In 2004, co-Founders, Tal Dehtiar and Michael Brown, as proud Canadians, believed that business can and must play an important role in alleviating poverty in developing countries; they also believed that MBAs have valuable skills which are needed by businesses and NGOs working in developing countries.
From that, MBAs Without Borders was formed as an international not-for-profit organization bringing innovative solutions to developing countries by matching experienced business volunteers with local businesses and NGOs to unleash a big secret…Business Can do Amazing Things!
MBAs Without Borders partners with international and local businesses and not-for-profi ts working toward the better good of developing countries and we recruit MBAs who best support such organizations. As a Project Partner, you can team up with MBAs Without Borders to bring qualifi ed MBAs from around the world to your business or NGO.
MWB’s volunteers provide a wide range of business support. This includes, and is not limited to, providing training to management and staff in finance, accounting, strategy, marketing, human resources, business development, etc. Our MBAs can also provide support such as developing and implementing business plans to launching products and services to new markets, building sales and distribution channels within country, developing fundraising strategies and managing projects in the field.
Our MBAs are on average 32 years old, speak multiple languages and have extensive experience in business and understanding the needs of businesses and organizations in developing countries.
For each project, we recruit from the over 400 MBA communities from around the world including Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Mexico, South Africa, USA, etc. In addition, with a database of thousands of MBAs and over 40,000 monthly website visitors, we receive 50-100 MBA applicants per position in the field.
MWB partners on projects mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America which includes locations such as: Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine and Vietnam.
MBAs Without Borders is proud to have launched in Canada in 2004 and recently MWB USA opened in 2007 with an office in San Francisco, California.