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SUMMARY:How Africa Can Contribute to US Clean Energy Supply Chains ?
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Dr. Cullen S. Hendrix \nDr. Cullen S. Hendrix\, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and nonresident senior research fellow at the Center for Climate & Security\, led a thought-provoking discussion on the intersection of contentious politics\, environmental dynamics\, and global markets. With a Ph.D. from the University of California\, San Diego\, Dr. Hendrix delved into Morocco’s potential as a hub for exporting refined products to the US and explored the prospects of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) evolving into a full-fledged Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The talk\, titled “How Africa Can Contribute to US Clean Energy Supply Chains\,” offered an insightful exploration of international relations and economic opportunities.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/how-africa-can-contribute-to-us-clean-energy-supply-chains/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,International Confrerences,Slider_Events
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SUMMARY:Africa Business School hosts EC Africa Program
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural Morocco Immersion Week \nThe EC-Africa Program\, hosted at the Africa Business School and in collaboration with Columbia Business School\, recently launched its inaugural Morocco Immersion Week. This dynamic initiative provided participants with a comprehensive experience delving into Morocco’s vibrant business landscape while also marking the commencement of the project implementation phase. The program tackled the pressing issue of climate change in Morocco and Africa during a session moderated by Prof. Rachid Serraj\, Director of Strategy and the Africa Initiative at UM6P\, alongside three esteemed experts.\nThe session delved deep into the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change\, offering invaluable insights into Morocco’s strategies and the broader implications for the African continent. Prof. Rachid Serraj shared his pioneering efforts in understanding climate risks\, laying the groundwork for sustainable solutions. Meanwhile\, Fatima Driouech traced the evolution of climate progress from COP22 to COP29\, shedding light on the milestones achieved and the roadmap ahead. Additionally\, Ghani Chehbouni explored the intersection of agriculture and climate resilience\, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges faced in Morocco and across Africa.\nThis collaborative effort between academia and industry underscores a proactive approach to addressing global challenges within the realm of business education. By combining immersive experiences like the Morocco Immersion Week with in-depth discussions on pressing topics such as climate change\, the EC-Africa Program is setting the stage for groundbreaking advancements in global business education\, fostering a holistic understanding of the interconnected issues shaping our world today.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/africa-business-school-hosts-ec-africa-program%d9%8e/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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SUMMARY:ABS Perspectives & Dialogues in collaboration with University of Ghana Business School
DESCRIPTION:Welcoming Dr. Rita Amoah Bekoe & Dr. Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu \nAs part of the ABS Perspectives & Dialogues Series\, two seminars were organized in collaboration with the University of Ghana Business School. On Wednesday\, April 24th\, Dr. Rita Amoah Bekoe\, representing the Accounting Department\, delivered a talk on the topic “What have we learnt from Corporate Sustainability performance research in the past two decades?” The session aimed to delve into the insights gleaned from research on corporate sustainability over the last twenty years. \nFollowing this\, on Thursday\, April 25th\, Dr. Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu\, an Associate Professor from the Department of Accounting\, presented on “An Investigation into Financial Behaviour and Financial Well-being of Professional Footballers in Ghana.” This session explored the financial dynamics and well-being of professional footballers within the Ghanaian context. \nThese seminars provided valuable platforms for scholarly exchange and critical examination of pertinent topics within the realms of corporate sustainability and financial behaviors\, contributing to a deeper understanding of these subjects among attendees.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/abs-perspectives-dialogues-in-collaboration-with-university-of-ghana-business-school/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240421
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SUMMARY:Kick-off of the Master in Business Analytics for Transformation
DESCRIPTION:MBAT\, Africa Business School’s new flagship program \nThe Master in Business Analytics For Transformation (MBAT)\, Africa Business School’s new flagship program\, kicked off on Saturday\, April 20. The event featured key messages from the program director and vice dean\, addressing the challenges of success in the digital age. \nAfrica Business School tackles these challenges with a program that: \n• Is accessible to all\, targeting a diverse audience beyond engineers or scientific profiles.\n• Takes a practical and holistic approach\, focusing on learning through business applications and viewing professions through an analytics lens.\n• Emphasizes profound transformation\, guiding students in identifying potential applications and practicing comprehensive project management in Analytics. \nDuring the kickoff\, it was emphasized that despite the performance of advanced analytical tools and models\, their adoption remains insufficient. Success in the digital age requires becoming a Generalizing Specialist\, understanding both technology and its implications. \nEfficient change management approaches are crucial for adopting technologies and solutions inferred by analytics tools and models\, involving strategies\, business models\, and operating models. Incumbents who fail to manage change risk disruption\, as data\, digital\, and analytics become integral to disruptive business models. Organizations must adapt to exponential technological change\, particularly complex auto-adaptive organizations.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/kick-off-of-the-master-in-business-analytics-for-transformation/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240419
