Members of the Careers in Africa team flew from London to Luanda in February to meet with current clients, prospective clients and candidates that we have successfully placed over the past few years! Look out for an interview later this week with one of them.

Angola is undoubtedly growing at an impressive rate. For those that choose to move back to Angola to further their careers, they are confronted by a very high cost of living and a noticeable disparity between the affluent and the impoverished. Here are a few photos provided by Ana, Paloma, Maria and Cristina from their time in this hectic city.

Global Career Company sera à Paris le Samedi 18 Février 2012 pour une présentation sur ses initiatives «Careers in Africa».

Nos séances d’information ont pour objectifs de présenter le marché du travail Africain, de discuter des opportunités de carrières existantes en Afrique et également de faire la promotion de notre Sommet de Recrutement «Careers in Africa».

Last week, two of our team visited Southern Brazil to get to grips with the market that is growing FAST! Roberta Dutra, Recruitment Consultant, tells how the trip went and comments on the outstanding breadth of opportunities available in the country.

Here are a few snapshots of our week-long visit to Luanda. I hope they give you a feel of the city, a place that I found full of life, colour, smiles and, well, traffic, as most African capitals always seem to have. It was a place of huge contrasts, where dazzling skyscrapers are rising shoulder to shoulder to informal settlements and conditions of still shocking poverty; however, it is a place alive and abuzz with new opportunites and hopes, for a country that less than 10 years ago came out of a dark chapter in its turbulent history.

In between a hectic schedule we managed to sample the local food, buy the occasional bargain in the most expensive city in the world and “do as the Romans do”, which is always an enriching experience when visiting new places in faraway countries.

Greetings from Angola, where we're all running about, engaging the market and feeling the buzz of a place alive with growth, opportunities, life and colours!

We've moved to the centre of Luanda, and were up at the crack of dawn to beat the traffic. I'm sending you a shot from the drive!

Attilio