News, events and blogs
Launching iTATU – ideate, innovate and implement, an Industry-Academia Platform in Kenya
31-07-2023On Tuesday 25th July 2023 MSM launched the Industry-Academia Platform to the public. The launch served as the official unveiling of the brand name of the platform, namely “iTATU (3i)- ideate, Innovate, implement”.
Institutes capacitated to transform agriculture in Mozambique
26-07-2023MSM and its consortium partners worked on a project in Mozambique with a focus on promoting smart new technologies to increase and improve the agricultural production and to motivate young people and farmers in the region of Chimoio.
The steps taken towards local economic development in the Cauca region in Colombia
17-07-2023The Cauca Local Economic Development (CLED) project had the goal to promote sustainable peace and economic development by integrating entrepreneur / livelihood capacity building and peacebuilding activities in different project phases.
New Project: SOSAME: Improving mental health and psychosocial support services of medical staff in South Kivu working with women, girls, boys and men affected by SGBV
11-07-2023Maastricht School of Management (MSM) in consortium with Living Peace Institute (LPI) will start a new Nuffic Tailor-Made-Training Plus project with Centre Psychiatrique SOSAME in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
New project: Ecosystems for (self) employability in the horticulture sector in Tanzania
11-07-2023MSM in collaboration with the Tanzanian National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) will start a new 1-year project with a focus on building Ecosystems for (self) employability in the horticulture sector.
New Project: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the key to a bright future in agriculture for youth in Burundi
10-07-2023The potential returns of investing in young people are boundless in terms of food security, poverty reduction, employment generation, as well as peace and political stability.
New Project: Strengthening the sustainability of the Service, Innovation and Training Centres in Rwanda
10-07-2023MSM together with Rwanda Polytechnic will continue its collaboration to strengthen agricultural public private partnerships in Rwanda, through a new Nuffic Tailor-Made-Training Plus grant.
Developing and implementing effective strategies towards women entrepreneurship
10-07-2023“The programme was insightful as I was made aware that women entrepreneurship is more of an economic empowerment discussion rather than a gender discussion." - Ms. Ayoola Adetutu Oluruntola (Nigeria)
MSM MBA Summer School 2023 – bringing bright minds together
07-07-2023Saturday 17 June 2023 marked the start of the 2023 MBA Summer School. Over 110 MBA students joined the MBA expertise track courses at MSM in Maastricht. We welcomed students from the Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA, Online MBA and Global MBA programmes.
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: essential goals for attaining economic and social development objectives
03-07-2023On Monday, 26 June 2023, Dr. Mulu Burhane kicked- off the Short Executive Programme Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, bringing together professionals from 14 different countries.