May 26, 2022 Arabizing Case Studies for Business Education: Why Now? The Arabization of case studies has been a long-awaited initiative of the AUC School of Business and the University at large.
May 25, 2022 Five Students Awarded in National, Global 2022 Map the System Competition for Project on Women in Cairo's Informal Sector Five students from the AUC School of Business won first place in the national 2022 Map the System competition in late April, competing against six other teams comprising 30 undergraduate and graduate students.
May 3, 2022 School Professors Chime in with Tips to Successfully Navigate Through Finals Week Nearing the end of the semester for many university students is usually accompanied by many challenging prospects and difficulties juggling a multiplicity of academic tasks that need to be attended to.
April 26, 2022 Gaining Exclusive Knowledge and Insight into the Business World: Postgraduate Student Experience as Temporary AmCham Members The American University in Cairo School of Business partnered with the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) in March 2021 to provide AUC graduate students with a unique chance to become AUC Postgraduate Temporary AmCham Members. Read about their experiences one year later.
April 12, 2022 AUC Venture Lab Graduate Swvl Debuts on Nasdaq Just five years after joining the AUC Venture Lab as a budding startup, Swvl has made its debut on the Nasdaq –– the first Egyptian unicorn, first V-Lab graduate and first North African tech startup to list on the U.S.
April 2, 2022 Where business and academia meet: Two AUC School of Business cases win the 2021 Emerald - AUC School of Business Case Writing Competition The realm of business around the globe is becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. This requires persons in business to be agile critical thinkers that take initiative in solving organizational problems that arise due to the dynamic nature of the industry.
March 30, 2022 AUC Professors Publish Landmark Report on Cryptocurrency in Africa AUC’s Mina Sami, assistant professor of Economics, and Wael Abdallah, assistant professor of Finance, have published a first-of-its-kind report on Africa’s crypto boom, aptly entitled “Does Cryptocurrency Hurt African Firms?”
March 29, 2022 An award for impact: AUC Venture Lab recognizes its most influential startups The AUC Venture Lab launched the V-Lab Innovation Fund Award in partnership with Oxfam and the Danish-Arab Partnership Programme to honor its graduate startups.
March 29, 2022 Devaluation: Why Now and What Next? In an unannounced move, Egypt’s Central Bank raised key policy rates by 100 basis points and devalued the Egyptian pound by nearly 17% on Monday, March 21, leaving many panicked with flashbacks to 2016 when the bank floated the pound and its price plunged
March 28, 2022 AUC's Sherif Kamel Publishes Debut Book, Covering Leadership and Innovation at School of Business and Beyond Dean of AUC’s School of Business Sherif Kamel '88, '90, '13 recently published his debut book, Leading Change in Challenging Times: Lessons of Disruption and Innovation from Egypt – Tho
March 22, 2022 AUC Students Rank Third in Global Engineering Commerce Case Competition Undergraduate Students in AUC’s School of Business ranked third globally in the Canada-based Engineering Commerce Case Competition (EngComm), the “world’s only student-led multidisciplinary case competition.”
March 21, 2022 Launching the Egypt Impact Lab (EIL): A Step Towards Informed Policymaking in Egypt The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa (J-PAL MENA at AUC) has achieved yet another milestone in the road towards supporting evidence-based policymaking in Egypt by launching the Egypt Impact Lab (EIL) in March 2022. Find out more about the lab in this launch event recap.
March 19, 2022 Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: A Catalyst for Inclusive Sustainable Development Where do businesses and corporations stand when it comes to sustainability? And what is the role of business education in creating environmentally-conscious leaders? Learn more in this recap.
March 17, 2022 A Glimpse of the Future: Experts Discuss the Role of Business Schools in the Just Transition for Africa In the 2022 AUC Business Forum's fourth roundtable, the speakers discussed what a just transition to net-zero should look like for Africa and how business schools can help with that. Read more in this recap.
March 16, 2022 Launching the United Nations Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Chapter Africa During the 2022 AUC Business Forum, the African Chapter of the United Nations Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) was launched. Learn more about its establishment and its mission in this recap.
