Over the past decade, Henley Africa has gone from being a small outpost of Henley Business School in the UK, to a fully-fledged, privately-funded...
Henley Business School emphasises orchestrating epiphanies - ‘lightbulb moments’ that allow students to flourish in class and at work. They call it...
A new whitepaper that examines the practices of leading JSE-listed corporations shows that ESG strategy and implementation varies from firm to firm,...
Newly promoted within Siemens Energy, Henley alumnus, Monish Gala, is at the forefront of driving innovative and sustainable solutions in the African...
An award-winning game that was developed to teach primary school kids in South Africa how to code – without using a computer – has gone global,...
Clever fools may come across as incredibly bright, but in reality they're not that clever at all.
IT IS NOT enough merely to create jobs, says Henley Africa Business School dean and director Jon Foster-Pedley; South Africa has to start creating...
Mandela Day - Whatever the motivation, it’s a great reminder every year that we are part of something bigger than just our own lives. It is also an...
With artificial intelligence fundamentally reshaping workplaces and careers, how can educational institutions ensure that their students are ready...
Since the 2020 global pandemic, leadership has become even more complex as matters of personal well-being and self-actualisation have taken centre...
New research from Henley Business School Africa, drawing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, shows that adaptability is crucial during challenging...
Henley Explore: Immersive Cases and Immersive Experiences, a new research centre focusing on harnessing the power of emerging technology in...
Henley Business School Africa has been awarded a Diamond Arrow Award from PMR.africa for the sixth consecutive year.
Romy Titus has at times been brutally honest about being a woman in the ‘man’s world’ of sports presenting and broadcasting. But not only has she...
New research from Henley Business School Africa highlights the role that creative problem solving methodologies can play in business and business...
It’s an honour to continue to be associated with AABLA along with media partners CNBC Africa and auditors SNG Grant Thornton for the sixth...
More than 200 talented young South Africans came together on 24 June to attend The Youth Leadership Summit 2023, a collaboration between Henley...
If we can harness the power of citizens to think creatively and critically, and aspire to take charge of their future, then each and every Nigerian...
You want to apply for the Henley International MBA but you’re not sure if you have the right experience. Well, you may be surprised…
The right job and the right attitude can help young people free themselves and their communities from the shackles of poverty, and we need to do more...
Putting experts into a room and expecting them to emerge with a perfect solution when we don’t know the nature of the threat we are dealing with is a...
A new white paper from Henley Business School Africa in collaboration with GIBS and the University of Stellenbosch on the export performance in one...
The prestigious QS Summit on Higher Education: Europe taking place in Dublin this week will look at the forces impacting higher education and explore...
The importance of Hawkins’ climate stripes infographic, with its ability to let viewers zoom right into their own cities and countries to see what...
Parents have the unenviable role of trying to prepare their children for a world of work that is constantly in flux and for careers that may not even...
As a CIO with a good sense of what’s happening in IT right now, you don’t need to be told that things in the world of AI are moving fast.
Accountants Melissa Moodley Redlinghys and her husband Mario Redlinghys, graduated with twin MBA degrees from Henley Business School Africa in...
Henley Africa adds its voice to Africa’s second largest climate change conference since COP27.
Latest FT ranking puts Henley Business school in the top 20 worldwide for its executive education programmes and number one in Africa in the combined...
This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the many mother and mother figures with Henley MBAs who are making an impact building and bettering African economies.
We should not be worried about artificial intelligence stealing our jobs, but instead, we should be concerned about the jobs of those who don’t know...
It’s not always easy to be a positive leader in the face of challenge and turmoil, but the impact of an optimistic outlook on business and society...
Yvonne Chaka Chaka says receiving three honorary doctorates has inspired her to continue empowering herself with education.
Problem: To get your MBA, you need to earn as much as someone who already has an MBA. Description: Frustrating. Solution: ... Henley Business School...
You’ve set your heart on an MBA, but your personal savings don’t stretch to covering tuition fees just at the moment and you’re hoping that maybe...
