Strathmore Business School

Strathmore Business School
Type Private
Established 2005
Dean George Njenga
Academic staff
 Full time: 18
Administrative staff
 68
Students 1500
Location Nairobi, Kenya
1°18′36″S 36°48′48″E / 1.31000°S 36.81333°E / -1.31000; 36.81333Coordinates: 1°18′36″S 36°48′48″E / 1.31000°S 36.81333°E / -1.31000; 36.81333
Campus Urban
Affiliations Strathmore University
Website SBS.edu

Strathmore Business School (SBS) is the graduate business school of Strathmore University. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it offers MBA and other postgraduate programs, as well as executive education programs. It was started in 2005 through a partnership between Strathmore University and IESE Business School. As part of Strathmore University, it is a private non-profit institution and a corporate work of Opus Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. It was the first green business school in Africa.

History

Strathmore Business School Campus, Madaraka

In 2005, Strathmore University entered into a partnership with IESE Business School, creating Strathmore Business School.[1]

Strathmore Business School Classroom

The new business school started its first program on 11 January 2006 with Dr George Njenga as the dean, offering the Advanced Management Program.[2] Its MBA for Executives program was launched in 2007.

Strathmore Business School Executive Education Graduation

It operated from office space in the university's library, conducting classes in the conference facilities of hotels in Nairobi.[3]

Participants in a discussion

In 2009, construction began at the site of a new campus, at which it started operating in 2012. The building was designed to have a very low carbon footprint, receiving an award, in 2012, for being the Best Green Building Development in Africa.[4][5]

Rankings

Memberships and Accreditation

Strathmore Business School is a member of:

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Linda (2 May 2005). "Iese advances further into Africa". Financial Times. Financial Times. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Advanced Management Program". Market Intelligence: MI : the Investor's Journal. 2006.
  3. ↑ "New Business Course for Senior Managers". 13 January 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Strathmore Business School – Green Tech, Retrofit for Resilience". BUILDesign. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Olingo, Allan (5 April 2012). "Stars shine at real estate awards". The Standard Media Group. The Standard Media Group. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "University and business school ranking in Kenya". eduniversal-ranking.com.
  7. 1 2 "The top 20 African business schools according Webometrics". Finance - Ecofin Agency. Agence EcoFin. Agence EcoFin. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Top 10 African Business Schools". africanbusinessreview.co.za.
  9. ↑ "AABS - AABS Member and Pipeline Schools". aabschools.com.
  10. ↑ "Africa Academy of Management". africa-aom.org.
  11. ↑ "AACSB DataDirect - General". aacsb.edu.
  12. ↑ "Strathmore Business School - Global Business School Network". gbsnonline.org.
  13. ↑ "Morocco's ESCA Partners with Africa's Top Business Schools to Enhance Entrepreneurship". Morocco World News.
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