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Fighting gender inequity in the business sector serves everyone, including men.

Although debate about barriers to work for women, especially those from ethnically marginalized groups, are usually centered around what women can do, a growing movement is targeting men and their responsibility directly. That work is asking men to break free of the masculinity boxes to understand that male privilege in the workforce hurts everyone, including men themselves.

In Episode 22 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, we speak with Sandra Ondraschek-Norris, vice president for global learning at MARC, Men Advocating Real Change, a program of the international nonprofit Catalyst, Inc. MARC challenges and inspires male leaders to leverage their privilege and responsibility to be advocates for equity and accelerate the creation of inclusive workplaces. Ondraschek-Norris details the research on the barriers to male leadership in gender equity initiatives and shares stories of how it is changing (and should change) in the corporate world.

"Develop your inclusive leadership skills. Educate yourself about inequities and the root causes of inequity. You will be unlikely to develop and grow and be successful as a leader if you're not successful at leading inclusively." – Sandra Ondraschek-Norris

Guest contact information:

Sandra Ondraschek-Norris Vice President for Global Learning MARC, Men Advocating Real Change (Catalyst Inc.) Website: https://www.catalyst.org/marc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/marcbycatalyst/

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

European banks and investors can bring capital and credit to African SMEs.

According to the World Bank, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play vital roles in economies worldwide. Some 90 percent of businesses are SMEs, and SMEs are 50 percent of the world's employers. In Africa, the number is even higher, with SMEs providing 80 percent of its jobs. Yet World Bank figures show that SMEs in Africa and the Global South are far less likely to obtain bank loans, credit, or investment than large firms – suffering from a gaping financing gap.

Mélanie Keïta is the CEO and co-founder of Melanin Kapital, a pan-African impact investment banking platform with offices in Kenya, France, and Germany. In episode #21 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, Keïta speaks on the efforts to connect European credit and capital with entrepreneurs in Africa. The company's mission is to build pathways between SMEs and financial institutions, educating and supporting both to thus lower barriers to financing and improve financial performance and chances for SME business success in Africa.

"It is our generation's burden – but also its responsibility ­– to be able to find a way to change the way economies work, so that we can be able to stay on this planet longer and provide to our children what we've been able to enjoy." – Mélanie Keïta

Guest contact information:

Mélanie Keïta CEO and co-founder, Melanin Kapital Website: https://melaninkapital.com/ Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaninkapital/

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

While we can study the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, successful opportunities demand real-world risks outside the walls of academia.

Renato Beninatto is the co-author of The General Theory of the Translation Company and the co-founder and advisor at Nimdzi Insights, a think-tank and consulting company that focuses on growth strategies for localization leaders. In episode #20 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, Beninatto shares keen insights from his entrepreneurial journey in the translation/localization sector and offers students of entrepreneurship non-academic lessons for making their own startup dreams come true.

"Do what you love … and learn accounting. Accounting is the language of business. The difference between a doctor and a doctor who knows accounting is that the doctor who knows accounting owns the hospital." – Renato Beninatto, Nimdzi Insights

Guest info

Renato Beninatto Nimdzi Insights https://www.nimdzi.com/ E-Mail: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renatob Twitter: @renatobeninatto

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

Technology should serve the people, requiring trust that our core values will be protected in this new domain. In episode #19 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, we share an ESMT Open Lecture held on March 2, 2022 with Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT Berlin. Using diverse examples from her vast experience as an international cybersecurity expert, Tiirmaa-Klaar demonstrates what is necessary to develop a trustworthy digital society that serves its citizens and illustrates how different stakeholders – including the private sector, policymakers, and academia – can help achieve this goal. She also examines the public policy response necessary to balance out the disparities caused by rapid innovation and the growth of big tech.

The lecture ends with a Q&A session moderated by Laurens Cerulus, cybersecurity editor and deputy technology editor at POLITICO Europe.

Guest contact information:

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Director Digital Society Institute ESMT Berlin Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Phone: +49 30 21231-1661 E-Mail: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heli-tiirmaa-klaar-2b46596a/

Twitter: @heliklaar

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

In episode #18 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, we speak with Dr. Olumide Abimbola, the founder and executive director of the African Policy Research Institute (APRI) in Berlin. The young think tank provides analysis to shape European approaches to African policy making and to inform the policy positions of African stakeholders seeking support and investment from Europe. In focus on the podcast: the African digital agenda. Abimbola reviews trans-African approaches to digitalization and details an overarching agenda on digital infrastructure, e-government, cybersecurity, and e-commerce.

Guest contact information:

Olumide Abimbola, founder and director

APRI – Africa Policy Research Institute Brunnenstrasse 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany www.afripoli.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loomnie/ Twitter: @afri_africa Instagram/Facebook: @afripoli

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

In episode #17, we speak with Solape Akinpelu, the co-founder and CEO of HerVest, a women-focused, inclusive fintech platform enabling women to participate in key financial services in Africa. In leading the Nigeria-based social enterprise, Akinpelu and HerVest bring a gender-lens approach to traditional financial services, wielding tech innovations in the space so that women gain access to the lending, savings, credit, and investments that can transform their financial futures.

