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Africa’s food systems need to be reimagined – CALA forum to chart ways forward

AMI is the lead learning partner for the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA). As part of the annual AGRF conference, CALA announced the second cohort of 80 leaders from 8 countries to be unveiled as delegates gather for the first in-person Leadership Forum in Kigali, Rwanda

AMI’s 2021 Impact Report: Skills to power growth & impact

In our recently released AMI 2021 Impact Report: Skills to power growth & impact we share how AMI’s work in 2021 - building skills for growth with businesses and their teams – helped unlock business growth, create jobs, improve livelihoods and strengthen whole systems to withstand the turbulence of our times and support thriving communities.

The Development Bank of Rwanda and African Management Institute Enable Rwandan Businesses to be Resilient to Risk

Following the training, 94% of them reported an increase in revenue, 79% reported an increase in profit and 68% reported to have created jobs.

Stanford Social Innovation Review features AMI in ‘Pacing Entrepreneurs to Success’ Article

In the 2022 summer edition of Stanford Social Innovation Review, the African Management Institute (AMI) was featured in the article “Pacing Entrepreneurs to Success”.

Times like these demand that business leaders be coaches

At the best of times most of us need prompting to do the things we actually want to do. Most of us need a coach, mentor, engaged boss or patiently honest friend to nudge us to become what we could be at work.

Leaders see beyond what is to create what might be

I wonder what it’s like to work in the Post Office. What set me wondering was fetching a parcel on 12 May, posted in London on 1 November last year. On the one hand I was impressed that it reached me after six and a half months of travel. No one stole it. It wasn’t buried in a storeroom and eventually destroyed. It reached its intended destination. I didn’t realise this was still possible with the SA Post Office.

Practising respect can counter workplace toxicity

Will Smith’s Oscar slap has generated a huge debate about toxic masculinity, with some decrying his hitting Chris Rock on stage as an example of how men are programmed socially to be violent, some supporting his courage in defending his wife, and others looking for re

The District of Musanze partners with the African Management Institute (AMI) to strengthen entrepreneur business skills

African Management Institute programmes, offered through the Hanga Ahazaza initiative, focus on increasing employment opportunities for young people while expanding the hospitality and tourism sector in Rwanda.

African Management Institute Launches New Francophone Learning Programmes for Senegal and West Africa

The African Management Institute (AMI), the continent’s leader in business and management training, recently launched a new series of francophone learning programmes to support the growth of small enterprises and provide practical business skills development in Senegal and across francophone West Africa.