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McCombs Launches Study Abroad Partnership with South Africa’s Wits Business School

November 9th, 2009 · Filed under: School News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

The McCombs School signed a formal partnership with the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, paving the way for students to study abroad there for course credit, beginning in fall 2010.
The partnership was was driven by student interest, as MBA students who traveled to Johannesburg on McCombs Global Connections trips said they would like the [...]

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Mahajan in South Africa: Africa Has Just as Much Business Potential as China and India

June 25th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · video

Posted by Rob Meyer

Recently, McCombs Marketing Professor Vijay Mahajan sat down with Nick Binedell, director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science in South Africa, to discuss the business potential in Africa, home to 900 million consumers. “The market opportunities are not any less than what India and China have to offer,” Mahajan said. Mahajan’s most recent book, Africa Rising, extensively [...]

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