John Lewsen, MBA, 1975

Graduation and Celebrating at Mike’s Kitchen after the ceremony.    

I had no idea how prominent the Wits and WBS brand was when I joined the institution. What was initially supposed to be a short contract for 6 months has turned into 10 years of the most significant years of my life to date. I have been exposed to both worlds – that of a…

I remember, spending late nights with syndicate members doing assignments, networking and sharing Ideas on various modules such as finance and strategy…. Rehearsing marketing and human resources syndicate presentation…..

I had arrived from Kenya at WBS on February 17th 1993 to join the full-time 1993-94 MBA class. As the first Kenyan student to enrol on this MBA program, I had been warned against going to South Africa in 1993 and had been repeatedly requested by family and friends to wait till the first democratic…