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MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion, Teaching Note
Gupta, SunilTeaching Note HBS-516068-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 515035. Since joining MasterCard (MC) in 2010, CEO Ajay Banga had made advancing financial inclusion (FI)-bringing formal financial services to marginalized populations-an important goal for the company. In 2014, MC had entered a number of partnerships with governments and banks to issue MC-branded debit cards to millions of individuals, including those in South Africa and Nigeria. But Banga's emphasis on FI also raised que...Starting at €0.00
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (B)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713043-EEconomicsSupplement for case 713042Starting at €5.74
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Should Dangote Farming Exit the Tomato Paste Market?
Veena Keshav PailwarCase IVEY-W33570-EEconomics, StrategyIn July 2021, a major supply-side crisis in Nigeria forced the Dangote Tomato Processing Co. Limited plant of Dangote Farming to operate at just 20 per cent of its production capacity. Since its inception in 2016, the plant was shut down several times due to a shortage of fresh tomatoes of the required quality. Although the Nigerian government supported Dangote Farming by pursuing pro-tomato and pro-tomato-paste policies, it was unable to operate...Starting at €8.20
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Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria
Reinert, Sophus A.; Kavalercik, RisaCase HBS-718027-EEconomicsIn the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS'14), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition-Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the tomato paste company Tomato Jos. Though her brand had gained traction, however, she had, in the face of endless foreseen and unforeseen obstacles, yet to produce any actual paste. As the ...Starting at €8.20
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Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria, Teaching Note
Reinert, Sophus A.Teaching Note HBS-718050-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 718027.Starting at €0.00
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A)
Werker, Eric; Ezekwueche, Onyechi; Igun, Olatomiwa; Wei, AliceCase HBS-713042-EEconomicsIn spite of its abundant energy resources, Nigeria in 2012 had one of the lowest levels of energy use in the world. Self-generation of power from costly generators was double that of grid-supplied electricity. The history of its power sector was one of inefficient monopolies, missteps, and corruption. But a wholesale change to the market, designed under reformist President Obasanjo and pushed forward by President Jonathan, promised greater effici...Starting at €8.20
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Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Cornell, IanTeaching Note HBS-713053-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713042 and 713043.Starting at €0.00