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AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform
The case is set in December 2018, when Ziad Oueslati, co-managing director and co-founder of AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity firm headquartered in Tunisia, was reflecting on the future direction of his firm. AfricInvest started as a traditional small and mid-cap private equity fund... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as the largest pediatric cancer ho... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Abu Issa Holding: Navigating the Qatar Blockade
The case follows Ashraf Abu Issa, CEO and chairman of Abu Issa Holding (AIH), as he contemplated the fate of his company's regional expansion. AIH was a Qatari diversified holding company, whose primary business was luxury retailing and distribution. Abu Issa had set his company on a path of aggress... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption in Lebanon?
The case follows Ziad Abi Chaker, founder and CEO of Cedar Environmental, an environmental engineering company in Lebanon, as he weighs his options for how to grow the company despite facing barriers to growth, most notably the prevalent public corruption in his industry which he refused to particip... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Intenseye: Powering Workplace Health and Safety with AI
Intenseye was a Turkey-based technology startup that deployed machine learning algorithms to workplace camera feeds in order to identify unsafe worker actions and unsafe working conditions, in order to help improve worker safety. The case describes how Intenseye's technology solution was developed, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe crisis in its history. The cas... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe crisis in its history. The ca... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times
After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and violence already spreading thr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019