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John Madejski Centre for Reputation 
Africa

The John Madejski Centre for Reputation Africa, a sister centre of the John Madejski Centre for Reputation, focuses on building sustainability and societal impact with respect to reputation and relationships in African businesses.

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Our focus areas

Established in 2023, the John Madejski Centre for Reputation Africa focuses on understanding and building reputation and relationships in African businesses in order to drive sustainability and societal impact. Our research is interdisciplinary, and we collaborate with other researchers and practitioners from around Africa and globally. Browse our active research projects below.

Attainment of organisational strategy through stakeholder engagement: A South African case study 

Prof Kevin Money and Prof Carola Hillenbrand in collaboration with Dr Gené van Heerden and Henley adjunct faculty, Ms Davina Zibi, have completed a case study and teaching note on traditional leaders who are often not acknowledged or given due recognition in terms of their constitutional and statutory duties in the mainstream economy. This results in them struggling to fulfil their mandates. A short film has also been produced to accompany the case.
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Lessons for best practice in government communications 

Prof Kevin Money is collaborating with Dr Gené van Heerden on a project focusing on communication and stakeholder models guiding communication in the civil service. Funding is in place for the UK and SA components of the project. Thirty in-depth interviews will be undertaken with civil service employees in the respective communication departments in the UK and SA. The outcome of these collaborations will be a range of thought leadership pieces, including white papers, case studies, reports, and journal articles.
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Reputation, relationship marketing, and customer engagement in South African retail banking 

HBS Africa’s Prof Danie Petzer is collaborating with Prof Mornay Roberts-Lombard from the University of Johannesburg on a research project on reputation, relationship marketing, and retail banking. The study is quantitative in nature and focuses on reputation, key relationship marketing constructs, and their effect on customer engagement in retail banking.
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Adoption and practice of environmental, social, and corporate governance factors among South African listed companies: A board perspective 

A collaboration between HBS Africa, Risk Insights, and Dr Filipe Morais, the governance programme director on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) at HBS UK, this project is evaluating the adoption and practice of ESG factors among South African businesses. Risk Insights is a professional data science company, which has created an ESG rating tool and has many connections with companies on the South African stock market and beyond. Other participants include: Dr Abuobyda Shabat, the head of the Risk Insights’ Data Lab, and Dr Melani Prinsloo, Ms Shamima Vawda, and Dr Henriette Malherbe from HBS Africa.
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Part of a global research network

We operate as one global institute with two specialised hubs. By linking our African research directly with our UK founding centre, we bridge the gap between global theory and local practice, sharing data, faculty, and impact across continents.

Africa

The John Madejski Centre for Reputation

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Meet the research centre team

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