You’ve probably read an article exactly like this before – and we’ve probably written one. But nothing you’ve read and nothing we’ve written has ever...
Melody Xaba considers herself fortunate having forged a successful career as television producer with a catalogue of award-winning shows to her name....
Music has always been in Maya Spector’s blood, her love of it shaped by her childhood and led her to a career as a singer/songwriter. But when...
The John Madejski Centre for Reputation Africa launching in Cape Town this week will advance research into reputation and relationships in an African...
An immersion into different cultures is giving senior leaders from the South African insurance industry an opportunity to expand their world view and...
SA’s Just Energy Transition partnership is a trailblazer for other developing nations seeking climate finance.
We are officially opening our campus in Cape Town to better serve our corporate clients headquartered there whom we have been working with in person...
Choosing a course that suits your needs and embracing all aspects of the programme are the first step to MBA success, both personally and...
For Thokozani (TK) Dube, son of South African music legend Lucky Dube, getting an MBA from Henley Business School Africa has helped him integrate two...
New centre opening at Henley Business School Africa to focus on understanding, developing and sustaining positive and optimistic leadership on the...
Entrepreneur, Gen Z strategist and public speaker, Marko Stavrou, is the youngest person to complete Henley Africa’s Higher Certificate in Management...
Real activism is robust and physical, it can never be remote and abstract – not if we are serious about sustainable change
New research: Could better conversations boost project success rates? The high failure rate of complex organisational projects has led veteran...
The highest recursiveness of greatness is to be surrounded by the best people, themselves often the invisible leaders
HENLEY Business School Africa is urging journalists and other media practitioners to consider applying for the 2023 edition of the Sol Plaatje...
Having moved into a sales role, when sports science graduate Nantus Grobler was ready to build his management competence, Henley Africa was his first...
Despite holding a PhD in computer science, Dr Thulani Phakathi found himself going back to school – only this time it was to business school – as...
Mastering yourself is key to better team collaboration Marcus Karuppan, who celebrated his third graduation from Henley Africa this month says that...
Cape Town watch out! Henley Business School Africa is coming to town. SA’s only quadruple accredited, international business school, which has been...
I am very sad to share with you the news of the death of our much-loved colleague, Vivien Spong, who passed away at the weekend after a long and...
All the knowledge and expertise in the world do not help if you feel overwhelmed. That is why, as the world becomes more complex and uncertain, we...
Our MBA is quadrupled-accredited – in the UK, Europe, the US and Africa.
Record numbers of managers and leaders graduating show that the business school is determined to bridge the skills and confidence gap and create an...
Teenagers could be seen as harbingers of hope
Take a journey toward a better version of yourselfFor Malegola Mohlala, making a positive impact in African healthcare has been a career-defining...
African business schools have established Business Schools for Climate Leadership Africa (BS4CL Africa) as the United Nations Climate Conference, COP...
Henley Resurgence art installation Henley Business School Africa continues as passionate patron of the arts with new art installation Henley Business...
To avoid climate hell, we’ll need many more fearless leaders Business schools have been enablers of the status quo, can they now lead the change that...
The power of education gives 26 Joburg youngsters the chance to hope again Reformed Number gangs’ member Welcome Witbooi has teamed up with Henley...
Integrating business and personal values: A story of two journeys By Raees Mohammed, MBA student, entrepreneur and Islamic scholar Even a casual...
These are the kind of leaders we need to be producing, because they are the ones who will save our world and make it fit for all of us to live in
Henley Africa is hungry to bring in new ideas around education from all over the world to benefit African education.
Business education is essential for everyone, not just the C-Suite! Reabetswe Molapo started NPO Yung Heirz as a passion project after she dropped...
A just culture is the antithesis of the kind of corporate apocalypse the fourth horsemen portend. The good news is that, while we might be struggling...
Coaching, the practice of helping people get the best out of their professional and personal lives, has perhaps never been more important than it is...
