Our International Recruiters and South African nationals, Nomagugu Nthimkulu and Gerhard van Niekerk, attended the South African Business Club event last week.

The networking and cocktail reception was attended by Dr Zola Skweyiya (pictured), the South African High commissioner in London, and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – Former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa. She gave a talk on the topic of ‘How can we improve the Quality of Education delivered in South African Schools?’

'Africa will continue to thrive'

Ten years since Rupert Adcock launched Global Career Company and the now world renowned Careers in Africa initiative, we interview him to find out where Careers in Africa has come from and where it's going.

Malgré la crise économique le continent Africain jouit d’un taux de croissance évalué à 3.7% en 2011. L’Afrique Subsaharienne devrait afficher en 2012 l’un des plus fort taux de croissance de la planète, supérieure à la moyenne mondiale et très au-dessus de ceux des économies avancés, selon les prévisions du Fonds Monétaire International.

Africa has one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. We take a look at some of the key industries of the region.

Angola é, actualmente, uma das economias mundiais com maior e mais rápido crescimento, sendo a sua evolução marcada sobretudo pela exportação de petróleo, não obstante as exportações de outros produtos, designadamente os diamantes.

Our Recruitment Manager, Sana Chakir, attended the Opportunity Africa conference held at the Ismaili Centre, London in November last year. Hundreds of investors and delegates attended, including the Vice President of Kenya.

Sana is quoted on the event website from a panel discussion on employment opportunities that she participated in:

The Careers in Africa team was recently invited to attend the 14^th Annual Euro-African Trade & Investment Workshop.

The conference covered a variety of topics centred around the growth of the African markets. Speakers from all over Africa and Europe came together to share their insight on the African economic story.

We were recently asked to give our opinion on the current IT market trends in South Africa. Not only do we recruit for big name IT multinationals such as IBM and Oracle, our team have an impressive knowledge of the African markets.

Noma Nthimkulu, International Recruitment Resourcer and South African national, gives us her take on the ICT markets in her home country.