Ivey Business School (Canada)
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The Kiri Group: A Social Enterprise Tackling Poverty in Kenya
Yamlaksira S. Getachew; Ivan Liu; Bridget NamubiruCase IVEY-W25472-EStrategyMakena Wanjiru, chair of Kiri Mount Kenya Conservation Network and Resource Centre (Kiri), wondered whether turning Kiri’s loans business into a co-operative bank would be in the group’s best interest. The challenge was to convince the rest of the board members of the idea. The board of directors would meet on July 18, 2019. Wanjiru had to draft a report before then explaining how the idea was consistent with the group’s current strategy and woul...Starting at €8.20
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UT Financial Services: Looking for the Next Mountain to Conquer
Anthony Ebow Spio; Anthony Essel-AndersonCase IVEY-9B15M080-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn entrepreneur and co-founder of a private, non-deposit-taking, non-bank financial firm in Africa took his company public following a decade of phenomenal growth and strong performance. Established in an era when the traditional financial institutions would not grant credit to small and medium enterprises, the company successfully pioneered a wide variety of unique services in the non-bank financial services industry. Capitalizing on the failure...Starting at €8.20