AMBA AWARDS INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STUDENT OF THE YEAR
A responsible betting man, Greeks investing during a crisis and an MBA graduate giving back to African society
Every year, 40,000 MBA students graduate from AMBA’s (the Association of MBAs) 204 Accredited Business Schools, in 70 countries worldwide. An MBA is the most respected Business Leader qualification in the world (AMBA accredits just 1% of the world’s Executive MBA programmes) and many of these MBAs will progress to become some of the world’s most influential Business and Society Leaders.
The three AMBA annual MBA awards, sponsored by The Independent - MBA Student of the Year Award, MBA Innovation Award and MBA Entrepreneurial Venture Award, awarded at AMBA’s Annual Awards and Gala Dinner in London on November, 7th 2013, celebrate the quality and achievements of MBA education.
The global business world, still shaken by the financial crisis, needs inspirational leaders more than ever. Three inspiring success stories from South Africa, Greece and UK come to light.
Olebogeng Glad Dibetso, an MBA graduate from Gordon Institute of Business Science from Pretoria has won the coveted MBA Student of the Year Award.
Ambitious, driven and determined to succeed, Glad followed his mother’s advice to pursue education as the best escape from a life of poverty. ”Remembering my mother’s words that noone can take your education away from you, I started my MBA promising myself that I will not compete with anyone, but try to add value to my classmates and my community. When the purpose is bigger than self, miracles can happen. The more I reached out to help others, the more I succeeded at both the MBA and my work”, he added. ”If there is one message that I want to get across”, Glad said, “it is that it is possible to succeed against all the odds. However, quality education increases those odds significantly.”
As a sign of his continued commitment to improving business and financial skills in South Africa’s youth, Glad decided to donate his cash prize of £1000 award to BizSchool, a programme teaching South Africa’s youth about the world of work and business.
While the Greeks are still struggling with their debt crisis, positive stories emanating from Greece are rare. However, Athens University of Economics & Business has good reason to celebrate. Their specific MBA programme with a cutting edge curriculum on e-skills, has earned AUEB the MBA Innovation Award.
AMBA’s Chief Executive Andrew Main Wilson
The guest speaker Gyles Brandreth
Professor George Ioannou, Director of the MBA International Program of the Athens University of Economics and Business, the winner of the MBA Innovation Award
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