Transcript Getting an Internship/Job in Africa Juanita Ceesay

Getting an Internship/Job in Africa
Juanita Ceesay
Best Ways to Job Search
• Research Companies Operating in Africa (EMEA Region)
- Consumer Goods: (Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Johnson &
Johnson, Kraft Food, Diageo)
- Financial Sector: (MasterCard, KMPG, E&Y, Actis, Prudential
- Pharmaceutical Industry: (Proctor & Gamble, Atrazeneca)
- Information Technology: (IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Google,
Cisco, HP, Motorola)
- Banking: (Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse,
Societe General)
- Engineering: ( GE, BP, Rio Tinto, Bollore, Flour, Vale)
- Telecomm & Journalism: (MTV, Reuters, Nielson, Orange,
MTN, Vodaphone)
Apply Via Company Website: Career
Portal
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Company HR Contacts in Africa - Complimentary
IBM West Africa: Adekunle Olunloyo ([email protected])
Merck Africa HR Contact: Eva Pappas ([email protected])
Daimler Chrysler HR Contact: Brian Rambo
([email protected])
Groupon Africa HR Contact: Victoria Hawkins
([email protected])
Unilever Africa HR Contact: Cheryl McDonald
([email protected])
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation HR Contact: Sonia Cudd
([email protected])
Coca Cola West Africa: Prosper Tchouambe
([email protected])
Attend Career Fairs
• School fairs or for profit career recruitment
firms.
• - Careers In Africa (www.careersinafrica.com)
Next career fair in Paris: April 2014
• - Homecoming Revolution
(www.homecomingrevolution.com) Next
career fair in London: March 15-16 2014
• Elite International Careers (www.eliteic.net)
Next career fair in Lisbon: March 21-23 2014
Headhunters: South Africa, Nigeria and
Ghana
SOUTH AFRICA Terry Brink
• www.capitaltalent.co.za
(W)
+27 12 667 2912
Email: [email protected]
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Edward Stokes, Director Intrepid HR
Tel : + 27 11 783 6699
Cell : + 27 83 259 2425
Email : [email protected]
Web : www.intrepidhr.co.za
NIGERIA
Elisa Salazar-Chukuma ESAfrica (Evaluation & Staffing Africa Ltd)
Tel: +234 1 271 3088-9
email: [email protected]
website: www.es-africa.com
Personal Networking
• Use your Sciences Po schoolmates from
different African countries as a resource.
• My blog: www.africanexpatriate.blogspot.com