Lagos Business School, LBS, of the PAN-African University, ranked for the fourth consecutive year among the world’s top providers of open-enrolment programmes by the Financial Times of London. This comes as the school announced a joint programme with Strathmore Business School, SBS in Nairobi, Kenya. The programme which takes place in Lagos from June 14 to 18 would draw participants from Kenya and Nigeria. This is the first time the two business schools are having a joint programme in Lagos.
Solomon Avbioroko, director of marketing, LBS, explained that the aim of the joint programme is to broaden participants’ perspectives with the latest economic concepts to help them grow their organisations. Participants, he said, would receive the latest ideas and facts on Nigerian and Kenyan social, economic and political environment of business from both the SBS and LBS faculties. The joint programme also increases the diversity of the class which is an important index in the Financial Times ranking.
Noting the importance of an international mix in an executive education class, Enase Okonedo, dean LBS, said: “With increasing trade among African nations, there is need for better understanding.” She added that in particular, participants of the joint programme would have an informed idea of how to do business in East and West Africa, in addition to being able to identify and make use of opportunities anywhere.
29 chief executive officers of Kenyan and 32 of Nigerian companies are expected to take part in the joint programme as part of the ongoing Chief Executive Programme, CEP taking place in Nairobi and Lagos. The collaboration between the two schools is a result of a growing concern to develop strong ethical values, financial and leadership skills in the next crop of emerging African business leaders. The collaboration offers an opportunity for adapting economic theories to real industry situations in the two countries.
What next after Strathmore? Okonedo said: “We’ll look for opportunities to collaborate with top schools around the world for cross-cultural business education integration that would unleash a well-trained crop of entrepreneurs.”
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