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Grooming Film Extrapreneurs (with Kunle Afolayan) is a Sahara Group initiative that seeks to promote a hub of enterprise that connects budding film makers with stakeholders that can help hone their skills to enhance productivity, excellence and sustainability in their careers. The initiative is the maiden project under Sahara Group’s Extrapreneurship Framework which is being driven by Sahara Foundation, the Group’s corporate responsibility vehicle.

The extrapreneurship platform will help Sahara drive integrated economic empowerment programmes through strategic partnerships and support for innovative as well as scalable business ventures.

Over the next four years, Sahara Foundation plans to directly impact 12,000,000 beneficiaries and also create value through the identification, development and maintenance of relevant stakeholders through which beneficiaries can grow and sustain businesses. This will be achieved through skills acquisition training, mentoring and access to a network of committed stakeholders.

Young film makers in Nigeria can join the competition by channeling their creativity into celebrating entrepreneurship in Nigeria by shooting a 15-minute documentary that captures entrepreneurs at work across the nation. The theme of the documentary should focus on: “My Nigeria, My Platform…Nigeria through an entrepreneur’s eyes.’

The extrapreneurship framework is a concept adopted by the Sahara Foundation, whose raison d’etre is directed at youth empowerment and poverty alleviation through the principles of entrepreneurship. Our chosen approach at Sahara will involve leveraging internal and external strengths to drive cross-sectoral collaboration by connecting the right people and organizations towards providing sustainable solutions to global social problems while creating wealth in the process. This will require developing projects, programmes and initiatives that add value to the beneficiaries whilst making them self- reliant. Unlike entrepreneurship which focuses mainly in income generation, extraprenuership is centered on wealth creation and preservation.


Requirements
The competition is open to film makers not older than 35 years.
The 15-minute documentaries are expected to highlight the story of Nigerian entrepreneurs, with a focus on how their activities are providing sustainable solutions, creating employment and promoting socio-economic development in the nation.

Benefits
All submitted documentaries will be screened by the multiple award-winning Kunle Afolayan and the overall winner will undergo a mentorship programme with the leading film producer and director for six (6) months.
The entries will be whittled down to a shortlist of 20, a number that is commemorative of Sahara’s 20th anniversary.
These 20 entries will then go on to the final stage from where a winner will be selected.

Submission Requirements:
Your entry (video) should not be more than 15minutes
The project is open to young film makers (male and female) across the nation who must not be more than 35 years old
Concept of the video should be in line with the theme -My Nigeria, My Platform…Nigeria through an entrepreneur’s eyes. It should also capture entrepreneurs at work in their localities

The deadline for video submission is August 28, 2016
After video upload, participants are expected to tweet “Nigeria through an entrepreneur’s eyes” with the hashtag- #Saharapreneurs, #Extrapreneurship and cc: @iamsaharagroup and @kunleafolayan


Application Deadline: August 28, 2016

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The Kofi Annan Business School Foundation provides fellowships for talented and motivated students from developing countries that allow them to obtain a university degree in Europe at one of the academic partners of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation. Partner schools are ESMT, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium), Hogeschool Utrecht (Netherlands), NOVA SBE (Portugal), Koc University (Turkey) and Business School Lausanne (Switzerland).

The Kofi Annan Fellowship provides the opportunity for talented and motivated students from developing countries, who do not belong to a privileged class and lack sufficient financial means, to study management at ESMT in Berlin and graduate with a prestigious MBA or MSc from the most international business school in Germany.

The Kofi Annan Fellowship for obtaining an ESMT Master’s in Management (MIM) is a 22-month, pre-experience program, designed to teach students how to enhance analytical and technological skills, developed in undergraduate work, and use them in an applied business management setting. The program is designed for students from a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) background who have little or no work experience.

Upon return to their home countries, the Fellows are expected to contribute to the strengthening of entrepreneurial capacity and the fostering of a stable market economy as an effective catalyst for their country’s development, job creation, and poverty alleviation.

The fellowship grant for an emerging leader from a developing country for a 22 month Master’s in Management (MIM) or one-year full-time MBA degree in Berlin, Germany.

To make significant contributions to least developed countries (LDCs) and landlocked developing countries (LLDCs); to strengthen the awareness for responsibility in leadership in developed countries.

Requirements
MIM applicants should have a bachelor’s degree focusing in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) or a degree showing advanced abilities in quantitative subjects.
Also required are GMAT, less than two years of work experience and proficient English skills.
MBA applicants should have a bachelor’s degree of any kind, a minimum of three years of professional experience, GMAT, and proficient English skills.
All applicants should have a willingness to contribute to building the economy and society of the home country with entrepreneurial impetus.

Support
Travel, visa, housing, insurance, placement,networking.

Number of scholarships available: up to five

Eligibility:
Applicants must be resident in one of the UN’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) or Palestine.

Value: full tuition and fees of € 38,000 and a monthly stipend for living expenses

Conditions: Fellows are expected to commit to returning to their home country or region to participate in the development of the local or regional economy.

This scholarship is available at ESMT through the ESMT Circle of Friends.

