Global MBA Testimonials

The process of creating value through work-integrated learning is extraordinary. It shifts the primary learning experience from the confines of academic institutions to the actual workplaces of our students. This transformation leads to an unparalleled sense of purpose, as it transitions skills training from theoretical teaching to the invaluable experience gained on the job.

Additionally, work-integration redirects the traditional focus of study from analysis to practical implementation. It is the act of implementation that has the power to bring about real change in the world. This new approach enables students to realize their potential in effecting positive changes within their work environments.

We invite you to explore the remarkable feedback from some of our students who have been willing to openly share their experiences of creating genuine value in their workplaces.

Chido Boka, Managing Director at Boka Floors Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

09.2020

Our visit to Israel was truly phenomenal and eye opening.

From touring the streets of Jerusalem to having a view of the ‘Silicon Wadi’ in Tel Aviv. I learnt a lot about how a small desert nation has become a powerhouse in innovation and agriculture.

Also a lot of lessons about marketing which led me to make a lot of personal changes in my life. Biggest take away for me was there is no shame in failure. If we don’t fail we don’t learn!!!

Marketing Intensive

Ndomupeyi Chikonye, Projects Manager at Zesa Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe

09.2020

I had one of the greatest experience in my life during the Marketing Residential in Israel.

We started with a 2-day tour of the Holy Land which took us to various Biblical historical places of interest including the Baptisimal Site on the Jordan River, Caphernaum and Jerusalem. Prof Dorfman's wonderful articulation of the religious history gave me a new enlightenment on my understanding of the Bible.

The Marketing tutorials, presentations and field tours were so great I couldn't get enough of it! It was very empowering to work on my business proposal throughout the week, and Prof delivered it so well, everyone contributed to each other's proposal! I learnt that business ideas come from observing our everyday experiences and we commit to solve problems or improve life through innovation. I was impressed by successful start-ups by Israeli youths that were borne out of their assignments while serving in the army.

Well done, IBR for a great program!

Marketing Intensive

Kelvin Mukuku, Metallurgical Manager at Eastplats, Brits, South African Republic

09.2020

I visited Israel for the Marketing Residential. Phenomenal country. Walking through Jerusalem was such a Spiritual experience, you feel like you are walking through the Bible.

The Residential was very empowering and insightful. Great country and the people are so happy and proud of their nation and heritage.

Marketing Intensive

Charles Stols, Engineering Manager at MegChem, Cape Town, South African Republic

09.2020

I visited Israel as part of the Global MBA programme. It was a life changing experience.

The exposure that IBR provided to the students visiting Tel-Aviv was priceless. To see how small start-up companies being successful with the minimum infrastructure was eye opening. Then the marketing course was much more than marketing but a life lesson that you can implement in almost all aspects of your life.

I can recommend this Global MBA to every entrepreneur that seek practical methods and principles to make their business a success. Credit also to IBR for the lectures that are employed throughout the course.

Marketing Intensive

Paulus Mulunga, Managing Member at Light Systems Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

09.2020

An eye-opening experience from the Start Up Nation, one is instantly inspired by the level of innovation and creativity in solving every day human challenges. The State of Mind Institute in Tel-Aviv was a pleasant place to visit. The holy land experience in Jerusalem just added an extra dimension to my appreciation of Israel.

This residential reassured my believe that entrepreneurship can not only solve most of the problems that we experience here in Namibia, but on the continent.

Marketing Intensive

Chris Zembe, Director at Alliance One Tobbaco Tanzania, Morogoro, Tanzania

09.2020

The IBR Marketing Residential in Haifa - Israel was just a unique and life changing experience for me.

The build up, evolution, repetitive failures and successes of start-ups and entrepreneurs taught me how you can get to your vision despite many constraints or hurdles faced- including little or no choice to business partners/ neighbors.

This is a lesson for all life circumstances- the concepts are more than practical and will assist any business to gladly invest in entrepreneurs and its people for profitablity and sustainability- Tel Aviv start ups and Innovation Hub visit was an eye opener. Opportunity to structure and present our practical business plans and guided on how to implement them.

Well structured , value adding ,practical and flexible MBA program - supported by a good read Israel Start Up Nation.

Marketing Intensive

Miriam Zisengwe, Head-SME Banking at MBCA Bank Limited, Harare, Zimbabwe

09.2020

Absolutely phenomenal.

