada, Luca Cosentino, Tamara Pace-Emerson, Logan Gallogly, and Renee Medina Changing the trajectory of Uganda’s tourism sector Our IBD team worked with the government of Uganda and a team focused on…
PSI Team in Nairobi, Kenya
June 15, 2018
Written by Sara Farsio, Kamellia Saroop, Jennifer Richard, Nick Greczyna, Deitrich Davidheiser May 29th, 2018 Writing to you from my Westlands Apartment in Nairobi, Kenya. We just completed our final presentation with our client yesterday! Let me…
The Spring IBD Program is Off and Running….
March 01, 2018
A lot has happened this past month in the life of the 2018 Spring FTMBA IBD program. On February 1st, we held the first day of Spring IBD class, revealing the names of IBD clients, their projects and country destinations to an excited group of 16…