Application Deadline: September 30th 2016
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Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of fragrances and flavours. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating fragrances and flavours that ‘engage your senses’. The company achieved sales of CHF 4.4 billion in 2014. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in 88 locations, the company has 9,704 employees worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Assistant

Requisition ID: 65494
Location: Lagos


Your Future Position
As a member of the Nigeria Office Team you will be responsible for secretarial and sales co ordination.
Sales Co ordination:
You will be responsible for preparing monthly sales reports.
You will update project information on CRM. You will phone clients on a weekly basis.
You will confirm orders with Logistics Department. You will liaise on ensuring minimum stock levels are maintained.
You will assist in planning and coordinating customer visits.
You will process customer complaints forms and co ordinate.
You will type price quotes and send to customers via email or fax.
You will monitor customer and product price increases.
Ensure that Finance are given a list of all products on which increases are required, their current price and quantities and any new wins where price increases are due. You will prepare innovation and customer presentations.
You will action debit/credit notes when required.

Management of Sample Department:
You will return finished products or samples to sales.
You will request flavour samples from units for customer briefs.
You will dispatch all samples together with required documentation.
You will make copies of all sample sheets issued and file in customers file.

Secretarial:
You will arrange accommodation, car and foreign exchange when required. You will from time to time relieve on switchboard.
You will assist in induction of new employees. You will complete attendance registers on a weekly basis. You will confirm orders with suppliers.
You will ensure implementation of the safety system and ongoing adherence to all legislation relevant to Health and Safety.
You will participate in flavour training and tasting sessions. You will ensure the smooth running of the department during Managers absence.

You?
Are you someone who wants to gow and shape your own world?
Who thrives in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment?
Who wants to collaborate together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us - and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:
Grade 12 or equivalent
Minimum 2-5 years experience in sales and/or customer relations
Good communication skills
A thorough understanding of the company's business and divisional objectives and customers priority
Good computer skills and accuracy
SAP knowledge
Ability to work under pressure


Application Closing Date: Not Specified.

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This program seeks to empower individuals with easy-to-start, viable skills.
Courses include:
Website development training
Professional photography training
Make-up training
Event decoration

WHEN
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 8:30 AM - Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 3:00 PM (WAT)
WHERE
Gbagada - Plot 5-7 Gbagada Express way,opposite Mobil filing station Gbagada Lagos, Lagos, Lagos

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Application Deadline: July 24th 2016

Are you graduating in 2017 from a university in Europe, the Middle East or Africa?
Are you planning to pursue a career as a software engineer?
Are you interested in learning what opportunities are available for you at Google?
Ever wanted to visit a Google office and hear directly from our engineers about the cutting edge products and projects they are working on
Inside Look: Cloud
Where? Google Warsaw
When? Friday 23 September 2016
Inside Look: YouTube and Inbox
Where? Google Zürich
When? Friday 30 September 2016

Google is excited to invite Computer Science students* graduating in 2017 to apply to Google’s new Inside Look events, which will provide students with an inside view into working as a Software Engineer at Google.

Google are hosting Inside Look events in September 2016 at Google Warsaw and Google Zürich. Each Inside Look event will focus on products Googlers are developing in that office and will include a mix of tech talks, panels, hands-on workshops and – in true Google fashion – plenty of food and Google goodies.


Benefits
Google will provide travel grants to selected participants.
Don’t forget to apply by 24 July!
Google will notify all applicants by mid-August.

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Application Deadline: July 28, 2016 at 11:59 PM EDT

The Waislitz Global Citizen Award, presented by the Waislitz Foundation and Global Citizen, annually awards three cash prizes totalling $100,000 to recognize individual excellence in work to end extreme poverty.
First place winner – $50,000
Second place winner – $35,000
Third place winner – $15,000

Applicants are evaluated based on individual merit in four key areas:
Global Citizen: How do you embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen?
Impact: What is your track record of reducing extreme poverty?
Innovation: How have you brought new thinking to overcoming the challenge of ending extreme poverty?
Potential: How would this award enable you to to scale or improve your work?

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the Waislitz Global Citizen Award:
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry.
Applications must be submitted in English.
Applicants can be citizens of any nationality.
Applicants must hold a valid passport and are responsible for any requisite visas required to travel to New York City, for the period 21-25 September 2016.

Applicants must commit to:
attending the 2016 Global Citizen Festival on 24 September 2016 in New York
agree to provide regular written updates to Global Citizen on their use of the prize
Note: Global Poverty Project employees, and members of the immediate family of Global Poverty Project employees, are ineligible for the Award. The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.

Benefits
Each award winner will receive:
The opportunity to participate in the Global Citizen Thursday Night with the world’s leaders in business, media, technology and culture
Two tickets to the 2016 Global Citizen Festival on September 24, 2016
A video feature created by Global Citizen to be presented during the Global Citizen Festival
Airfare and accommodations in New York for themselves and one (1) guest

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The Enactus Nigeria National Competition is a showcase of the quality of impact Enactus teams are achieving improving the quality of life and standard of living of people in need throughout the country.

It is an opportunity to engage top CEOs and people from all spheres of life and different social status exists, the motivation for an Enactus student is really to be part of the solutions, the opportunity to create value, transform lives and enable progress with their ideas and actions; and the opportunity to share their story of human empowerment and community development on a global stage before a panel of top MDs and CEOs starting at the Enactus Nigeria Competition.

The National Competition provides an opportunity to network with and establish a “Mentor – Mentee” relationship that lingers even beyond the Competition.

Enactus Students also have the opportunity to participate in other fun and educative events usually organised along with the National Competition. Some of these events include:
The Innovative summit which is designed to inspire hope and equip young Nigerian innovators with the right tools to translate their concepts to the marketplace.
Cultural Fair

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