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| Lagos Business School | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lagos Business School |
| Established | 1991 |
| Type | Private business school |
| Dean | Professor Enase Okonedo |
| City | Ikoyi, Lagos |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Pan-Atlantic University, Association of African Business Schools, AACSB International |
Lagos Business School is a private graduate business institution located in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. Founded to develop managerial talent for Nigeria and West Africa, the school has grown into a regional hub linking corporate leaders, public-sector executives, and multinational firms across Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and North America. It operates within the Pan-Atlantic University framework and engages with corporate partners, philanthropic foundations, and international accreditation bodies.
The school was established in 1991 amid policy shifts following the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) era and increasing demand for managerial skills across firms like Shell plc, Chevron Corporation, and Dangote Group. Early collaborations included training for executives from First Bank of Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Bank, and Zenith Bank, while academic exchanges linked faculty with Harvard Business School, INSEAD, and London Business School. During the 1990s and 2000s the institution expanded programs in response to regional crises such as the Nigerian banking crisis (2009) and opportunities from initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade Area negotiations, attracting visiting scholars from Columbia Business School, Wharton School, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Leadership transitions involved prominent Nigerian academics and corporate executives with ties to Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Central Bank of Nigeria, and multinational boards.
Located in Ikoyi, the campus adjoins business districts associated with firms such as United Bank for Africa, MTN Group, and TotalEnergies. Facilities include lecture halls named for benefactors linked to Tony Elumelu Foundation and Aliko Dangote Foundation, executive education suites modeled on spaces used by McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group, and a library with collections referencing works by Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, and Clayton Christensen. The campus hosts conference facilities for events organized with partners like World Bank, International Monetary Fund, African Development Bank, and regional bodies involved in Economic Community of West African States forums. Residential accommodation serves participants from corporations such as Access Bank, Standard Chartered, and multilateral missions including United Nations Development Programme delegations.
The school offers MBA and executive education programs paralleling curricula from Harvard Business School case-method influences and elective modules reminiscent of London Business School concentrations. Degree programs attract applicants from corporations including Shell plc, TotalEnergies, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, and financial institutions like Ecobank Transnational Incorporated and Standard Bank Group. Specialized offerings cover finance modules informed by texts associated with Eugene Fama, Robert Shiller, and Richard Thaler, leadership electives drawing on research by Daniel Goleman and John Kotter, and entrepreneurship streams influenced by initiatives such as the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Executive education custom programs have been delivered for clients including Nigeria LNG Limited, MTN Group, and Chevron Corporation.
Research activities are coordinated through centers that collaborate with institutions such as African Development Bank, Johns Hopkins University, and London School of Economics. The school's centers have produced policy briefs addressing issues raised by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization, and International Finance Corporation reports. Faculty research appears alongside work from scholars at MIT Sloan School of Management, Yale School of Management, and University of Chicago Booth School of Business on topics including corporate governance, microfinance linked to models like Grameen Bank, and impact investing tied to initiatives by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The institution convenes conferences featuring speakers from World Economic Forum, African Union, and regulatory bodies like Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria).
Admissions draw candidates from multinational corporations such as Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and national firms including UBA Group and Seplat Energy. Selection criteria consider professional experience comparable to cohorts at INSEAD and IMD Business School, with interviews, assessment centers, and references from executives in firms like Guaranty Trust Bank and Access Holdings Plc. Student life includes clubs and activities modeled on those at Harvard Business School and London Business School, partnerships with incubators like CcHUB and accelerators collaborating with Tony Elumelu Foundation, plus networking events featuring alumni from Nigerian Stock Exchange and CEOs from Dangote Group.
The school holds accreditation from Association of MBAs standards and has engaged with AACSB International for quality assurance alongside peer assessments from Financial Times and The Economist rankings. Regional comparisons often reference peers such as University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, Wits Business School, and American University in Cairo School of Business. Its executive education programs receive recognition in lists compiled by Forbes, Bloomberg, and BusinessDay (Nigeria) coverage.
Alumni occupy leadership roles at organizations including Zenith Bank, First Bank of Nigeria, MTN Group, Shell plc, Dangote Group, Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, TotalEnergies, Seplat Energy, and development agencies like United Nations and African Development Bank. The alumni network runs mentorship schemes aligned with Tony Elumelu Foundation initiatives and corporate governance projects in partnership with Nigerian Stock Exchange and Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria). Industry engagement includes commissioned research for World Bank Group projects, executive training for Central Bank of Nigeria officials, and collaborative ventures with consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company and PwC.
Category:Business schools in Nigeria Category:Pan-Atlantic University