How my MBA is helping me to save Africa’s wild dogs Jocelin Kagan has a lot in common with her beloved African wild dogs. She shares their nomadic...
New Research: How to find your organisation’s groove The former drummer for Johnny Clegg’s band is now helping businesses find their groove. Drawing...
Scores of staff, faculty and students gathered at the flagpoles at Henley Business School Africa’s Johannesburg campus at noon on Monday 12 September...
Sandi de Souza knew, when she qualified as a chartered accountant in 2004, that she wanted to do an MBA for the broader business knowledge it would...
HENLEY Business School Africa extends its very best wishes and commitment of support to His Majesty King Charles III on his accession to the throne...
On behalf of Henley Africa, I wish to express our deepest condolences following the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her Royal Highness...
Africa is full of opportunities, but we must invest in our young people now As CSR Programme Manager at a leading South African property company,...
Know your why, follow your heart: A journey towards manifestations Former Isidingo star Hlubi Mboya-Arnold is an intentional woman. An award-winning...
Emerging markets need empathetic leadership, says Henley alumna For Phillipine Mtikitiki, VP for Coca-Cola South Africa, an international Henley MBA...
THE HARDEST part of anything is letting go. A digital detox is no different.
Helping the next generation of African creatives to compete and lead in the world Media personality, entrepreneur, and PGDip alumnus, Thato Molamu,...
How empathy can help re-write the rule book for workplace wellbeing For many, getting an MBA is about career progression. For Girly Letsipa, it was...
Help get food to vulnerable communities this Mandela Day Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July is a day that South Africans get to feel proud of the moral...
HENLEY Business School Africa has been awarded a diamond arrow by PMR.Africa – its fifth in as many years – as the best MBA business school in the...
South Africans are losing trust in their leaders – the BMF’s Monde Ndlovu looks to his late father for inspiration
There has been a lot of talk around Africa’s move towards free trade, which hopes to connect the continent to be a powerful force in the global...
There is no limit to the areas in which African business schools can widen their footprint, believes Jonathan Foster-Pedley, dean and director:...
#ShowYourStripes Day – 21 June 2022 Thousands of people around the world will again unite against climate change by sharing a striking climate change...
Latest Financial Times ranking puts Henley Business school in the top 20 worldwide for its executive education programmes and number one in Southern...
HENLEY Business School Africa has been chosen once again as the research partner for the All Africa Business Leaders Awards.
HENLEY Business School Africa and Standard Bank Group have been awarded a highly coveted Silver award in the category “Talent Development” at the...
Two years ago, no one could imagine working from home. Maybe the time has come to slay the next sacred cow, the five-day work week.
A new study by Henley UK, building on its pioneering study conducted in 2019 before the beginning of the global lockdowns, has found there is an...
African MBA and master’s graduates will be able to enrol for their doctoral studies at Henley Business School’s African satellite office later this...
The secret to civilisation is the small space between stimulus and response.
Risk Insights and Henley Business school have successfully completed the literature review for this stage of the project and will embark on...
WHEN WE STARTED this journey of fighting COVID-19, we were all uncertain. There wasn’t a playbook so we all did what we are wired to do as humans; we...
Is it time to break the traditional barriers to learning and provide vital corporate education?
Henley Business School, Africa, recently offered scholarships worth over N15 million to five Nigerians, with the aim of developing and upskilling...
We desperately need activist CEOs in this country
Desmond went into his Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) very arrogantly, but confesses that he learned so much, not only in a textbook sense, but about...
Although Brighton had the requisite university degree to enrol immediately for an MBA, he was advised to first do Henley’s postgraduate diploma – a...
Rohan feared that postgraduate studies were all about endless hours of dry texts, but was surprised at the relevance that Henley studies have to his...
Johannes is a compulsive learner. Study is an essential part of his growth. He explains why he’s chosen Henley Business School over a university...
