Prof. Jess Auerbach

Jess Auerbach

Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. There she directs the MPhil in Inclusive Innovation and teaches innovation, business in Africa, ethnography, qualitative research methods and storytelling for impact. 

Jess has lived and worked across the African continent, and has particular expertise in Angola, Mozambique, Mauritius and South Africa. After an MSc in Forced Migration completed at Oxford University, UK, she completed a PhD at Stanford University in 2016.