Osiri Business School
Building ethical business leaders for a thriving, sustainable world. From entrepreneurship to strategy, learn to grow successful ventures that create lasting impact.
About the School
The School of Business at Osiri University trains entrepreneurs, executives, and changemakers to lead with both financial rigor and ethical purpose. Grounded in the African philosophy of Ubuntu — "I am because we are" — the school reframes business education around shared prosperity, sustainable strategy, and community impact rather than ownership and material gain alone. Students move through a Discovery, Journey, Empowerment, and Mastery pathway that builds from core management and entrepreneurship fundamentals to advanced strategy, finance, and venture creation.
The school's flagship graduate program, the MBA in Sustainable Leadership, prepares current and aspiring leaders to tackle organizational, social, environmental, and economic challenges through innovative and ethical business practices. Its Doctor of Philosophy in Business Innovation lets scholars pursue original, action-driven research while optionally earning a master's degree in their first year. Undergraduate offerings include the BS in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Business and the Associate of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, plus joint degrees with the Schools of Agriculture, Humanities, and Computing and Engineering.
Dr. Abdoulaye Mbengue
Dean of Osiri Business School and Executive Director of Xelkom Institute. A former principal trade adviser to USAID in Senegal, he later contributed to the African Union's first strategic plan and the NEPAD needs assessment.
School at Glance
- Associate in Associate of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: 60 credits minimum.
- BS in Business Education (with Montessori Teacher Credential) and BS in Film, Media and Entertainment Business: 120 credits minimum.
- MBA in Sustainable Leadership: 30 credits minimum, built around real-world project-based experiential learning.
- PhD in Business Innovation: minimum of 30 courses (90 credits); can be completed in as few as three years.
- Up to nine transfer credits (about three graduate courses) accepted toward a master's degree from prior university coursework.
- PhD students may earn a full master's degree in their first year while completing doctoral coursework.
Programs
Associate's
A fast, practical two-year pathway for aspiring entrepreneurs to build core business skills and launch a venture while continuing to work.
60 credits
Bachelor's
Prepares future educators and school leaders to teach Montessori curriculum while applying sound business and entrepreneurship principles.
120 credits
Bachelor's
Blends creative industry knowledge with business strategy for careers in film production, media management, digital content creation, and entertainment entrepreneurship.
120 credits
Master's
Prepares current and aspiring leaders to address complex organizational, social, environmental, and economic challenges through innovative, ethical, and sustainable business practices.
30 credits
Doctorate
An action-driven, multidisciplinary doctorate for scholars who tackle business and societal challenges through original research, with the option to earn a master's degree en route.
90 credits
Courses
BICE 308
Teaches the accounting entrepreneurs need to make sound decisions and communicate credibly with lenders and investors, including the accounting cycle, financial statements, and break-even analysis. Students build a venture financial package usable in the real world.
3 credits
BICE 508
Teaches the accounting entrepreneurs need to make sound decisions and communicate credibly with lenders and investors, with extended graduate-level analysis. Students build a venture financial package they can use in the real world.
3 credits
BICE 800
Guides doctoral students through the thesis-writing process, focusing on a strong thesis statement, literature review, and theoretical and methodological framework. Sixteen modules cover citation, research design, and the challenges of AI-generated writing.
3 credits
BICE 107
Builds a foundation in quantitative reasoning covering whole numbers, fractions, percentages, ratios, algebraic expressions, and basic statistics. Students apply these concepts to real-world business, finance, and everyday-life problems.
3 credits
BICE 205
An introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics covering frequency distributions, probability, sampling, and hypothesis testing. Students learn to organize data and communicate statistical findings clearly.
3 credits
BICE 206
Examines the lives and strategies of influential entrepreneurs to draw lessons on resilience, innovation, and leadership. Students analyze how historical and contemporary figures navigated risk and opportunity.
3 credits
BICE 309
Trains students to keep accurate, professional books through double-entry recording, bank reconciliations, payroll, and the full bookkeeping cycle. The course culminates in a practice set: a complete month of books for a sample client.
3 credits
BICE 509
Trains students to keep accurate, professional books for organizations and clients, with extended graduate-level deliverables. The course culminates in a practice set: a complete month of books for a sample client.
3 credits
BICE 301
Draws on Ubuntu philosophy to explore business strategy amid globalization, emerging technology, and shifting geopolitical power. Students engage in case studies and simulations examining sustainable, interdisciplinary approaches to strategy.
3 credits
BICE 501
Draws on Ubuntu philosophy to examine business strategy amid globalization, emerging technology, and shifting geopolitical power at the graduate level. Students engage in projects and simulations exploring sustainable, interdisciplinary strategy.
3 credits
BICE 803
An advanced doctoral course covering research paradigms, methodology, and ethics needed to design and communicate rigorous scholarly research. Students produce a complete doctoral research proposal demonstrating methodological rigor.
