Emerald Publishing and the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 AABS Case Writing Competition.

The aim of the competition is to encourage and promote the development of high-quality teaching case material relevant to the realities of dynamic and emerging markets in Africa. At the same time, we also seek to promote the development of case-writing capabilities within this region, so that instructors and students alike can see a wider variety of cases reflecting their unique contexts. This year we received nearly 20 submissions from several African countries, including Uganda, Nigeria, and Senegal, among others.

The winning cases are:

First Place

Livestock Wealth: Crowd Farming for Wealth Creation
Amanda Bowen (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)
Claire Beswick (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)
Richard Thomson (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)

Second Place

DRA Global: Implementing Digital Transformation through Change Management in a Project Consultancy Firm
Krishnaveni Ramiah (University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa)
Amy Fisher Moore (University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa)

Third Place

Queen Ndlovu: Opening the Throttle on her Drone Business
Boris Urban (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)
Stephanie Althea Townsend (University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa)

On behalf of the entire editorial team at EMCS, we offer our sincerest congratulations.

We would also like to thank all authors, and the competition judges Professor Leif Sjoblom and Professor Al Rosenbloom, for their contributions to this competition. It is our pleasure to work with the AABS to support the development of case writers in African emerging economies. All entries to the competition will be considered for publication in Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, subject to the usual review processes. For more information on the 2023 competition, please follow the competition homepage to stay up to date.