Tag: internship

Why affirmative action is needed to close the workplace gender gap

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…

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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:

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

That is all.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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