First Fikia Forward🚀🚀: Your Path to Success Begins Here!

Hello, Ambitious African University Students and Professionals! 🎓

Welcome to another edition of First Fikia Forward🚀🚀, your trusted source for incredible opportunities designed to propel your academic and professional journey to new heights across Africa. 🌟

📰 In this newsletter, we've curated a treasure trove 💎 of opportunities just for you, ranging from internships 👨‍💼👩‍💼 and entry-level jobs 💼 to scholarships 💵 and academic programs. 🎓 Let's dive right in 🤿 and explore the incredible pathways 🛣️ to success 🎯 that await you. 🚀🌟Internship and Job Opportunities 🌟

McKinsey Africa Internship and Jobs

McKinsey 🏢 isn't just a consulting firm; it's a hub of possibilities for both students 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 and professionals 👨‍💼👩‍💼 in Africa! From game-changing internships 👨‍💼👩‍💼 to full-time roles 👔👗 that lead impactful projects, McKinsey opens the door 🚪 to a world 🌍 of opportunities right here on our vibrant continent. 🤩 The company has 22 internships and jobs open to students and professionals in Africa. Check some below:

• Intern - Analytics Graduate Program: 10-month graduate program providing new/upcoming South African university graduates or individuals with 1 - 2 years experience, who have skills in analytics, with experience across various pathways at McKinsey.

• Business Analyst: You'll work in teams of typically 3 - 5 consultants to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Fellow: You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

• Associate Intern: In this role, you will help our clients in private, public, and social sectors solve their most pressing problems. You will also work with many experts, from data scientists and researchers to software and app designers.

• 18 More Opportunities at McKinsey Africa: There are more opportunities at McKinsey open for you, from Johannesburg, Lagos, Cairo, and other African cities.

NIKE Software Engineering Undergraduate Internship

• About NIKE: NIKE 👟 doesn't just equip the world's best athletes. NIKE is a technology company 💻. From our flagship website 🖥️ and five-star mobile apps 📱 to developing products 🛍️, managing big data 📊, and providing leading-edge engineering 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ and systems support ⚙️, our teams at NIKE Global Technology 🌐 exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech 💻 and sport ⚽🏀🏈.

• About the Internship: Global Technology 👩‍💻👨‍💻 interns will support various functions across the enterprise 🏢. The ideal intern candidate has the ability to see the big picture 🖼️, understand how technology 💻 impacts the entire organization 🌐, and possess a passion for consumer-facing digital technology 📱 and innovation 💡

• What NIKE 👟 looks for: Previous experience or demonstrated interest in a digital technology 🖥️, marketing/consumer-facing technology 📱 organization, and/ or enterprise data 📊 and analytics team 👥.

Google Africa Internships and Full-Time Jobs

Google Africa 🗺️ has 13 opportunities 🙌 (internships 👩‍💼👨‍💼 and full-time 👔👗) open in Ghana 🇬🇭 (Accra) and Kenya 🇰🇪 (Nairobi), from Software Engineering 👨‍💻👩‍💻 to Sales 🛍️ and Business 🏢.

NB: These opportunities are open to everyone not just citizens of Ghana/Kenya.

Check out these exciting opportunities 😍 below to join Google and work on innovative technologies 💡 that improve people's lives all over Africa 🌍 and the world 🌎:

• Ghana: Google Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Intern, 2024: Minimum qualifications: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, and in your penultimate year of study.

  • Experience with Data Structures or Algorithms from university, an internship, open source hobby coding, or other practical experience. Coding experience in one of the following programming languages: C++, Java, Python, or Go.

• Ghana: Google Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Ph.D. Intern, 2024: Minimum qualifications: Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field, and in your penultimate year of study. Experience with Data Structures or Algorithms from university, an internship, open source hobby coding, or other practical experience. Coding experience in one of the following programming languages: C++, Java, Python, or Go.

• (Kenya) Google Business Intern 2024, Marketing: Minimum qualifications: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program, and in your penultimate year of study.

• (Kenya) Google Business Intern 2024, Sales: Minimum qualifications: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program, and in your penultimate year of study.

• (Kenya) Google Product Manager, Android Growth: Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  Candidates will typically have 4 years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder, or related technical roles. Typically 2 years of experience building and shipping technical products.

• Other Google Africa Opportunities: There are more opportunities across Google Kenya, check them out below:

Introducing one of the Most Prestigious Scholarships at Stanford University: Knight-Hennessy Scholars

• The Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program 🎓 is designed to build a multidisciplinary community of Stanford graduate students 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 dedicated to finding creative solutions 🔧 to the world’s greatest challenges🌍.

• Each year 100 high-achieving students 🙌 from around the world are selected, with demonstrated leadership 👩‍💼👨‍💼 and civic commitment🌎, to receive full funding 💸 to pursue a graduate education at Stanford, with the goal of developing a new generation of global leaders🌐

• The Knight-Hennessy Scholars is the largest fully endowed scholars program in the world 🌎. In addition to academic opportunities🎓, students will build leadership skills 💪 specific to their discipline.

• Don't miss this life-changing opportunity 🌟 to join the Knight-Hennessy Scholars and gain a world-class Stanford education 🎓 to tackle global challenges!🔧 Apply now before October 11, 2023, at 1:00 pm Pacific Time⌛.

• The Gates Cambridge Scholarship program 🎓 was established in 2000 by a US$210m donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation💰 to the University of Cambridge.

• Since then, over 2,000 scholarships 💸 have been awarded to outstanding students 🙌 from over 100 countries 🌎 to pursue postgraduate degrees at Cambridge.

• Each year, Gates Cambridge offers around 80 full scholarships 💯 for Ph.D. 🎓 and postgraduate (e.g. Masters) study in any subject at Cambridge.

• This is your chance 🙌 to access a prestigious Cambridge education 🎓 fully sponsored by the Gates Scholarship. 💰

• As one of the few selected Gates Scholars🌟 each year, you'll join a global community of leaders and innovators addressing the world's greatest challenges.🌎

• Seize this opportunity to advance your career goals 🎯 and make a real difference. Apply for the Gates Scholarship today! ✨ The deadline ⏰ is approaching fast.

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