HBS students manage an NGO focused on malaria prevention, putting their business training, talented classmates and Harvard resources toward a greater good. To many HBS students, malaria prevention is simply part of the list of precautions taken before embarking on travel to exotic and faraway lands. But for a group of students, malaria has become… Continue reading Putting the MBA to Work for Good
Tag: Ghana
An Era of Great Expectations
I was filled with great anticipation as our flight touched down at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana on March 18, 2007. In addition to the celebration of Ghana’s 50 years of independence that put me in a festive mood, 27 of my HBS schoolmates and several of their partners had accompanied me to Ghana… Continue reading An Era of Great Expectations
The Great Deception: Harvard Escort Service
I came straight from Ghana to sunny Miami for College. So when I moved to Boston last year, winter was something new to me, despite having lived eight years in the U.S. In November I called one of my boys in the lower latitudes, lamenting how cold it was getting and how I did not… Continue reading The Great Deception: Harvard Escort Service