3 credits
BICE 808
A supervised research course supporting doctoral candidates through developing, writing, and completing their dissertation via peer learning and faculty mentoring. The primary outcome is measurable progress toward dissertation completion and defense.
3 credits
BICE 807
An advanced interdisciplinary seminar examining the theories and practices that drive innovation across business, technology, and policy. Students develop evidence-based approaches to innovation leadership and original scholarly contributions.
3 credits
BICE 510
Examines economic development as whole-system institutional transformation, moving beyond GDP growth to include power, institutions, and community. Students build their own definition of development and complete a community-led "WEdevelopment" project.
3 credits
BICE 104
An eight-week hybrid course building academic communication, critical reading, and reflective writing skills through texts representing diverse experiences and viewpoints. Students practice essay writing, discussion, and presentation in academic and professional contexts.
3 credits
BICE 106
Explores how startups and small businesses create and deliver value under uncertainty and resource constraints, emphasizing agility and customer-centric strategy. Students test value propositions, build brand identity, and design low-budget marketing campaigns.
3 credits
BICE 203
Builds on introductory entrepreneurship concepts with deeper study of venture design, innovation strategy, and opportunity evaluation. Students apply frameworks to refine business models toward feasibility and growth.
3 credits
BICE 201
Builds practical skills for personal financial decisions, covering budgeting, credit and debt, insurance, investing, and retirement basics using resources from agencies like the CFPB and IRS. Students create a personal financial plan they can use in real life.
3 credits
BICE 202
Examines how political, economic, and cultural conditions around the world shape entrepreneurial opportunity and risk. Students assess how ventures adapt strategy across different global markets.
3 credits
BICE 105
Examines complex global challenges — economic development, technology, sustainability, and inequality — through interdisciplinary perspectives spanning business, science, and policy. Students explore how innovation spreads across sectors and the ethical dilemmas that can accompany progress.
3 credits
BICE 304
Provides an in-depth overview of HRM practices and how global context and multinational operations shape people-management strategy. Students explore sustainable HRM, ethics, wellbeing, and coaching within international organizations.
3 credits
BICE 504
Provides a graduate-level, in-depth overview of HRM practices and how the global context shapes people-management strategy across multinational organizations. Students synthesize theory with contemporary practice on sustainable HRM and wellbeing.
3 credits
BICE 801
A doctoral course exploring indigenous African knowledge systems and Ubuntu epistemology, challenging dominant paradigms of knowledge production. Students produce a publishable research paper and community-based capstone project.
3 credits
BICE 402
Examines the strategic, cultural, and operational dimensions of conducting business across international markets. Students analyze global trade, cross-border management, and strategies for competing internationally.
6 credits
BICE 103
Introduces the entrepreneurial mindset and the process of turning ideas into viable ventures, covering opportunity recognition, customer discovery, and business modeling. Students move from identifying a problem worth solving to presenting a venture concept.
3 credits
BICE 305
Explores the intersection of law, philosophy, and Ubuntu, examining how legal principles relate to human values and communal well-being through live sessions using real and fictional legal cases. Students critique the tension between individualism and communitarianism across property, speech, and governance.
3 credits
BICE 505
Explores the intersection of law, philosophy, and Ubuntu at the graduate level, examining foundational legal theory through real and fictional legal cases. Students critique legal analysis techniques and the tension between individualism and community.
3 credits
BICE 306
Covers key accounting and finance principles for organizational leadership, including financial statement analysis, budgeting, and internal controls. Students explore advanced topics like depreciation, audit, and tools such as QuickBooks and SAP.
3 credits
BICE 506
Covers key accounting and finance principles for graduate-level organizational leadership, including financial-statement analysis and internal controls. Students explore audit, forensic accounting, and industry-standard tools like GAAP and IFRS.
3 credits
BICE 207
Introduces microeconomic reasoning — scarcity, supply and demand, and market competition — and macroeconomic concepts including GDP, inflation, and monetary and fiscal policy. Students apply economic reasoning to everyday decisions and global issues using public data.
6 credits
BICE 102
Introduces core business administration and management concepts, including planning, organizational structure, motivation, leadership, and operations. Students learn the functions and skills managers use to help organizations succeed on a global stage.
3 credits
BICE 208
Covers the fundamentals of planning, executing, and closing projects, including scope, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management. Students practice applying standard project-management tools to real scenarios.
6 credits
BICE 400
An intensive, project-based course moving students from entrepreneurship theory into building, operating, and scaling a real, sustainable business. Students develop systems, KPIs, and a complete venture growth portfolio spanning operations, finance, and leadership.
6 credits
BICE 500
An intensive, project-based graduate course moving students from entrepreneurship theory into building, operating, and scaling a real, sustainable business. Students produce a comprehensive venture growth portfolio spanning systems, finance, and leadership.
