Oxford Africa Business Alliance

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A partnership between our students, alumni, faculty, and staff at Oxford Saïd, focused on driving our Africa Initiative.

The Africa Alliance provides a platform to stimulate a vigorous dialogue about business, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa. Through our faculty, students & alumni members, we are able to incorporate both practitioner and academic perspectives on how to do business on the continent and the opportunities that exist. The Alliance was created to formalise and strengthen our Africa initiative, and to stimulate action in addition to generating ideas. It also brings African thought-leaders together to talk on the opportunities on the continent; and connects members with other African related networks and groups. 

The Continent is teeming with talent; and one of my goals is to attract the most diverse group of African MBA students that Oxford Saïd has ever had.

Chido Chigwedere

MBA Alumna

I am African, and Oxford was for me

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Created by students of the Alliance to inspire and support future African Oxford MBA candidates

Our committee

Each year, we appoint a committee made up of Oxford MBA students with a passion for Africa. The 2022/2023 committee is led and supported by staff and academics within the School. 

I am a proud African, passionate about the economic development of Africa & my aim is for the Alliance to be a collaborative initiative that brings together bright minds to discuss & unravel opportunities in business and entrepreneurship in Africa.

Tolulope Taiwo-Ashaju

MBA Student, Co-Chair

Statistics

We are proud to have a diverse representation of African students in the current MBA cohort

14%

Africa representation

50

African students

44%

African women

12

African nationalities

60%

Scholars

Activities

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The Africa Alliance focuses on a range of activities including:

Sign up for our newsletter

You can sign up to our mailing list to receive our newsletters, invitations to events, and information on other Africa related activities.

Oxford Africa Business Forum

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Africa: A sustainable path to prosperity?

Our last forum, held in March 2023, delved into discussions focused on a sustainable transition and climate change. The sessions focused on identifying sectors which can play a leading role in addressing how to create a sustainable path to prosperity, how we fund this transition and how African leaders can spearhead their own narrative.

I hope to assist in embedding and expanding the Africa initiative to ensure future African candidates receive the same or even better opportunities to be apart of the Oxford Saïd community.

Heena Nathoo

MBA Alumna

Support for African MBA candidates – How to apply

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Created by students of the Alliance to support African Oxford MBA applicants.

Oxford MBA blog

Read advice from current African students about making the move to Oxford and their time with us.

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