As we look back over the last decade, we’ve been considering how the hiring needs of some of our clients have changed. We spoke to International Recruitment Consultant, Nneka Ochonogor, to find out how the accounts for Diageo and Exim Bank have evolved over the years.
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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.
We hosted the launch event for the South African Youth Professionals organisation last Friday! The event was partly organised by International Talent Acquisition Executive Noma Mthimkulu. Attendees from the South African business community joined representatives from the Careers in Africa Team to talk about life in the UK, business opportunities in the UK and how South Africa can develop in the future.
We’ve kicked off our tenth anniversary celebrations with a special commemorative logo!
It’s been almost a decade since we first launched the Careers in Africa initiative. Since then, more than 6,500 people have found jobs through us back in Africa. Our London Summit, 18 - 20 May will feature special celebrations to mark the occasion, for which we are still taking applications at www.careersinafrica.com/london.
'The future is here. I’m not just saying this because I am African, but because when I look around it looks to me like Africa is ready to take over from Asia in terms of growth.'
Heineken have worked with Careers in Africa since we first started, almost ten years ago. We spoke with Victor Famuyibo, HR Director for Heineken in Nigeria, to find out his view on how Africa has changed in the last decade, and how he expects the continent to develop in the future.
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 14th 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.
