Tag: Africa
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…
Kristi Raube, Former IBD Executive Director, Made An Impact At Berkeley Haas and Beyond
February 01, 2018
It has now been a month since former IBD Executive Director, Kristi Raube, left for her new position as the Peace Corps Country Director in Liberia, West Africa. During her 19 years at UC Berkeley, Kristi took on a variety of roles at Berkeley…
Hello Liberia! IBD’s Executive Director, Kristi Raube, Takes on a New Adventure
December 01, 2017
After more than 18 years dedicating herself and her career to academia, teaching, mentoring and guiding graduate students at Berkeley-Haas, IBD Executive Director Kristi Raube and her husband will depart early next year for their newest adventure…
Summer IBD Team Teaches 2 Week Entrepreneurial Course to Students in Harare, Zimbabwe
July 25, 2017
Written by Sampada Chavan, Kathryn Linarducci, Senthuran Raveendranathan, Yi Zhang, and Praveen Settipalli The Berkeley Haas IBD team finally arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday, July 2 after over 30 hours of travel time. After a quick shower…
Leaving on a Jet Plane: Four Summer IBD Teams Depart for IBD In-Country Experiences
June 29, 2017
The IBD Evening Weekend MBA (EWMBA) Teams are on their way to their in-country destinations where they will spend the next two weeks working with their IBD clients before presenting their final recommendations on July 14th. Despite only having a…
All Around the World; IBD Teams In-Country
May 25, 2017
Written by: Danner Doud-Martin, Assistant Director, Operations for the IBD Program When I introduced myself to the Full-Time MBAs on their first day of class for the Spring IBD program, I told them I wanted to either be the sixth member of their…
Evening Weekend IBD Program Kicks Off
May 25, 2017
While the Full-Time MBA (FTMBA) program is at the end of their engagement with IBD, 18 Evening and Weekend MBA (EWMBA) students kicked off their IBD experience on May 14th. This is the 6th year that the course has been offered to EWMBA students…
Tackling the Youth Skills Gap in Uganda: An Update from Makerere University
May 24, 2017
Written By: Team Makerere, Hans Klinger, Elizabeth Foster, Matthew Hamilton, Jeannie Valkevich, and Carolyn Chuong We arrived in Uganda around midnight, which meant we needed to wait an extra day to see the bright blue sky, rich red clay, and…
