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Is it time to break the traditional barriers to learning and provide vital corporate education? By Jon Foster-Pedley, dean and director of Henley Business School Africa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-foster-pedley-b83805/ As we pass the two-year anniversary of our first lockdown to battle the spread of Covid-19, the question now is whether education will stay online, go back to…
African economies are not growing at the expected rate in spite of abundant natural resources. A lot of factors are at play. But Henley Business School, Africa, in collaboration with Advertising Agencies of Nigeria’s (AAAN) initiative, AdCademy, is tackling this challenge from the platform of developing business managers who will strengthen their intellect and innovation…
JON FOSTER-PEDLEY THE SECOND instalment in the three-part Zondo Commission into State Capture report has been released / https://www.statecapture.org.za/and as we digest the findings of this instalment and speculate on what the final one will contain when it is released at month end, the biggest question in the room is stark: Will any of it…
Desmond Thomas is a program director at Henley Business School Africa. “I always get asked the question,” he grins, “What does a program director actually do? For me, it’s a beautiful process, because I get to walk the learning journey from the day that the delegates first walk into class on Day One, right up to their…
Brighton Zinyakatira was in a place in his career where he sought to solidify his position in his industry, and tuck a qualification under his belt to augment his experience. A friend with whom Brighton had previously studied, had completed a PGDip at Henley a few years ago and, when Brighton told him about his…
Rohan Daya has spent his last three years of study completing his Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip). Interestingly, Rohan was never much of an academic to start with. But the opportunity presented itself for him to do this postgraduate programme, which he ultimately decided to do at Henley Business School Africa: “It opened up my mind completely. Within that first…
Henley Business School student Johannes van Heerden tells us how he grew up in a difficult household. He was a model student up until Grade 10, at which point his rebellious side kicked in. Despite what then developed into a lackadaisical attitude to his studies, he still passed with distinction. After a short stint in the hospitality…
9th February 2022, Johannesburg, South Africa. Henley Business School Africa is inviting journalists and media practitioners to apply for its annual Sol Plaatje Scholarship. Established in 2019, the award covers all tuition costs for either the one year Post-graduate Diploma (PG Dip) or the 30-month executive Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). The two inaugural Plaatje…
15 December 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. HENLEY Business School Africa has become the first leading business school in South Africa to achieve Level 1 B-BBEE. Announcing the achievement, Henley Africa dean and director Jon Foster-Pedley https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-foster-pedley-b83805/ , said it was even more remarkable since the business school had achieved this in the space of…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A RESEARCH COLLABORATION BETWEEN HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL AND RISK INSIGHTS Following COP26 https://ukcop26.org/, stakeholders – companies, investors, civil society and regulators – are looking for guidance from leading academic and industry experts in navigating the shift towards a stakeholder-driven economy. The aim is to achieve this through a revolution in…
