Reflections of experiences sourcing talent and scaling ventures on the African continent, including, the challenges in attracting and retaining the right talent for a business and how opportunities often overlook the potential of youth and women.
Africans are waking up to their intrinsic creative prowess. The talent in the film, music, arts, crafts, fashion, design, and multimedia industries that are now available on the continent present infinite opportunities for creative jobs for Africans.
For a special episode of Sloanies Talking with Sloanies, host Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, becomes the guest to celebrate five years of podcasting with his fellow alumni.
The rise of the bottom up and surprising lessons and leadership from Africa and other rising markets.
Stories of entrepreneurs changing the story of Africa. According to one, "People like us — the founders, the movers and the shakers – our stories should also be told widely,” she said. “That story of Africa, we are the face of it. And it is hopeful, it is so much possibility. And hope has to be told...
Siddharth Nagarkatti is Senior Vice President, Business and Payment Analytics at Bank of America and a member of the MIT Executive MBA Class of 2017.
New research finds that measuring the extent to which workers have as much say on the job as they think they deserve is an important aspect of evaluating job quality. In a survey of workers, a larger "voice gap" for workers was statistically associated with their having lower levels of job satisfact...
Erin Scott and Scott Stern from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship share their thoughts on mentoring in the realm of entrepreneurship. Their insights reflect in-depth research as well as practical experience in guiding and analyzing how mentors can make—or break—a fledgling venture.
Three MIT Sloan Fellows alumni discuss their experience with mentoring as entrepreneurs, as both mentor and mentee.
Africa’s financial landscape is undergoing a seismic shift driven by the rapid ascent of digital banking. However, as its influence grows, it is imperative to critically assess whether digital banking authentically fulfills its pledge of inclusivity or inadvertently perpetuates the pre-existing disp...
