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PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World
Schulman, Kevin A; Moodley, Sashidaran; Vasudevan, AnantCase HBS-317103-EEntrepreneurshipPharmAccess is an Amsterdam based NGO working to support the development of the private health care market in Africa. This work is critical as over 50% of care is delivered through the private sector, but well-intentioned efforts to address global health through the public sector have the unintended consequence of crowding-out capital formation in the private sector. PharmaAccess is working to crowd-in funding instead through the development of a...Starting at €8.20
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Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Applegate, Lynda M.; Ghosh, Shikhar; Godwin, ChristianCase HBS-821038-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016, Fiona Mungai became Endeavor Kenya's first managing director. In this role, she helped the organization build its inaugural board and select its first Endeavor entrepreneur, a fintech company called Cellulant. Throughout this process, Mungai observed the power of personal networks and connections in the development of the company and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kenya. As Endeavor Kenya reaches the end of its first fiv...Starting at €8.20
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Founders Factory
Rayport, Jeffrey; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-821009-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2020, Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, co-founders of Founders Factory, a venture capital fund with an accelerator and incubator program funded by investment from corporate partners, consider international expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)
Ghosh, Shikhar; Armerding, Pippa Tubman; Lawal, WaleCase HBS-821043-EEntrepreneurshipTwiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga's new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and services like insurance. Njonjo must also decide the ideal team and organizational structure for supporting Twiga's growth plans.Starting at €8.20
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Lapdesk Company: A South African FOPSE
Isenberg, Daniel J.Case HBS-808008-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Shane Immelman, founding CEO of Lapdesk (South Africa), is facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not seem to be moving forward. Lapdesk is a for profit social enterprise (FOPSE) dedicated to eradicating the shor...Starting at €8.20
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Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria
Higgins, Robert F.; Kuye, Ifedayo O.Case HBS-817088-EEntrepreneurshipFola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the provider arm of her business. Hygeia Group was founded in the 1980s by her physician parents, and although operating a healthcare company in Nigeria offered challenges particularly in human resources and infrastructure, by 2011, it had expanded to include three hospital and clinic sites and...Starting at €8.20
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CoET: Innovation in Africa
Comin, Diego; Dimitrova, Diana; Tsukamoto, YukikoCase HBS-713021-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Caf Kenya
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kindley, James T.Case HBS-920551-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes Caf Kenya, a Kenyan-based chain of casual quick-food restaurants. The chain was started in 2011 in Nairobi by Nekesa Kuria. Kuria started Caf Kenya and grew it by reinvesting profits into company stores and through franchising. She also concentrated on getting the details right, and she helped this effort by hiring the best people possible. Further, she feels a responsibility to help other African women succeed as business...Starting at €8.20
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Caf Kenya, Teaching Note
Applegate, Lynda M.; Kindley, James T.Teaching Note HBS-920552-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 920551.Starting at €0.00
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Peak Investment Capital
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-219061-EEntrepreneurshipKobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident that buying a small business to run provided an opportunity to have more of an impact. He formed Peak Investment Capital (PIC) at the beginning of 2014 with the goal of finding a bus...Starting at €8.20