Nairobi is one of Africa’s top business places for opportunities related to technology and innovation. The Kenyan capital is full of prestigious companies and provides a socio-professional environment conducive to work and investment. Local…
Digital Economy – Why Africa Needs More Tech-Talents
With the new digital professions, the emergence of talents in the African Tech sector has boosted many fields of the local economy. Despite big challenges in the recruitment of “tech-specialists” for companies, the prospects…
Study – Digital disruption: Are African companies tech savvy?
In this study conducted by Deloitte Senegal, the behavior of companies in Africa in relation to digital is the big focus: their degree of impregnation in this new sector that has become key.
How to succeed in Africa’s growing Workforce?
African companies owe a lot to their workforces,hose men and women working for them, no matter the how large or small the societies can be. No matter how creative, upseller, client-pleaser, strategic, speedster… employees…
is Linkedln about to replace the HRD job?
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) took the world by storm and replaced certain jobs like postman, journalist or even teacher. The digital revolution has taken over in both the finance and marketing area. The American website Linkedln, created in 2003 and used for professional networking, has changed the relationships between candidates and recruiters.
Community Manager: a vital job in Africa
We can’t talk about new jobs in the Communication and Internet departement without mentioning the Community Manager position. This job consists of hosting and developing communities, on the Internet, for a company, a Brand, a celebrity or even an Institution to name a few.
AFRICAN DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT
Talent2Africa is a partner of the 3rd edition of the African days of development of employment organized by ARCID (African Research Center for Innovation & Development), 26 and 27 April 2019 at UCAD.
ARCID is a non-profit organization dedicated to researchers and professionals. It is created in the perspective of developing new forms of innovation in organizations and contributing to the development of the business context of African countries
JADE is an annual, unmissable event that offers exceptional job and recruitment opportunities in Africa, and for Africa. An opportunity for executives or young graduates, in post, research or reflection on their professional development to meet the main recruitment agencies, many companies and famous partners of employment and training on the African continent. The program of JADE 2019 is as follows:
An inaugural conference
Business Networking
Round tables
Thematic workshops
Recruitment simulation. It represents the proof of truth, in other words a return on the posture, the knowing how to be, and overall on the image that the individual releases during a job interview. This simulation aims to help school winners get closer to the reality of interviews in companies on the African continent.
and coaching session.
Note that a hackJade concept will be in the form of competition between the best project carriers.
Many other innovative will be offered:
The launch of a call for innovative project ideas in promising sectors for Senegal and Morocco: Agriculture and fisheries, tourism, Art and culture …,
Registration on an Open Innovation platform for submission of project ideas
The selection of ideas by a HackJade commission will contain the following activities:
Training cycle on “Smart Entrepreneurship” for leaders of project ideas (in Morocco and Senegal). The objective of this training is to support young people with ideas to realize them
Competition in the form of Pitch and selection of the three best projects
For more information, visit www.arcid.org
Africa: where do women stand in the development of Africa ?
The role, women could play in social-economic development has always been an important topic for researchers all around the world. Especially in Africa where there is a misconception of what a woman really is and because of that, they are viewed as second class citizens. Despise all that, we must admit that the African continent cannot be truly developed without women.
Dealing with the issue of unfit training-employment in Africa
Hiring qualified human resources is quite the big challenge considering the undergoing changes happening in the job market. It is mostly due to the fact that the type of qualifications individuals have is not up to standard with the qualifications that the businesses need. This significant unbalance has always been an obstacle when hiring young people in Africa whose unemployment rate is on the rise.
The emergence of the African Economy, a Myth or a reality ?
This last few years the concept of emergence have become part of the vocabulary of the decision makers. It has been in the center of all the speeches and discussions related to economics and politics since the end of the year 2000.