There was pandemonium on Twitter last week following a tweet by a new generation bank announcing an internship opportunity for women, created in celebration of Women’s History Month. Outrage followed the announcement led largely by men who concluded the temporary policy by the bank is sexist. Sexist is however not the term for what happened.... Read More

International Women's Month, internship, Kuda, nigeria, Sexism, Techbros

July 30, 2017

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[The Media Blog] Post-graduate media students of the PAU are now available for hire

The post-graduate students of the School of Media and Communication at the Pan-Atlantic University are now available for hire this holiday as “corporate interns”. See the details below:

The Media Blog

internship, media studies, Pan-Atlantic University, PAU, The Media Blog

July 13, 2017

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The Thread: Why the Igbo apprenticeship system (ímù ólú) should be adopted

Amara Nwankpa is advocating taking advantage of cultural models to build businesses in Nigeria. The model he’s pushing forward is the Igbo apprenticeship system, which has survived for years and years and has been quite successful among Igbo traders. In Igbo land, there’s a culture that frowns on children roaming the streets doing nothing, so... Read More

Opinion

Apprenticeship, Business, Igbo apprenticeship model, internship, nigeria, Nwa boy, The Thread, Umu boy

March 2, 2017

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The Thread: Young people need to look beyond money when getting employed

Experience, they say, is the best teacher. And that experience doesn’t have to be your own. Amara Nwankpa has nothing but good things to say about his internship experience. He advocates that the Nigerian youth should focus on getting knowledge. Like Abang Mercy’s thread and Editi Effiong’s article, Amara Nwankpa’s thread focuses on what an intern... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

Amara Nwankpa, internship, job seekers, labour laws, nigeria, The Thread, unemployment

March 1, 2017

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Editi Effiong: Experience- Even those bad job and internship opportunities are good for you

by Editi Effiong Monday last week, on the verge of signing a major deal, the client’s procurement team sent an email requesting discounts on our costing. The team member who was following up on that transaction was not really a client management person — she had studied marketing, and was working with the strategy team. However, on... Read More

Opinion

Editi Effiong, Horrible bosses, internship, job seekers, opinion, unemployment

August 22, 2016

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Ambode approves N15million seed funding for student entrepreneurs

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the sum of N15.5 million as seed funding and grants for final year students enrolled in the Ready.Set.Work (RSW) program. Ready.Set.Work is an entrepreneurship and employability training program for final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State, aimed at preparing them for economic productivity as value-creating... Read More

The News Blog

Akinwunmi Ambode, internship, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Ready.Set.Work program, Seed funding, Varsity entrepreneurs

February 12, 2015

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Opinion: Why employers demand years of work experience from fresh graduates + how to get the job

by Blessed Kemka Our tertiary system manages to produce students who can hardly answer same questions of an exam they just wrote 40 mins earlier. These are the breeds of what is popularly called “la cram la pour” I often wondered why about 90% of companies would be so cruel to ask for 2-5 years... Read More

fresh graduates, internship, Nigerian youths, unemployment

October 13, 2014

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Got a minute? Please help fill out this survey on internship culture in Nigeria

by Akan Ido Kindly take a few minutes to fill out this one page survey on internship culture in Nigeria. Globally, internship has been recognized as a key element in an individual’s career path, facilitating a good start in the individual’s career as well as easy access to employment. It represents a cross-over point between... Read More

internship, nigeria, survey, TFP, The Future Projeect

November 28, 2013

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SURE-P enrols 120,000 graduates for internship programme

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The Graduate Internship Scheme of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) has signed on over 120,000 graduates in the programme with nearly 3,000 firms ready to absorb them. Mr Peter Papka, The Project Director of the Graduate Internship Scheme, said at a sensitisation workshop in Lagos yesterday, that the scheme is aimed at resolving... Read More

October 5, 2012

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I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free

by Libby Page The industry tells us: “We would love to pay you, but we don’t have the money. It is not feasible to pay interns.” “I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free.” A simple sentence, but it has taken me four years to find the words and confidence... Read More

graduate, internship, journalism, London College of Fashion, plantation, student loan

August 9, 2012

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Building a great African agribusiness: The Tony Elumelu Foundation presents Vimal Shah this Saturday

by Isi Esene The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will this Saturday at 4pm organise a seminar titled, Building a Great African Agribusiness at Dominic Theatre at Heirs Place, Ikoyi, Lagos. The seminar is part of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Lecture Series which seeks to produce homegrown leaders and policy advisors who are able to combine... Read More

Agribusiness, AMIP, internship, lecture, mba, seminar, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Vimal Shah

Why affirmative action is needed to close the workplace gender gap

[The Media Blog] Post-graduate media students of the PAU are now available for hire

The Thread: Why the Igbo apprenticeship system (ímù ólú) should be adopted

The Thread: Young people need to look beyond money when getting employed

Editi Effiong: Experience- Even those bad job and internship opportunities are good for you

The Media Blog: 3 tweets about NYT interns that should depress Nigerian journalists

Ambode approves N15million seed funding for student entrepreneurs

Opinion: Why employers demand years of work experience from fresh graduates + how to get the job

Got a minute? Please help fill out this survey on internship culture in Nigeria

SURE-P enrols 120,000 graduates for internship programme

I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free

Building a great African agribusiness: The Tony Elumelu Foundation presents Vimal Shah this Saturday

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