Item Posted: February 16, 2012

Fellows in the News

Indonesian Fellow Zulfiani "Uni" Lubis, '10, with the Indonesian Press Council, officially releases cyber media guidelines (iMediaEthics)

Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers Rwanda Limited Florence Gatome, '10, Kenya, discusses preventing fraud in the public sector. (New Times)

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

New Zealand Fellow Publishes Book

Geoffrey Moss, '68, New Zealand, published Secrets for Managers: A Collection of Guidelines and Helpful Advice, his 25th book. From the preface: This book has been assembled "to help new managers, or potential managers, benefit from the work experiences and recommendations of many executives from many countries. Most managers manage for yesterday's conditions because that's where they obtained their experience. Today's managers should be looking to the future, not over their shoulders at the past."

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

Nigerian Fellow Selected for Communication Commission

Yusuf Hamisu Abuakar

After the Senate confirming hearing, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, '05, Nigeria, as a commissioner on the board of the Nigerian Communication Commission, for a five-year term. The commission is an independent regulatory agency responsible for the communication sector in Nigeria. Nigeria has recorded its fastest growth in the telecommunications industry in the last decade and has attracted one of the highest foreign direct investments in Africa. The immediate challenges facing the board include providing guidelines for improved and sustained quality of service and attracting more investment in the sector.

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

UN Visit to Palestine

Bayti Managing Director Bashar Masri, the project developer, with Ban Ki Moon

Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, recently visited Rawabi City, Palestine, for which Ms. Nisreen Shahin, '11, Palestine, oversees quality of life projects. Rawabi is a groundbreaking project intended to spur economic development in Palestine. The largest construction project in modern Palestinian history, it brings together economic development, education, sustainability, cultural opportunities, and mixed use construction to middle class Palestinians. The development and construction of Rawabi will greatly impact the economic performance, infrastructure, and public services of surrounding villages as well. Subsequent development phases will be planned in accordance with future master plans under the oversight of the Palestinian Authority. The population of Rawabi is expected to reach 40,000.

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

Chinese Fellow Promoted

Mr. Wang Jindi, '99, China, has been promoted to chair of the Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The commission prepares and organizes economic and social development strategies, plans economic and development studies outside the province, and researches and analyzes regional and urban development.

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

Zimbabwe Fellow Leads Roundtable

Victoria Falls, site of the session

The fourth session of the CEO Roundtable (CRT) will be held February 16-18 at Elephant Hills in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, organized by Kenias Mafukidze, '05, Zimbabwe. This event will be the biggest CRT thus far, with more than 500 decision-makers from both the government and private sector. Since its first session in 2009, the CRT has grown from a one-day seminar to a three-day premier business event on the Zimbabwe business calendar. From being solely a Zimbabwean event, the CRT is now set to spread into other African countries. Zimbabwe has gone through turbulent times over the last decade, but with a sustained growth rate approaching double digits for the last three years, Zimbabwe is now one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Of the event, Mafukidze says, "Since the last CRT, there has been resonance across the country that this momentum can be sustained to ensure the achievement of a USD$100 billion economy by Zimbabweans between 2030-2040.What remains is for Zimbabwe to set clear strategies that will turn this potential into a reality."

Item Posted: February 8, 2012

Fellows in the News

2008 Kenyan Fellow Dr. Sam Thenya, CEO of Nairobi's Women & Children Hospital, has been nominated for theIndependent Policing Oversight Authority Board (The Standard)

Sanjeev Sanyal, '09, India, argues that economic history can be seen as a race between transportation and communications technology in "Transportation versus Communications: What is Next?" (Deutsche Bank)

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