Abidjan (© 2024 Afriquinfos) – From December 2 to 6, Abidjan hosted a training seminar bringing together 29 managers of the UbiPharm group, a major player in pharmaceutical distribution in Africa and in the French Overseas Departments and Region (DROM). . Organized in partnership with HEC Paris, this training offered participants the opportunity to learn and discuss three major strategic themes: sustainability, leadership and finance.
The pharmaceutical distribution sector in Africa is going through a period of profound transformations driven by new technologies, increased competition from digital players and growing demands for international standards. In this context, UbiPharm is positioning itself to continue to strengthen its leadership and continue to innovate, while strengthening the skills of its senior executives to respond to the challenges of the sector.
This seminar, designed in collaboration with HEC Paris, is part of this dynamic. The six modules, led by international experts and professors from HEC Paris, provided UbiPharm managers with tools and perspectives to strengthen their leadership, respond to environmental, social and governance challenges, and refine their financial approach in a constantly evolving global context.
« We are proud to support UbiPharm in increasing the skills of its managers. It is essential that African economic players have the tools, methods and thoughts that allow them to address the global challenges they face with agility and responsibility,” underlines Armelle Dufour, Director of International Projects at HEC Paris. “This partnership embodies our ambition to contribute to the training of committed leaders, capable of innovating, adapting and implementing sustainable strategies in their organizations “, she specifies.
Ms. DOVIE-AKUE Kokoe Emilie, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of UbiPharm, and Mr. MANGOUA Gérard, Managing Director of the group, also participated in the seminar, highlighting its importance in the group’s overall strategy.
« For more than 30 years, UbiPharm has relied on a unique model based on the concept of customer-shareholders and combining innovation, efficiency and responsibility. This seminar reinforces our commitment to anticipating transformations in the sector while developing the skills of our leaders, always with the aim of promoting access to health solutions throughout the world. », underlined Mr. MANGOUA.
Founded more than three decades ago by African pharmacists, UbiPharm is today a key player in the pharmaceutical supply chain, present in 15 African countries and 4 overseas territories. With its 2,000 employees and its network of 4,000 pharmacist-shareholders, the group combines innovation, civic commitment and collaboration to meet the needs of populations, contribute to sustainable progress and promote health in African communities and territories beyond -sea.
At the end of this week of training, UbiPharm managers leave with a renewed vision and strengthened skills to face the challenges of tomorrow.
This initiative marks a major step in the partnership between UbiPharm and HEC Paris, anchored in a common ambition: to train committed and responsible leaders, ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow with agility and innovation in a constantly evolving global context.
Present in 15 African countries and 4 overseas territories, UbiPharm promotes access to health solutions. This supply chain expert integrates five professions: wholesaler-distributor, distributor, logistician, promoter and depositary. Equipped with an innovative model based on 4,000 pharmacists-clients-shareholders as well as a high-performance and responsible distribution system, UbiPharm is proud to support health stakeholders by creating local relationships, beneficial to all. .
Created in 1881, HEC Paris is a leading Business School in Europe whose ambition is to have a positive impact on business and society thanks to its triple approach “Think, Teach, Act”, to contribute to a more inclusive world. , more sustainable and more prosperous.
With 160 research professors from all over the world who produce and teach unique knowledge to more than 4,500 students from 110 countries, the HEC Paris campus asserts itself as a true laboratory of innovation and exchange, open to diversity. of the world and its challenges.
HEC Paris offers a complete range of training for the decision-makers of tomorrow: Grande Ecole program, Specialized Masters, MSc, Summer School, MBA, Executive MBA, TRIUM Global Executive MBA, Doctorate as well as a wide range of programs for executives and managers, which that can be contextualized to the challenges of a company or an institution.
HEC Paris is ranked in 2023 by the Financial Times, number 1 in the world in Executive Education, for the 2nd consecutive year.
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