From Cambridge to the UN: building a demand-side diagnostic for subnational climate finance
Through her Cambridge Global Executive MBA Individual Project, Amandla Uzoka‑Jarrett (Global Executive MBA 2025) transformed experience in African climate finance into a demand‑side diagnostic that helps cities turn climate‑infrastructure needs into bankable projects, culminating in a presentation at a UN climate conference.
The echo chamber I didn’t know I was in
Swoyanshree, Global Executive MBA 2026, chose Cambridge not for prestige, but to break out of predictable thinking – discovering that the real value of an Executive MBA lies in challenging assumptions and expanding perspective, not just gaining more knowledge.
The people who stayed behind
Sunny Chen (Global Executive MBA 2025) shares how completing the Global Executive MBA is not just her achievement, but a shared one, made possible by an unwavering support system that enabled her to fully embrace the demands of the programme.
A woman’s journey is laden with choices: here is how mine met Cambridge
Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, Global Executive MBA 2024, writes how navigating pregnancy, leadership ambitions and the Executive MBA was made possible by clarity of purpose and a community that chose to see the whole person.
Sustainability is an innovation challenge
Alina Semenenko (Executive MBA 2025) reflects on Cambridge Ecosystem Week, writing that sustainability is not just about emissions or ESG; it is an innovation challenge that requires organisations and leaders to experiment under uncertainty and reinvent systems at scale.
Leading through extremes: ultra marathon journey of 121 km across the Gobi Desert
Khin Saw (Cambridge Executive MBA 2024) shares her experience of the 121 km Gobi Desert Race, where leadership meant adapting to extremes and putting the team above oneself. Through sandstorms, freezing dawns, and a personal setback, she turned challenge into shared achievement.
To My Dear Cohort
In a heartfelt letter to her cohort, Jade Weiner, Executive MBA 2024, reflects on how her cohort journeyed from a room of strangers to a truly supportive community, carrying one another through personal, professional and academic challenges.
My Executive MBA story: why good judgment, real friendships and self-awareness will outlast the age of AI
Andrew Breus (Cambridge Executive MBA 2024) reflects on the Executive MBA programme and shares his key learnings and insights.
Powering Africa’s future
Abdul Goni (Executive MBA 2025) explains how Africa’s ability to compete in the AI era will be decided not in data centres, but by whether it can mobilise smart, large-scale infrastructure investment to turn its vast renewable potential into reliable, affordable electricity for people, businesses and digital infrastructure across the continent.
A country rushing to meet its future
Cambridge Executive MBA 2025 participants Robyn Baker, Caitlin Hafer, Stefan Pretterhofer and Eva Zhu reflect on their International Business Study Trip to Ho Chi Minh City. Against a backdrop of global uncertainty, they encountered a Vietnam racing to shape its future: developing local talent, elevating women in leadership, fostering vibrant entrepreneurship and redefining sustainability on its own terms.