The marketing and innovation residential in Haifa and Tel Aviv shaped my appreciation of start up business development. Attendance of DLD Entrepreneurship Conference in Tel Aviv was a major highlight for me and it provided an opportunity to network with global entrepreneurs, venture capital experts and angel investors.
I have been able to apply practical insights from the Residential in my professional and personal interests around entrepreneurship development.

Visits to Jerusalem, Capernaum and the Jordan River made it a spiritually enriching experience.

Marketing Intensive

Victoria Muranda, Communications Manager at NAMFISA, Windhoek, Namibia

09.2020

One of the best experiences in my life was visiting the holy land of Israel through my Global MBA with IBR.

My marketing residential was relevant to see how a start up nation demonstrates and values innovation. The change of the dessert into a productive oasis as a united front with proven skills is phenomenal. Israel felt like the savest place in the world. Israel in indeed heaven on earth. The bible came alive for me in Israel. I also met new global friends I shared a class with.

Thank you IBR.

Marketing Intensive

Tawanda Nyandimu, MEDICAL DIRECTOR at MBUYA DORCAS HOSPITAL, HARARE, Zimbabwe

09.2020

My experience in Israel was mind blowing...something I will always treasure. How they were able to change a desert into an oasis, with a spirit of togetherness and tapping into their skills and innovation was absolutely amazing.

It was a great moment where we had to unlearn and learn a lot of things as Profesor Danny took his time to stretch our mindsets, taking us for tours around Israel business hubs meeting successful young entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. One could only marvel as we saw great potential back home that needed to be tapped into and exploited.

The Israel residential was more than I expected and many thanks to Prof Kelling and his team at the Global MBA IBR for arranging such a learning experience for us!

Marketing Intensive

Samantha Kachikira, Process safety engineer at Ishecon cc, Johannesburg, South African Republic

09.2020

My visit to Israel will always stand as one of the most life changing experiences in my life.

For me the one thing that stood out the most was the Israeli people, they all have an identical state of mind, they speak the same language and they all want the best for their country and their people. The interactive meetings we had with the business community cleared the misconception I had of it being mostly a religious country.

From the leaders in business to the young soldiers on the street that we met, everyone's DNA is wired to solve problems through mind boggling innovations regardless of the environment and circumstances they live in. Coming from a country with serious water quality and shortage issue, the WaterGen Technology blew my mind and as an engineer my intellect was challenged. This was one of the biggest take home lesson for me. The business environment will never be perfect but the wheel of innovation must keep rolling, so that the lives of people around us keep improving and not deteriorate.

Like someone said the "IBR MBA is not just a qualification IT IS a self actualization programme."

Every residential stretches your thinking and you always come out with a different and unique way of doing business. Professor Abramovich was more than amazing, critiquing our marketing strategies until we came up with the best of the best ideas. The experience was indeed enriching, and I'm truly grateful.

Marketing Intensive

Wayne Mahachi, Financial Controller at Save The Children international Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

09.2020

I visited Israel for the marketing residential. The experience was very amazing, and to date remains the one of those experiences i will treasure for ever.

It was my first time to visit the holy land, and IBR organised a tour of the holy land for us for the first 2 days before the residential started. As a christian that was the most inspiring experiences - to see for real where it all happenned.

Then the residential itself was well planned, so motivating. We toured many organisations and met experts who helped us understand the source of Israel's greatness: the hardwork,the positive energy to believe that all life challenges are actually a motivation to innovate and come up with solutions. We were taken through various innovations that were really mind boggling.

The residential was very personalised in that one had to come up with a marketing strategy for his/her own organisation, and being critiqued by Professor Ibrahimovich and classmates.

For me the tour is something i will do again if given the opportunity!

Marketing Intensive

Tokozana Dhliwayo, Finance Director at ZETDC, Harare, Zimbabwe

09.2020

My Israel tour was life changing.

The exposure to Israel as a successful start up nation, technology hub and safe destination was something I will treasure for a very long time. The tour of the old city of Jerusalem is a must visit for every Christian. Thank you so much IBR for this combination of academic, business and religious tour.

The presentations by Professor Abramovich were so practical and relevant. I am no longer afraid to fail. Failure gives me the energy to start afresh, better and more determined the next time. I was able to appreciate the hard work, determination and unity of purpose of the Israelis.

The marketing residential gives you more than your expectations

Marketing Intensive

Nataliya Kot, Project Manager at Luxoft, Kiev, Ukraine

09.2020

This assignment is my first step in financial analysis.