6 credits
BICE 805
Equips doctoral candidates with qualitative research design, data collection, and analysis skills, covering case study, ethnography, and grounded theory. Students develop rigorous studies and produce trustworthy interpretations for their dissertation research.
3 credits
BICE 804
Equips doctoral candidates with quantitative research design and statistical analysis skills using R Studio, including regression and hypothesis testing. Weekly workshops translate theoretical concepts into applied statistical practice.
3 credits
BICE 404
Explores how entrepreneurial thinking can address social and community challenges while building sustainable, mission-driven ventures. Students design and evaluate projects that generate measurable community impact.
6 credits
BICE 303
Provides a comprehensive understanding of the strategic role of the supply chain, covering procurement, inventory, warehousing, transportation, and forecasting. Students also examine ethical, sustainable, and resilient supply chain practices.
3 credits
BICE 503
Provides a graduate-level understanding of the strategic role of supply chains in driving competitive advantage, security, and resilience. Students examine ethical and sustainable supply chain practice alongside emerging trends.
3 credits
BICE 302
Examines how leaders create long-term value for organizations and society while balancing economic, social, and environmental considerations, integrating Ubuntu and servant-leadership principles. Through case studies and simulations, students build skills to lead resilient, equitable organizations.
3 credits
BICE 502
Examines how graduate-level leaders create long-term value for organizations and society while balancing economic, social, and environmental considerations. Students apply cultural intelligence, servant leadership, and Ubuntu principles through case studies and simulations.
3 credits
BICE 806
A doctoral, experiential course integrating innovation, entrepreneurship, and scholarly inquiry to transform research-driven ideas into scalable ventures. The course culminates in an investor-ready business plan supported by scholarly analysis.
3 credits
BICE 204
Surveys major theoretical frameworks explaining how and why entrepreneurship happens, from opportunity recognition to venture growth. Students connect theory to real entrepreneurial case studies.
3 credits
BICE 407
Curates special topics on sustainability concepts and business initiatives that fulfill the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. Students examine the science of climate change and identify opportunities that emerge from sustainability strategy.
3 credits
BICE 507
A graduate-level exploration of sustainability concepts and business initiatives that fulfill the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. Students examine climate science and identify sustainability-driven business opportunities.
3 credits
Osiri University’s School of Business develops forward-thinking leaders through practical, innovative programs that merge entrepreneurship, sustainability, and industry insights, preparing graduates to excel in competitive global markets and drive transformative change.
Programs
- Associate of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- BS in Business Education (with Montessori Teacher Credential)
- BS in Film, Media and Entertainment Business
- MBA in Sustainable Leadership
- PhD in Business Innovation
Courses
- BICE 308 — Accounting for Entrepreneurs
- BICE 508 — Accounting for Entrepreneurs
- BICE 800 — Advanced Graduate Writing
- BICE 107 — Basic Mathematics
- BICE 205 — Basic Statistics
- BICE 206 — Biographical Studies of Entrepreneurial Thinkers and Giants
- BICE 309 — Bookkeeping for Professionals
- BICE 509 — Bookkeeping for Professionals
- BICE 301 — Business in a Changing World
- BICE 501 — Business in a Changing World
- BICE 803 — Comprehensive Overview of Research Design
- BICE 808 — Doctoral Dissertation
- BICE 807 — Doctoral Seminar
- BICE 510 — Economic Development
- BICE 104 — English Language
- BICE 106 — Entrepreneurial Marketing
- BICE 203 — Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- BICE 201 — Financial Literacy
- BICE 202 — Global Entrepreneurial Environment
- BICE 105 — Global Issues
- BICE 304 — Global Sustainable Human Resource Management
- BICE 504 — Global Sustainable Human Resource Management
- BICE 801 — Grounded and Contextualized Community-Based Knowledge
- BICE 402 — International Business
- BICE 103 — Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation
- BICE 305 — Law and Ubuntu
- BICE 505 — Law and Ubuntu
- BICE 306 — Leading with Accounting and Finance
- BICE 506 — Leading with Accounting and Finance
- BICE 207 — Principles of Economics
- BICE 102 — Principles of Management
- BICE 208 — Principles of Project Management
- BICE 400 — Project-Based Experiential Course
- BICE 500 — Project-Based Experiential Course
- BICE 805 — Qualitative Methods
- BICE 804 — Quantitative Research Methods
- BICE 404 — Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development
- BICE 303 — Supply Chain Management
- BICE 503 — Supply Chain Management
- BICE 302 — Sustainable Leadership
- BICE 502 — Sustainable Leadership
- BICE 806 — Technology Venture Creation
- BICE 204 — Theories of Entrepreneurship
- BICE 407 — Transformative Sustainable Business Strategies
- BICE 507 — Transformative Sustainable Business Strategies