Columbia Business School is coming to Africa.

CBS tour dates: Cairo – October 20th, Lagos – October 26th, Accra – October 28th.
More info here.

Columbia Pre-MBA World Tour | Africa [@PublicOffering]

I wrote a postfor the Columbia Business School Public Offering Blog on our pre-MAB trip to Africa!

Fulbright Scholarships in Egypt.

On behalf of the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt, we regret to inform you that our reviewers did not rank your application to the AY2009-2010 Fulbright Egyptian Student Pogram among the ones selected for consideration by the interviewing committee.

Wharton at AUC.

I attended the Wharton information session at the old AUC campus (which is gorgeous!) downtown Cairo last week.

Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program.

AMIDEAST have some info on the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program that offers full tuition scholarships to Egyptian students looking to study Business Admin (or Contsruction Management) degress in the US. There’s an online FAQ with eligibility criteria and the application can be downloaded here.

Egypt blogs America. [AUC]

The American University in Cairo’s Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research recently sent 8 Egyptian bloggers to the US as part of the Adham Center’s Blogging the Election project. The group includes prominent names like Wael Abbas and Sandmonkey, plus some “up-and-coming” bloggers worth keeping an eye on.

Chicago GSB MBA Info Sessions Dubai + Cairo.

GSB-sponsored Fall Events
These University of Chicago Graduate School of Business MBA Admissions Receptions are hosted by a member of the admissions staff and will consist of a traditional information session as well as an alumni panel. Registration is now open for GSB-sponsored Admissions Receptions in the following Middle Eastern and African cities:

City
Date

Cairo
October 26, 2008

Dubai
October 27, [...]

Creativeconomy – Ahmed Fahmy.

Driving back to the suburbs from an interesting meeting with Will Ward, editor of Arab Media & Society I was tuned in to the dependably entertaining company of the Erin and Zack show on Nile FM who were promoting a DJ Fido hip hop album launch party taking place at Al Sawy Culturewheel right as I was driving by it in Zamalek so I stopped to check it out.

The venue was a real find. It’s built into the foot of a Zamalek bridge underneath one of the city’s primary elevated traffic arteries. There’s an outdoor garden and two auditoriums and the eclectic programming (experimental theater, comedy, music) is on the alternative side.

Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.

I received an email from the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation on August 28 2008 (The Foundation is a really exciting initiative launched by the ruler of Dubai that runs a Fellowship Program offering scholarships for Arab MBA / MPP / MPA students).