"Supporting and amplifying the role of gender initiatives and perspectives in fintech is non-negotiable." – Solape Akinpelu, CEO, HerVest

Guest contact information:

Solape Akinpelu CEO, HerVest Emails: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: +234 805 604 7815 Website: www.hervest.ng

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – Where education meets business.

"Businesses can play a major role in contributing to economic, environmental, and social progress, especially when they minimize the adverse impacts of their operations, supply chains, and other business relationships," states the OECD. But what does it take to gain industry compliance with ambitious international legislative goals for environmental sustainability? And what will it mean if we fail?

In episode #16 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, we speak with Heike Hess of the International Association of Natural Textile Industry (IVN) and Alyssa Jade McDonald-Baertl, a board member of the German Federation of Sustainable Economy (BNW). We discuss the great challenges of sustainability and green economy initiatives. These include encouraging a holistic approach to sustainable industry, demanding transparency in supply chain management, creating standards for green production, enforcing business compliance, and innovating for sustainable futures. Also in this paradigm shift: how we must educate diverse stakeholders on the strong business case (and the moral imperative) for going green.

Links:

• Heike Hess, Lead, International Association of Natural Textile Industry (IVN) https://naturtextil.de/en/home/
• IVN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Naturtextil/
• Alyssa Jade McDonald-Baertl, Board Member, German Federation of Sustainable Economy (BNW) https://www.bnw-bundesverband.de/en
• BNW on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnw_ev
• OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct https://www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

What does the business cybersecurity landscape look like today? Were you to believe Hollywood, it looks like a pimply-faced teen hacker working from a dark basement for a stylish but likeable band of thieves. The realities are far more sinister – involving sophisticated cyber espionage rings backed by nation states using surveillance capitalism, ransomware, and zero-click attacks on financial markets, critical infrastructure, and military defense systems. For companies navigating this, there are additional, significant challenges: namely, underdeveloped (but overhyped) security software, a pervasive talent shortage, and exorbitant costs. And then there are those colleagues who just can't stop clicking on – innocent-appearing but anything-but – cat pictures …

In episode #15 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, we speak with Marc Goodman of the Future Crimes Institute and Sandro Gaycken of the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin about how businesses manage (and mismanage) the threats, traps, and realities of cybercrime. The two speak frankly about the big lies of the cybersecurity marketplace, debate cyber defense strategies, lament the state of talent recruiting, and detail the high costs of securing our digital lives.

Links:

• Marc Goodman, Future Crimes Institute, on Twitter
• Dr. Sandro Gaycken on LinkedIn
• Digital Society Institute (DSI), ESMT Berlin

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – where education meets business.

Much has been documented about the role of sexism and racism in reducing opportunities for women and people of color in the corporate world – whether in hiring, compensation, or in advancement to the C-suite and board-level positions or, in the entrepreneurial space, in access to project investments. But, as the song goes, "sisters are doin' it for themselves" to create and share opportunities in the workforce.

Born in Nigeria and raised in the US, Deborah Choi has been a successful serial entrepreneur for years. With her first startup – launched while she was finishing her degree at the University of Chicago – Deborah landed on Bloomberg BusinessWeek's top "25 under 25" list. Now living in Berlin, Deborah is the managing director and co-founder of Bosque, a tech-enabled, direct-to-consumer plant startup.

In episode #14 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, Deborah speaks about the critical role of mentorship, networks, and investment for female founders and women of color in entrepreneurship. As with plants, nurturing growth can yield great results.

Referenced in the podcast:

• BosquePlants.com
• Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders
• Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.
• Grace – Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship
• Founderland.org

About Campus 10178

Campus 10178 is Germany's #1 podcast on the business research behind business practice. Brought to you each month by ESMT Berlin, the 45-minute show brings together top scholars, executives, and policymakers to discuss today's hottest topics in leadership, innovation, and analytics. Campus 10178 – Where education meets business.

We hear a lot about "disruption" these days, especially as technology like AI and machine learning transforms traditional sectors like manufacturing. Can disruption be learned? In Berlin – where the fast-developing startup scene raises comparisons to Silicon Valley – ESMT has launched an entrepreneurship hub. Will it transform a young crop of entrepreneurs into the Germany's next unicorns?

Baris Efe is the manager and co-founder of Vali Berlin, the entrepreneurship hub at ESMT. He is a graduate of the 2020 ESMT Berlin Master's in Management program and it's where he and other students started Vali. Baris and Vali Berlin are both now part of the ESMT family, specifically of the Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance.

In episode #13 of Campus 10178, the ESMT Berlin podcast, Baris talks about how Vali Berlin was created, the development of its summer entrepreneurship program, and where it fits in Berlin's startup ecosystem.

Links to Baris Efe and Vali Berlin

• Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vali-berlin/
• Visit: https://faculty-research.esmt.berlin/ifee/vali-berlin