Henley Business School Africa is inviting journalists and media practitioners to apply for its annual Sol Plaatje Scholarship. Established in 2019,...
HENLEY Business School Africa has become the first leading business school in South Africa to achieve Level 1 B-BBEE.
Henley Business School and Risk Insights are pleased to announce a co-operation in a joint ESG research project towards providing an in-depth...
HENLEY Business School Africa has declared Friday 17 December 2021, the day after South Africa’s Day of Reconciliation, a Henley Africa Day of...
SO MANY strategies look great on paper but then get lost in translation when it comes to implementation. Companies have never been able to afford...
This Henley Africa research white paper looks at what happened and identifies the best way to lead remote teams and, equally importantly, the best...
HENLEY Business School Africa has become the first business school to be accredited by the Association of African Business Schools (AABS)...
FOUR easy steps, all online, and within minutes you could be on your way to getting your MBA at Henley Business School Africa. This week the...
HENLEY Business School Africa has set off on a three-week programme of graduations – conducted virtually for a second year in a row, because of the...
WE ARE AWASH in ideas but sadly, very little thought. Just as living in an era of the greatest access to information has rendered us incredibly...
HENLEY Business School Africa dean and director Jon Foster-Pedley has been elected chair of the British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa. The...
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THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa – More than 100 MBA students from Henley Business School Africa graduated at the University...
GRATITUDE Keloabetsoe Rampota was desperate to become a manager – but she didn’t know how. So, the relationship consultant at Auto & General went to...
TENDAI “Beast’ Mtawarira is well into his MBA studies at Henley Business School Africa, as he transitions from being an icon on the sports field to...
Dr Kubheka takes a different direction for her MBA thesis and looks at why people won’t use cannabis products, despite their proven medicinal worth.
IN A WORLD that is increasingly physically disconnected, Henley Business School Africa is using technology to reintroduce the human touch to a...
We have spent more than 500 days in Covid 19 induced lockdown of one level or another. Our lives have been disrupted like none of us has ever...
In a recent webinar Jon Foster-Pedley of Henley Business School shared insights on an HR focused panel
The Henley MBA is a true international MBA qualification at masters level and is internationally triple accredited by the leading academic standards...
The Covid-19 pandemic has also hit the healthcare profession very hard with practitioners feeling fatigued.
Climate change can be slowed down and change the world for good. Read about the recent Henley Business School expert webinar.
Ideal scenario, right? And it’s perfectly reasonable to ask, “Will my company pay for my studies?” You know it’s going to help your job, raise your...
Despite side hustling being deeply stigmatised it has become largely popular and can actually be beneficial in a number of ways for both companies...
The PGDip is an HEQC level 8 qualification, the same as an honours degree, all you need to enter an MBA.
Resilience in leaders that lead teams of people show far more endurance. Find out why this is a key 21st century skillset.
HENLEY Business School Africa’s first ever virtual MBA exchange is underway. It’s the latest innovation by the business school which was the first on...
28th June 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. THABISO Thakali has won this year’s Sol Plaatje scholarship to study his MBA at Henley Africa Business...
Daily Maverick, 20 July 2021 JON FOSTER-PEDLEY AS SOUTH Africa appeared to teeter on the brink of its much-prophesied descent into failed nation...
Johannesburg: A snap poll across Henley Business School’s social media community hints that South Africans are becoming pandemic fatigued. As the...
23rd June 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. HENLEY Africa is set for another first – a mid-year graduation in July. There will be 19 virtual...
It’s been a challenging year-and-some, what with the isolation of lockdowns, the inconvenience of masking, and the various Covid conventions that...
It’s an easy habit to fall into – we have leisure time on our hands, so we reach out for that familiar crutch of contemporary society; the...
18th June 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. HENLEY Business School Africa is the highest ranked business school campus in Africa in the inaugural...
Daily Maverick 168 by dean Jon Foster-Pedley After an appearance on a television show recently I was challenged to back up a claim I made about...
