IPED Lecture: “Solomonic Economics and Development”

Fred Ogola is the deputy vice chancellor of Uzima University and course leader of the proposed Hekima University. He is a professor of strategy, a corporate governance expert, and an economics expert. He served as the chief economist with the Housing Finance Bank in Kenya and the European Central Bank and he was a researcher assigned to the Reserve Bank of India by Loyola Institute of Business Studies (LIBA). He is the author of two bestselling books in Africa, Strategic Thinking: 10 Lessons from 1,000 Strategic Plans and The Great Leap: Solomonic Economics. He also has contributed to several book chapters in African Entrepreneurship, Doing Business in Africa, and Corporate Citizenship; published over 50 articles in refereed journals; over 3,000 articles in daily newspapers; and written over 483 curricula. He will talk about the new role of the Western world and financial institutions in development.