Chair for Responsible Innovation in Africa
Chair for Responsible Innovation in Africa
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Its purpose is to help transform Africa for a sustainable future and develop the human capital needed for its social and ecological transition.
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Hassanein Hiridjee
CEO
AXIAN Group
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Nathalie Prime and
Caroline Verzat
Scientific co-Directors
Axian is a pan-African infrastructure and services group, specialising in five sectors: real estate; telecoms; financial services; energy; and open innovation and fintech. The group is an active partner in the socioeconomic transformation of the countries where it operates. Axian is driven by a conviction: a belief in an innovative growth model based on inclusion and shared growth.
The group is part of the UN Global Compact and has pledged to incorporate its ten principles into the heart of its strategies and activities today and tomorrow.
The Africa CEO Forum awarded its CEO, Hassanein Hiridjee (ESCP 1997), with the title ‘CEO of the Year 2022’. This honour recognises the CEO who has had the biggest effect on Africa by embodying the vitality of business and development in the continent.
Attijariwafa bank Europe is a 100% subsidiary of Attijariwafa bank Group, proving excellence for more than a century since inception. Attijariwafa bank Group is the 1st banking group in North Africa and the 4th in Africa with 10 bn USD market capitalizations on Casablanca stock exchange.
With a large presence in over than 26 countries in the world, the Group become a leader especially in West Africa and a reference in Central Africa.
As for the European subsidiary, it is implanted in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain through controlled fully-licensed commercial branches. The Group also disposes of a banking agency in London and representative offices in Dubai, Riyadh, London, Geneva and Montreal.
Objectives
Create a specialised option to educate young, promising Africans and Master in Management students on ethical innovation in Africa
Give businesses and students the opportunity to build successful careers in Africa
Support African students to join this programme via a system of grants and scholarships
Power advances in research and collate a body of expertise on ethical innovation in Africa
Three Activities Areas
- Intercultural projects
- Study trips
- Internships in Africa
- Publications
- Conferences
- Round-table discussions
- Cultural events
- Presentations of partner firms (activities, countries and business lines)
- Job interview training for students
- Ad hoc events (speed networking)
- Internships and careers
Companies interested in the chair can contact Pascale Pernet, Director of Chairs and Business , ppernet@escp.eu.
“This chair is all about responsible co-construction – both in its content and method. It brings together a multidisciplinary international teaching team that pairs ESCP professors from the school’s different European campuses with African professors who teach in Africa. Similarly, students on the ‘Master Grande École ESCP’ course will be working in pairs with African students who have enjoyed excellent teaching in Africa. All of them will have the same aim: to cross cultures and improve their skills in responsible innovation to build their future together”
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Hassanein Hiridjee, AXIAN Group CEO