Before the start of the study course Financial Accounting I can say that I didn’t know anything from financial prospective. I didn’t know anything about Income Statement, Balance sheet, Cash flow statement and Ratio Analysis. Now I can read financial statements, can calculate financial ratios. And hope that I am able to perform the analysis and make conclusions. And after working on this assignment I really would like to say that I opened new interesting and very useful area in my professional activity.

Financial Accounting

Paulus Mulunga, Managing Member at Light Systems Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

09.2020

It is very important to train staff members of the organization. The employees come in with certain skills, but it is important for them to improve on these skills as the environment in which they operate is constantly changing.

This assignment helped me to understand the various strategies one can use to improve learning and development. In addition, I understood the importance of constructive communication in the form of “Supportive Communication”.

This assignment has added a lot of value in my understanding of training employees.

Learning and Employee Development

Paulus Mulunga, Managing Member at Light Systems Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

08.2020

It is a challenging task to select the right candidate for the right job. Plenty a time one recruits someone that you know without going through the proper methods of Recruitment to ensure you have the right candidate.

As a manager of an SME, this assignment taught me the importance of following the right procedures to get the right people to do the job right.

Recruitment, Selection and Placement of HR

Samantha Kachikira, Process safety engineer at Ishecon cc, Johannesburg, South African Republic

08.2020

The assignment brought out a lot of foundational issues that need to be addressed going forward. The pandemic gave our company a wakeup call as meeting after meeting highlighted the need to start a vigorous marketing campaign. However, in order to have a successful marketing campaign, we first needed to know what the customer wants/needs/expects. In our operations there has never been a formal portal where clients gave feedback on every job done. Everyone just assumed what the client expected with no formal basis.

This is what I suggested to the leadership as a result of writing my assignment: change is required in our operations to ensure we always hear the voice of the customer every step of the way. In the end, the company agreed to change the “job close out form” so that its structured in a way we can ask customers if they are satisfied with the job, and if not possibly give reasons why. This will greatly improve our marketing strategy because focus will be on the client and not necessarily on the mandatory service that we offer.

Writing the assignment raised questions about the vision, mission, business plan of the company. Through interviews it came to light that the company operates with none. Without a common vision, operations will never be efficient because everyone is just doing their own thing.

Through the assignment, and the MBA as a whole, I have managed to convince the partners about the importance of a solid business strategy, else the business is doomed to collapse.

Operations Processes

Paulus Mulunga, Managing Member at Light Systems Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

08.2020

This course has been very valuable to me. It enabled me to understand financial statements. I was able to use the tools fr om the reading material to analyze the financial position of Light Systems Namibia.

I found the analysis helpful as it enabled me to see where the company is performing well, and wh ere improvements need to be made. With this knowledge, I am able to analyze the financial performance of other companies.

This course is useful to me in that I can be a better entrepreneur with a sound understanding of financial management and its importance in a business.

Financial Accounting

Leon Whyte, CSO/Co-Founder at SMC Ltd, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

07.2020

Due to my nature of my business, although I have a lot of experience working in a project setting, I do not have a lot of experience optimizing operational process. Whilst I may not have been aware of the principles and techniques that I was naturally adopting within these projects, which was very interesting to learn, I had a basic understanding of the processes and procedures involved in lean process organizational development/six sigma processes and thus was able to effectively navigate my through this assignment.

For me it was very interesting to critically analyze what I deemed to be a successful project, to analyze its successes and failing and understand how I could further improve moving forward.

Operations Processes

Phillip Mafarachisi, Business Development Executive at FIRST MUTUAL HOLDINGS, Harare, Zimbabwe

07.2020

In my working live I have come across companies that have failed and yet had what I considered good strategies.

This course has brought to the fore what was missing in those companies and this is the alignment of all company operations to the strategy. The strategy map and balanced scorecard introduced in this course are excellent tools to align operations to strategy and really operationalize the strategy to make sure that the customer needs are met which in turn allow companies meet their financial objectives.

I am going to use this new gained knowledge in all my future work as a manager and also transfer this new knowledge to colleagues and subordinates alike.

Strategic Performance Management

Brian Chizodza, Senior SAP Business Solution Consultant at Baraka Technology Group, Johannesburg, South African Republic

07.2020

Studying this course has significantly provided a vivid picture of the effects of digital technology from a globalisation point of view.

It has become clear to me how globalisation, developments in technology and new business models are changing the way products and services are conceived, designed and produced/ delivered. I also learnt that globalisation compounded by digitalisation has brought in ever changing value networks, competitive advantages of participating reside dynamically at control points that are the positions of greatest value.

Innovation and Digital Technology