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Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent
Elkins, Caroline; Khanna, Tarun; Kim, Joyce J.Case HBS-321113-EEntrepreneurshipFive years after the company's founding, Andela, a company that built and trained remote engineering teams, became arguably Africa's greatest technology unicorn. By January 2019, Andela raised $100 million in Series D funding. As Andela looked to scale inStarting 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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Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network
Khanna, Tarun; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-721366-EEntrepreneurshipZipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company is now looking to expand in the U.S. and partnered with Walmart to expand into home delivery. Zipline must navigate the U.S. regulatory space while prioritizing its growth opportunities domestically and abroad.Starting at €8.20
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The Mosquito Network: Collaborative Entrepreneurship in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria Deaths (B)
Moore, Mark H.; Moore, Gaylen Williams; Fung, ArchonCase HBS-KS1192-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement to case KS1191. "The Mosquito Network" describes the appointment and work of Ray Chambers, a retired private equity entrepreneur, as the United Nations' Special Envoy for Malaria. The A case covers the modern history of efforts to combat malaria and the beginnings of Chambers's involvement in the cause. The B case picks up after Chambers's appointment to the UN and describes the efforts made by Chambers and his partners and collaborato...Starting at €5.74
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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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Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-814031-EEntrepreneurshipHomestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company is considering targeting non-diaspora investors, introducing new products like insurance or banking, and related expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lubinski, ChristinaCase HBS-811060-EEntrepreneurshipThis case examines the management of home and host country risk by Beiersdorf during the interwar years. It can be used both in business history courses and more generally to teach political risk management by multinational corporations. Beiersdorf, a German personal products company, expanded globally before 1914, but had its foreign factories and intellectual property expropriated during World War 1. After 1919 ceo Willy Jacobson rebuilt the in...Starting at €8.20
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Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808133-EEntrepreneurshipConsiders the creation of one of the world's largest beauty and fragrance companies by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. The case opens with the creation of a new Russian subsidiary in the wake of the global financial crisis, and examines how a virtually new company was created over the previous years. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of de...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