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Lead Campus : Sustainable Leadership in Africa – Advanced Management Program

HEC Paris

Leadership

About Programme

Africa faces multiple challenges, including geopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and social issues. One of the major challenges for the continent is to create jobs for the 10 to 12 million young people who enter the job market each year. Africa therefore needs efficient (small, medium, and large) and sustainable businesses that integrate geopolitical, environmental, and social perspectives: anticipating ongoing changes means anticipating major risks for these businesses and conducting their activities in a responsible and sustainable manner. Managing businesses responsibly is a prerequisite and a condition for long-term survival, but it is urgent to go further: it is about profoundly transforming existing businesses and their economic models to create a positive impact, or creating businesses from the outset whose goal is to solve problems. Such transformations require transformational leadership from leaders and managers.

Programme Content

MODULE 1 - Morocco: Understand the major challenges and megatrends of the African continent to position the business model well
Approach the new geopolitical environment, economic growth and development, and the effects of globalization
The main issues of environmental, social, and societal development: integrating them to overcome difficulties and constraints and adapt the organization's development
Disruptive innovation: addressing Africa's challenges and problems
MODULE 2 - Online-en: Integrate responsibility elements into key functions for a sustainable transition; choose 2 focuses from the 4 below:
Focus 1: Sustainable Strategy (Online)
Focus 2: Sustainable Finance (Online)
Focus 3: Sustainable Supply Chains (Online)
Focus 4: Sustainable Marketing (Online)
MODULE 3 - Côte d'Ivoire: Act with impact – Transforming traditional business models and focusing on SMEs – 50% of the time in immersion-visits:
Place stakeholder engagement and social responsibility at the heart of the company's strategy
Reduce externalities: a prerequisite / Move towards a responsible supply chain and operations management and a circular business model
Financing growth through a better understanding of the functioning of funds and other types of financing
MODULE 4 - Cape Town, South Africa: • Improving the coherence of support functions to implement a responsible business strategy
Focus 1: Transformational Leadership
Focus 2: Design Thinking
Focus 3: Circular Economy
Focus 4: Social Innovation
Focus 5: Sustainable Cities
Focus 6: Energy Transition in Africa
MODULE 5 - Online : Stratégies vers le Net Zero
Focus 1: Business Model Innovation: Odyssey 3.14 SDGs
Focus 2: Climate Change Impact Diagnosis
Focus 3: Developing a "Net Zero" Vision
Focus 4: Levers for Transforming Carbon Footprint
MODULE 6 - HEC Paris Campus: Stabilize new business models through transformational leadership
Focus 1: Low Carbon Business Model
Focus 2: Circular Business Models
Focus 3: Biodiversity-Respectful Business Models
Focus 4: Inclusive Business Models Module closure: presentation of projects developed by participants

Programme Objective

Strengthen the understanding of geopolitical, environmental, and social issues in Africa over the next 10 years.
Understand the issues and levers for transforming traditional business models (commodities and others) through more pronounced responsibility strategies integrated into global strategic axes.
Master the attributes of new (sustainable and inclusive) business models to design and deploy sustainable entrepreneurial projects.
Develop a meaningful leadership style to inspire and support teams in sustainable transformations.
Understand impact measurement and how to deliver it operationally, and analyze the evolving expectations of financiers, particularly impact investors, but also traditional financiers within the framework of their own ESG commitments.
Be able, at the end of the program, to implement an entrepreneurial or strategic project developed throughout the 5 modules and supported by the mentorship of an expert from the African continent.

Pedagogy

A traveling program in 4 different countries (Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, and France), as well as two online modules. A pan-African program, delivered in English but can switch to French, focused on analyzing current issues and specific needs of the region, with a 50/50 academic and experiential mix. Delivered in university partnership with Mohammed VI University in Morocco, content partnership with the impact fund I&P for the SME growth part, as well as the University of Cape Town. Each module is largely adapted to the issues and specificities of the countries or sub-regions visited. The program includes experienced volunteer mentors, all from or connected to the continent. It is based on Africa-specific case studies and is enriched 50% of the time by visits or interactions with strong organizations or personalities.

Programme Audience

Executive populations exclusively associated with the African continent, either African, working in Africa, or carrying an impact project for the continent: - Senior executives of private or public companies - Management of national or international NGOs, and/or local associations- Members of international organizations - Social or impact entrepreneurs - Leaders of developing SMEs

Our program is designed for all executives, senior managers, and functional or operational leaders with at least 5 years of professional.

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