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| Debt relief: the African paradox |
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| DeeBee Company Ltd: from laboratory to market |
| A scientist, Dolapo Ogutuga, discovers a process of making wine from kola nuts. The first samples of his wine are well received by friends and close community. But it needs the marketing experience of his wife to turn the product into a commercial ven |
| Deposita: Whether to dominate the value chain or not |
| Post-Apartheid South Africa has been characterized by high levels of crime, but also by sustained increases in the income levels of the previously disadvantaged black community. Cash is the preferred method of payment for new entrants into an economy, |
| Discovery Ltd: Entrepreneurship in its DNA |
| On 1 September 2009, as financial services firm, Discovery Ltd was about to release its annual results for 2008/2009, its chief executive officer (CEO) and founder Adrian Gore, took some time to consider the company’s trajectory since its inception |
| Discovery Ltd: Entrepreneurship in its DNA |
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| DiscoveryWorld: web strategy reality check |
| t was December 2000 and John Robertson, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Discovery, a healthcare finance and life insurance company, had to decide what to do with DiscoveryWorld, the group's e-commerce problem child. The project had been conceiv |
| DIVINE PRINTERS NEGOTIATING BANKING FACILITIES |
| The case tells the story of a small entrepreneur who wants to acquire new machinery, for which he needs a banking facility. He approaches a bank and starts to discover how difficult it is to obtain money unless you have certain systems in place. It ca |
| "Doer's profile" Nelson Mandela (1918-) |
| Profile of Nelson Mandela designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical records |
| "Doer's profile" Nelson Mandela (1918-) |
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| Dolly Mokgatle: catching the next traing |
| It was nearing the end of March 2005. Dolly Mokgatle had surprised the nation by resigning as chief executive of South Africa?s rail utility, Spoornet, at the beginning of the year, only eighteen months into her five-year contract. The press had specu |
| Dr Iqbal Surve at Sekunjalo Investment Group |
| Dr Iqbal Surve, a self-described 'medical doctor, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur', was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership posi |
| DRIVING TO THE FUTURE: dUNLOP NIGERIA PLC |
| Against an unstable and harsh economic environment, Dunlop Nigeria had recorded an average real growth of 20% in sales and 11% in asset size. In March 1991 the company had invested in the purchase of 60% of the shares of PAMOL, thus integrating backwa |
| Drug testing in Nigeria |
| In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. |
| DUNLOP NIGERIA |
| In 1999, Dunlop’s management decided to defend their volume by lowering their price. To effectively accomplish their strategy, Dunlop adopted a series of initiatives that were to boost sales and reduce operational costs. By following this strategy, |
| Edward Okoli |
| After graduation and his national service year, Edward Okoli accepted a job offer from Globe Pharmaceuticals. The offer met all his criteria. He performed well and was promoted to higher levels of responsibility. Foreign competition threatened the sur |
| EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION AT CONTINENTAL PRODUCTS PLC |
| This case describes the circumstances that led to the adoption of briefing sessions for employees at all levels in a manufacturing concern, and how these briefing sessions are conducted. The main objective from the point of view of the HR Director is |
| eNaTIS: What Went Wrong? |
| On 31 May 2007, Werner Koekemoer, project manager for the eNaTIS (a new national traffic information system) in the Department of Transport (DoT), and Johan Vorster, project director of Tasima (the consortium that had developed the system), met to ref |
| Enos Banda: from political to exonomic activism |
| Enos Banda, the Chief Executive Officer of Eskom Enterprises, a subsidiary of state-owned electricity utility Eskom Holdings, considered the offer he had just received from financial services firm, First Africa, asking him whether he would consider be |
| Epilogue: Eskom and the electricity supply industry in South Africa |
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| ERP at 1st (A): making the choice |
| This is the first of a three-case series (903-004-1 to 903-006-1). In July 2000, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) steering committee of the specialised engineering and information technology group, IST, had a choice between two value-added resel |
| Eskom: alternating currents in the South African electricity industry |
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| eThekwini MetroConnect: Broadband for the Community |
| In the early 2000s, the eThekwini Municipality (the City) embarked on a strategy to turn Durban into a ‘Smart City’. As availability and quality of ICT infrastructure was the prerequisite for achieving this goal, the City started laying a next-gen |
| First Atlantic Bank: the Big E in banking |
| First Atlantic Bank (FAB) is a Nigerian commercial bank that successfully branded itself 'the big e'. From the onset, FAB incorporated the use of information technology (IT) as an integral part of their business strategy, investing in IT systems that |
| First Atlantic Bank: the Big E in banking |
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| First Bite Limited |
| Tantalizers, a pioneer fast food chain in the Nigerian market, started operations in 1997 with one outlet managed by Bose Ayeni, a former Unilever marketing manager. Encouraged by the success of the first outlet, Folu Ayeni joined his wife Bose and to |
| First Bite Limited |
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| First National Bank: inspirational leadership in a South African context |
| The case intends to add to practical knowledge about the use and implementation of leadership programmes, but also to challenge theoretical understanding of inspirational leadership in Africa. The theoretical foundation related to the topic is weak. T |
| First National Bank: inspirational leadership in a South African context |
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| FNB METRO: WAKING UP TO CHANGE |
| It was June 2003 and just over a year-and-a-half since First National Bank (FNB) Metro (a division of FNB Retail) had completed the first stage of Vuka, an organisational transformation initiative aimed at changing FNB Metro's culture into one based o |
| FORGING A TEAM CULTURE AT MARATHON BANK |
| Marathon Bank faces the challenge of moving from a civil service to a dynamic private sector culture. The case describes the leader's effort to implant teamwork in the bank. The objectives of the case are (1) to make participants realise the need to g |
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