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SUMMARY:Conferences by Dr. Gorkem Celik & Dr. Marie Bessec
DESCRIPTION:Certification Strategies & Environmental News Impact: Insights from Africa Business School \nOn April 18th\, two conferences took place at Africa Business School: \nDr. Gorkem Celik from ESSEC Business School presented “Selling Certification and Market Information\,” a paper co-written with Dr. Roland Strausz from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In their paper\, they consider a monopolistic certifier offering certification services to a seller with partial private information. The certifier can publicly reveal the private information of a seller as well as publicly certify additional market information about the good’s quality. They show that the certifier maximizes profits by fully revealing the seller’s private information and by only partially revealing the additional information about the good’s quality. Thus\, optimal contracts eliminate any inefficiencies associated with private information\, but by not fully eliminating market uncertainty\, inefficiencies remain. The certifier finds it suboptimal to provide full market information as it requires high information rents from the privately informed seller. \nFollowing this\, Dr. Marie Bessec from Paris Dauphine University presented “The Impact of Green Sentiment Measured From Media Data on Financial Markets\,” a paper co-written with Dr. Julien Fouquau from ESCP Business School. Their paper examines the impact of environmental news coverage in US newspapers on stock markets. Using textual analysis with a dictionary-based approach\, they obtained several measures of attention\, tonality\, and uncertainty in the coverage of environmental news in major US newspapers. They considered different weighting schemes to account for the visibility and relevance of the text sources\, as well as several sets of newspapers to measure the possible impact of their editorial line. Their results show that greater attention to environmental news in the US media reduced the excess returns of carbon-intensive stocks and increased their volatility over the last decade\, especially when the coverage was uncertain. In contrast\, green assets are less sensitive to the coverage of environmental news. Restricting the corpus of texts to conservative newspapers mitigates the impact of coverage. Overall\, their results illustrate how rising environmental concerns lead investors to change their asset allocation.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/conferences-by-dr-gorkem-celik-dr-marie-bessec/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Ftour
DESCRIPTION:  \nAn event organized by the Science and Quest for Meaning center \nOn Tuesday\, March 19th\, a “Spiritual Ftour” was held as part of the second edition of Discovery Encounters organized by the Science and Quest for Meaning Center. The theme of the event was: “In our current situation\, in a modern\, or even post-modern world\, how can Muslim values\, culture\, and tradition assist us in finding meaning in our lives?” \nFollowing a convivial meal\, attended by Mr. Bruno Guiderdoni and Professor Jean Staune\, two speakers\, Mr. Ghaleb Bencheikh and Mr. Jean Baptiste Julliard\, a Muslim and a Christian respectively\, offered their insights on the topic from various perspectives. \nMr. Ghaleb Bencheikh is an Islamologist and holds a Ph.D. in sciences from the University of Paris 6\, in addition to philosophical training at the University of Paris 1. He is a member of the Council of Sages of Secularism and serves as the president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace – France. He has also been elected president of the Foundation of Islam in France. \nMr. Jean Baptiste Julliard is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and General Culture\, with a degree from Sciences Po Paris. He teaches general culture in economic and commercial CPGE at Intégrale prépa and is a lecturer in general culture at Sciences Po Paris.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/spiritual-ftour/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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SUMMARY:Exchange Session "Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Transformation
DESCRIPTION:As part of the launch of the Master in Business Analytics for Transformation \nExploring the Role of Data Analytics in Business Transformation: Insights from Africa Business School’s Private Event as part of the imminent launch of the Master in Business Analytics for Transformation \nOn Monday\, March 18th\, Africa Business School hosted a compelling exchange session centered around the theme “Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Transformation: Integrating Analytics into the Core of Your Organization.” The event served as a precursor to the imminent launch of the Master in Business Analytics for Transformation program. \nThe session commenced with a convivial ftour\, setting the stage for engaging discussions. Professor Jean Staune inaugurated the dialogue\, providing a contextual backdrop on data utilization and the contemporary challenges facing businesses worldwide. \nProf. Staune emphasized the pivotal importance of mastering data usage and artificial intelligence\, accentuating his points with vivid examples\, concrete anecdotes\, and success stories. In today’s digital landscape\, information reigns supreme\, underscoring the