“Pride Month presents us with an annual reminder to be sensitive to the needs of members of the LGBTQ+ community,” urges dean Jon Foster-Pedley....
26 May 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. MEDIA entrepreneur Alexander Leibner has been awarded the Dean’s Creative Industries Scholarship to study...
The Star, Pretoria News, Cape Times and The Mercury (Independent Newspapers, Business Report), 28 May 2021 COVID-19 is not just the greatest global...
BizCommunity, 7th May 2021 JAPIE Wentzel is about to graduate with his executive MBA. This is no ordinary degree, it’s the culmination of a five-year...
The Citizen, 20th April 2021 by Hein Kaiser It’s already started with online doctor’s appointments in lockdown. The Covid-19 pandemic has not just...
Independent Newspapers, MBA Feature – The Star, Pretoria News, The Mercury, The Cape Times 23rd April 2021 THERE are always two questions when it...
Daily Maverick, 20th April 2021 AS WE MOVE ever further over the threshold into the new normal of a COVID 19 world, we are awash in data. There are...
THERE are many aspects to the Henley Executive MBA that make it stand out from every other MBA programme offered on the continent, not least the fact...
SOUTH Africa’s clinicians have been amazing during the COVID pandemic, but they haven’t been backed by the same level of material and logistical...
By John Vlismas The path to becoming a SCUBA instructor in the NAUI system has several steps. One critical transition is from the technical knowledge...
17th March 2021 – Daily Maverick The government is rightfully concerned about an imminent third wave of infection hitting us after the Easter weekend...
As I look back on the last two years I spent as one of the two vice-chairs on the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA), I am struck by...
24 February 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. MARTIJN Slager is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives. A marketer and salesperson in...
16 February 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa. When gsport founder and seasoned cricket commentator Kass Naidoo approached Henley Africa about...
Henley Business School Africa is excited to announce the launch of Future-proof your Healthcare Practice. This live, comprehensive, interactive...
DANIEL Petzer is the new head of research at Henley Business School Africa. He has been awarded a full professorship in this role, by the University...
5 February 2021 – Daily Maverick The changing of the guard in Washington from the 45th president of the US to the 46th is an opportune time for us to...
29 January 2021 – Daily Maverick LAST year was one for the history books, but that doesn’t mean you should consign yourself – or your career – to the...
This full scholarship will allow the successful scholar to study the one-year post-graduate diploma in Business Administration in 2021 or begin the...
John Vlismas Marketing Executive, Henley Business School, Africa. In my MBA group I met an excellent man. He runs a large HR department for a South...
18 December 2020 Daily Maverick There is a lot we don’t know yet about Covid-19 and how it will evolve. What we do know is that wearing masks and...
Covid-enforced rules of engagement have given us all rare glimpses into other people’s lives that otherwise would have been unlikely. This week I was...
John Vlismas Marketing Executive, Henley Business School, Africa. The privileged have been prolific during lockdown. With networked processing power...
BizCommunity, 27th November 2020 24th November 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa. HENLEY Business School Africa has been adjudged the outright winner...
THE recently released authoritative Financial Times Executive MBA 2020 ranking has some wonderful plaudits for Henley Business School – rating it the...
26 November 2020 Daily Maverick KIMI Makwetu was inspired to become an auditor by his mother, Maureen, who ran a meat distribution business in...
Practice, principles and stance: Your journey is just beginning CHRIS DALTON Today we honour and celebrate those who have completed the MBA at...
John Vlismas Marketing Executive, Henley Business School, Africa. The benefit of working at a good school is that you’re encouraged to practice what...
The title of this article is inspired by a conversation I had with Barry van Zyl about music and performance. It occurred to me that this is a...
HENLEY Business School Africa will be conferring degrees and diplomas on a record number of graduates later this month – in a virtual ceremonies that...
JOHANNESBURG, Monday 16 November 2020. – Henley Business School South Africa has expressed its deepest sympathies to the Makwetu family on the sudden...
Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 November 2020. Henley Business School Africa has gone on the warpath to fight fraud, protect its students and provide...
Henley Business School and Afrinolly Creative Hub have been selected by MTN Nigeria to provide entrepreneurial training and coaching to the musicians...
Article written by dean and director Jon Foster-Pedley JACINDA Ardern’s recent landslide victory in New Zealand is a victory not just for gender...
Henley’s Glossary of Everyday Business Terms Henley Business School compiled a few handy business terms that form part of the #HenleyLife Ethos. Here...
When I grow up I want to be a ….. This familiar aspiration is traditionally related to children. A nurse, a fireman, a doctor. Upon reaching...
The title isn’t a typo, it’s adapted from a quip made by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie about estate agents: ‘you can’t live with them, and you can’t...
Daily Maverick – 17 October 2020 WE ARE steadily emerging into a world that is very similar to the one we bade farewell on 27 March – yet so very...
Global Focus Magazine Standard Bank / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / Henley Business School – GOLD WINNER OF THE 2020 EXCELLENCE IN...
Pauli van Wyk was named Journalist of the Year, at this year’s virtual Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards, for “Cruising Nicely on VBS Money”, which...
SOUTH Africa’s borders officially open for the first time in six months on October 1 but if they hadn’t, students on Henley Business School Africa’s...
On Saturday, 19 September 2020, two teams of young soccer players took to the field to practice their soccer skills in Henley Business School Africa...
1. What does the HENLEY “brand” represent? We build the people who build the businesses who build Africa, which is about making world class education...
Published 08 September 2020, Bizcommunity Combatting corruption in South Africa depends on three pillars: ending the bipolar myth of good private...
Published 11 September 2020, Bizcommunity Loyiso Bala has done it – just like he said he would four years ago. He’s finished his MBA, four years...
Published 11 September 2020, Daily Maverick After surviving one of the longest lockdowns in the world, but with the concomitant cost to the economy...
TimesLive, 20 August 2020 Hidden Hero – Mathapelo Peters MATHAPELO Peters never wanted to study commerce. The first time she went to university, it...
LINDA Buckley is guided by two driving passions: to make sure that learning truly lands and that women can learn to stand in their own truth. The...
The award-winning Henley Business School, internationally triple-accredited, is recognised as one of the best business schools in the world for...
JoburgToday TV spoke to dean Jon Foster-Pedley about re-skilling yourself during the COVID-19 pandemic and how critical this is. Watch the interview...
Business schools have lost their “viral virginity” and will never go back to working the way they did before Covid-19, says Jon Foster-Pedley, dean...
In the Business Beyond Covid series, CEOs and other business leaders and experts in their sectors look to the future after Covid-19. What effect has...
Welcome Witbooi was 29 and at the top of his game. He was a four-star “general” in the 28s, one of the three feared prison gangs that make up The...
COVID 19 is a daunting prospect; it may not kill you, but there’s a real chance it will be the death knell for your corporate career because the...
The numbers tell the story: of every 100 SA learners, 60 will sit their matric exams, 37 will pass, 12 will go to university, and only six will...
It’s big picture thinking for small business or, if you like, streetwise entrepreneurship for creative businesses. This September, Henley Business...
The world ranking of Executive MBA programmes from the Economist shows the value and quality of our Executive MBA, positioning our course no.21 in...
Published 27 June 2020 in The Saturday Star, Independent Newspapers IN FIVE years’ time, Macfarlane Moleli wants to be running his own media house,...
Published 18 June 2020 on The Daily Maverick by dean Jon Foster-Pedley AS SOUTH Africa prepares for the spike in the COVID 19 pandemic in the rest of...
HENLEY Business School Africa has attracted its highest ever number of applications for its MBA class this year – 580, up from 420 two years ago. “We...
Jon Foster-Pedley is dean and director of Henley Business School, Africa and vicechair of SABSA. Jon has turned his wide-ranging skills and airforce...