MBA Leading Innovation and Change from Cote d'Ivoire
Build the skills to lead what comes next without putting your life in Cote d'Ivoire on hold. Offered online in an exclusive partnership between York St John University and Robert Kennedy College, the MBA Leading Innovation and Change explores ideas and approaches to innovation, leadership and organisational change that you can apply across industries and international settings.
Earn an internationally recognised British degree
A British MBA can add a valuable international dimension to your professional profile. Your degree is awarded by York St John University, allowing you to pursue a British qualification while continuing to live and work in Cote d'Ivoire.
As you develop your understanding of leadership and change, you can bring new perspectives to conversations with colleagues, clients and partners across borders. The degree offers a way to demonstrate your commitment to advanced business study wherever your career takes you.
Study 100% online in as little as one year
You do not need to relocate or step away from your ambitions to pursue this MBA. The programme can be completed entirely online, making it possible to study from Cote d'Ivoire while maintaining your personal and professional commitments.
If you are ready to make focused progress, completion is possible in as little as one year. Your individual pace will depend on how you plan your studies and meet programme requirements, but the online format gives you a route to move forward without waiting for a change in location.
Learn without fixed online attendance times
Professional schedules rarely follow a classroom timetable. This programme does not require you to be online at specific times and dates, so you can engage with your studies when it works for you.
That flexibility can be especially valuable when work brings shifting deadlines, travel or collaboration across time zones. You can organise your learning around your responsibilities while continuing to make steady progress towards your MBA.
Take your studies wherever you go
Whether you are at home, away for work or travelling internationally, your online programme can travel with you. Study from anywhere in the world with access to the learning experience designed for a mobile life.
The mobile app lets you download study materials and watch lectures offline. A journey or a period away from a reliable connection can become an opportunity to keep learning, rather than a pause in your plans.
Show how you apply ideas through open-book assessments
Instead of classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. This gives you the opportunity to work with relevant materials as you develop and communicate your thinking.
For a degree focused on innovation and change, the ability to analyse ideas and apply them thoughtfully matters. Open-book assessment encourages you to engage with concepts as tools for understanding complex business challenges, not simply facts to memorise.
Learn from internationally educated faculty
Your learning is supported by tutors and faculty whose academic backgrounds include world-renowned institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis.
The range of educational experiences behind the teaching can enrich the perspectives you encounter throughout the programme. It is an opportunity to challenge your assumptions, strengthen your reasoning and think more broadly about how organisations evolve.
Join a global community of professionals
Robert Kennedy College brings together students from more than 130 countries. Studying alongside people with different professional and cultural experiences can help you see leadership challenges through new lenses and build connections beyond your immediate network.
Alumni work for international organisations including ICBC Bank, HSBC, Santander, Unilever, Daimler, BMW, Audi, GM, P&G, Louis Vuitton, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony. Their varied paths reflect the breadth of the community you can become part of.
Plan your payments with interest-free instalments
An MBA is an investment in your development, and planning for it should be straightforward. Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments.
Spreading the cost across monthly payments can help you align your studies with your budget. You can focus on your learning with a clearer view of how and when payments will be made.
Bring fresh thinking to opportunities in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa and wider agribusiness sectors connect producers, processors, exporters and international buyers. For graduates working in these fields, the programme's focus on innovation and change can provide ways to assess new products, improve processes and lead teams through evolving supply-chain demands.
As a major commercial centre, Abidjan also offers opportunities in logistics, trade and financial services. An MBA perspective can help professionals in these sectors consider how to introduce digital tools, coordinate change across departments and respond to changing customer expectations.
Growing digital services and infrastructure ambitions create further possibilities for people who can connect strategy with execution. Whether your goal is to advance within an organisation, support a new venture or collaborate across markets, the programme can help you approach change with greater confidence and a broader international outlook.
Ready to explore what your next chapter could look like? Request our course catalogue to learn more about the programme.