Needed: Million African Managers

It’s a goal so ambitious it nearly seems unattainable, and it might very well be. The African Management Initiative (AMI), a group created last May by several prominent foundations and nonprofits, wants to create 1 million qualified and effective African managers by 2023 to help drive the continent’s economic growth. Accomplishing such a scale on a continent where top-quality business schools are in short supply will be an enormous challenge.