criticality of data-related inquiries. The manipulation of data stands as an indispensable facet of modern operations. Prof. Staune concluded by asserting that while AI and data facilitate remarkable narratives\, they harbor limitations\, underscoring the perennial necessity of human involvement. \nFollowing Prof. Staune’s enlightening introduction\, Salma Chakir\, Managing Partner at Catalyst IA\, and Agnes Gorge\, Director of the MBAT program\, jointly led the interactive exchange session with the participants. \nThe session aimed to bridge the chasm between theoretical paradigms and real-world organizational dynamics\, contextualizing concepts within participants’ everyday realities. Chakir and Gorge kickstarted proceedings by unveiling a conceptual roadmap outlining the indispensable stages for successful transformation. This framework served as a springboard for dialogue\, allowing participants to articulate their experiences\, identify requisite competencies\, pinpoint challenges\, and elucidate internal practices vis-à-vis these transformational stages. \nA diverse array of stakeholders representing various sectors including banking\, corporate entities\, and public institutions congregated\, sharing their distinct experiences with data utilization\, emerging technologies\, and artificial intelligence within their respective organizations. While some recounted challenges\, such as data fragmentation within their enterprises\, others regaled success stories\, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. These shared narratives unveiled prevailing trends and diverse approaches\, encompassing skill enhancement\, user-centricity\, customer journey mapping\, among others\, thereby bridging the chasm between high-tech aspirations and operational realities.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/exchange-session-overcoming-challenges-and-achieving-transformation/
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SUMMARY:UNLEASH Hacks Morocco: Young Innovators Tackle Climate Issues with AI Solutions
DESCRIPTION:  \nYoung African Innovators Convene at UM6P\, Collaborating Across Borders to Tackle Climate Challenges through AI and Ingenuity. \nYoung African minds gathered at UM6P for UNLEASH Hacks Morocco\, a two-day hackathon aimed at addressing climate challenges and disaster risk reduction using artificial intelligence (AI). Organized by the global initiative UNLEASH in collaboration with the African Consulting Club (ACC) and the African Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR)\, the event brought together 40 participants\, including representatives from several other African countries\, who unleashed their creativity to develop solutions around three critical themes: \n1. Reinventing Early Warning Systems: Exploring advanced AI solutions to enhance early warning systems\, ensuring comprehensive coverage and rapid responses to climate threats. \n2. Planetary Harmony: Using AI to address challenges in sustainable resource management\, biodiversity conservation\, and adaptation to climate change. \n3. Prosperity through Inclusion: Implementing innovative solutions to bridge the digital divide and integrate indigenous practices\, promoting inclusive development\, equitable access to information\, and socio-economic resilience in Morocco. \nThroughout this intense weekend\, participants engaged in brainstorming\, prototyping sessions\, and presented their ideas to a panel of experts. Impressive with their “Sun Alert” solution\, a plug-and-play AI-powered early warning system\, fueled by solar energy and connected to local mosques\, the Disaster Squad Team emerged victorious. Their innovation has the potential to provide personalized warnings to both local residents and authorities with increased accuracy and efficiency.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/unleash-hacks-morocco-young-innovators-tackle-climate-issues-with-ai-solutions/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231124
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SUMMARY:Ms. Micheline Dionne's conference at the Africa Business School
DESCRIPTION:Advancing Actuarial Excellence: Supporting and Expanding the Actuarial Profession \nAs part of the Finance and Insurance Meetups within the Finance and Insurance Center of Excellence\, Ms. Dionne\, President of the International Actuarial Association\, addressed the topic “Advancing Actuarial Excellence: Supporting and Expanding the Actuarial Profession.” A distinguished alumna of Université Laval and former President of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries\, Ms. Dionne shared valuable insights from her extensive experience in the insurance sector\, particularly as Chief Actuary at RGA Canada. The event significantly enriched our ABS community’s understanding of the actuarial landscape. We extend our sincere thanks to Ms. Dionne for her impactful contributions.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/ms-micheline-dionnes-conference-at-the-africa-business-school/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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SUMMARY:Exclusive live masterclass with Ms. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
DESCRIPTION:Launch of the 5th cohort of the Women in Leadership program in partnership with Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane \nOn wednesday May 5th\, 2023\, Ms. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem animated an exclusive live masterclass at the Africa Business School campus\, Rabat for the launch of the 5th cohort of the Women in Leadership program in partnership with Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. \nMs. Vallaud-Belkacem shared key insights on “Leadership in the Workplace” and how to develop the art of maintaining performance towards a common goal.
URL:https://abs.um6p.ma/event/exclusive-live-masterclass-with-ms-najat-vallaud-belkacem/
CATEGORIES:Concluded and Upcoming Research Seminars,Conferences,Home_Events,Slider_Events
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