Africa’s coming!’ to Germany Under the ‘Afrika kommt!’ (Africa’s coming!) training initiative, 17 young executives from sub-Saharan Africa are spending a year honing their professional skills with some of Germany’s blue-chip companies. The scholarship holders spend a year with the companies, gaining practical experience, honing their skills, networking with other professionals, and learning about the German working world. As part of the programme, they take leadership and management training courses, attend language classes, and learn about German culture. All the costs of the programme are met by the corporate sponsors. The participants receive an allowance for the duration of their stay in Germany, which covers their living costs. Industry promotes development ‘The programme is surely a right step in the direction of my career objective and vision of becoming a professional who is able to contribute to solutions to the multi-layered problems in Africa,’ says Opeyemi Anthony Amusan, who is currently on placement with Bosch.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:45:56 +0000
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