NiBS is one of the best private boutique business universities in Ghana.
It was founded in July 2014 by Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima. After over 25 years of experience in industry and academia with institutions like the Queensland University of Technology and University of Wollongong in Australia, City University of Hong Kong, Aston Business School in the UK and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai and in Accra as the Founding Executive Director of CEIBS Africa campus, he concluded that the traditional model of education was unsuited to the working professional in Africa.
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Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima envisioned a new kind of educational model designed to meet the needs of executives, employees, and employers in Africa.
One that was executive-friendly, designed to take account of the peculiar needs, problems, and opportunities in business education in the African context; one that offered opportunities for executives and professionals to develop new theoretical and practical models for understanding, evaluating, and affecting the efficient and fair practice of business and management in Africa.
Mission and Values
Vision
To be recognized as the leading practice-oriented research business school in Africa which develops, educates and trains business leaders and professionals throughout their careers.
Mission
Our mission is to be a leader in developing thought leaders who have habits of the mind – at once flexible and insightful, informed by experience and yet oriented towards innovation so that they can be agents of both economic prosperity and transformative social change in Africa.
To achieve this mission, we:
Offer professional doctorate and executive master research degrees that allow students to focus on compelling organizational challenges, seek answers to insightful questions; uncover new knowledge and practices, and create new business ventures by looking at the bigger picture, testing ideas in the field to discover new insights.
Offer Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs that prepare executives and other students to pursue academic and research careers in Universities and other research-oriented organizations.
Partner with like-minded universities and business schools around the globe to offer high-class learning and development services to students, companies and organizations in Africa.
NiBS Values – RISE
We are guided by a commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity, and impact. We foster a culture of continuous learning and ethical leadershipÂ
Respect
We engage with complete empathy, understanding and care that promote self-respect, respect for colleagues and respect for others.
Excellence
We strive to do things efficiently and effectively; always working hard to get at the best results at the lowest cost.
Service with Integrity
We strive to provide an excellent service and participant learning experiences before during and after our programs. Therefore, we accept individual and collective responsibility and accountability for our actions and results. Consequently, we do things with truth and transparency.
Innovation
We think and act in new and different ways. For us, nothing is impossible in our pursuit of new and relevant educational opportunities for executives, better ways of making these opportunities accessible, convenient and valuable for our participants and community.