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International perspective, regional understanding

CAREERS IN AFRICA

Recruitment SummitLondon

22-24 May 2009

Sponsored by:

www.careersinafrica.comGLOBAL CAREER COMPANY LTD | LANDMARK HOUSE | HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE ROAD | LONDON W6 9EJTEL +44 (0) 20 7348 9097 | FAX +44 (0) 20 7348 9192 | WWW.GLOBALCAREERCOMPANY.COM

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Global Career Company

Welcome

On behalf of everyone at Global Career Company, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit, London, 2009.

During the course of the Summit, you will join an elite group of 1,000 African graduates andprofessionals, carefully selected from a pool of more than 10,000 applicants, to interview with over 25 top employers for a variety of positions in their operations across Africa.

As well as “Pre-Scheduled” Interviews, all of which have been organised prior to the event through a comprehensive matching process, you will have the opportunity to meet with over 100 companydelegates. Networking opportunities exist at the opening cocktail reception on Friday evening,through company presentations taking place over Saturday and at the various company exhibitionstands and hospitality rooms over the course of the event, giving you a chance to learn more aboutthe participating companies and secure additional “On-the-Spot” Interviews.

Companies may schedule these “On-the-Spot” Interviews with you directly or alternatively, they may ask you to leave your CV with a member of the Global Career Company team at our HospitalityDesk in the Exhibition Area.

A list of the successful candidates that individual companies wish to interview will then be displayedon the plasma screens in the exhibition area and will be updated regularly throughout the event.

This Summit is kindly sponsored by Standard Bank, Barclays, Zain, Chevron, Tigo, Vodafone, MTN and Guateng Shared Service Centre and we would like to thank them all for their support of this Careers in Africa initiative.

In addition to our sponsors, I would also like to thank the Universities, Business Schools, African Clubsand Societies, Embassies, High Commissions and Ambassadors across Europe that continue topromote the Careers in Africa brand. We are extremely grateful to them all for their contribution toits growing success.

This Programme will provide you with all the information you need to gain the most from the Summit.Please read each section carefully and direct any questions to the Global Career Company team, whowill be on site to assist you.

On behalf of the team at Global Career Company, I wish you all every success with your interviewsand look forward to hearing about some exciting new career moves as a result of this Summit.

I wish you all a very successful event.

Sarah RoeDirectorGlobal Career Company

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FRIDAY 22 MAY TIME LOCATIONClient Briefing 16:30 Meeting Room 3 and 4

Candidate Registration 16:00 - 18:30 Hotel Lobby

Welcome Networking Reception 18:30 - 20:30 Exhibition Area

SATURDAY 23 MAY TIME LOCATIONCandidate Registration 08:00 Hotel Lobby

Interviews Commence 09:00 - 18:00 Floors

Presentations Commence 09:00 - 17:00 Meeting Room 3

Presentations Commence 09:00 – 17:00 Meeting Room 4

SUNDAY 24 MAY TIME LOCATIONCandidate Registration 08:00 Hotel Lobby

Interviews Commence 09:00 – 18:00 Floors

Summit Closes 17:00

General Timetable

Time Company Name

09:00 - 10:00 Barclays

10:00 - 11:00 Zain

11:00 - 12:00 Standard Bank

12:00 - 13:00 Standard Bank Q&A

13:00 - 14:00 BREAK

14:00 - 15:00 MTN Nigeria

15:00 - 16:00 Chevron

16:00 - 17:00 Gauteng Shared Service Centre

SATURDAY 24 MAY, MEETING ROOM 3

Time Company Name

09:00 - 10:00 Aurecon

10:00 - 11:00 Altech

11:00 - 12:00 Vodafone

12:00 - 13:00 Puma Energy

13:00 - 14:00 BREAK

14:00 - 15:00 Nelson Mandela Bay

15:00 - 16:00 Tigo

SATURDAY 24 MAY, MEETING ROOM 4

Company PresentationAll Presentations will take place in Meeting Rooms 3 and 4 on Saturday 24 May. Space is limited and candidates will beadmitted on a first come basis.

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Participating Companies

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Applicant Demographics

NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIESAlgeria 68

Egypt 48

Morocco 58

Tunisia 35

WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIESBenin 30

Cameroon 358

Gabon 70

Ghana 814

Ivory Coast 143

Nigeria 5938

Senegal 98

Sierra Leone 54

CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRIESBurundi 29

Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) 58

Congo Republic (Kinshasa) 148

Rwanda 43

EASTERN AFRICAN COUNTRIESEthiopia 30

Kenya 648

Tanzania 215

Uganda 205

Mauritius 47

SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIESAngola 375

Botswana 49

Malawi 50

Mozambique 78

Namibia 28

South Africa 653

Zambia 121

Zimbabwe 209

NUMBER YEARS WORK EXPERIENCE0-3 41%

3-7 34%

7+ 25%

EXPERIENCE BY FUNCTIONEngineering 7%

Finance 40%

Health Safety & Environment 1%

Human Resources 5%

IT 10%

Legal 1%

Logistics & Supply Chain 4%

Marketing 7%

Sales 4%

Sciences 6%

Telecommunications 11%

Other 4%

International perspective, regional understandingCAREERS IN AFRICA

As one of the world’s most successful Africanrecruitment brands, Careers in Africa has a proven

track record of successfully recruiting internationallybased candidates back into Africa. We have placed

over 4,500 graduates and professionals into more than165 African companies since 2002.

RecruitingExcellence for Africa

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www.careersinafrica.com To find out more visit

In 2009 we have expanded our service offering to include:• Tailored recruitment campaigns dedicated to talent resourcing

• Online recruitment packages for a constant pipeline of high calibre candidates • Search and Selection services to fill specific mid career to senior level roles

• Recruitment Summits for multiple recruits in minimum time

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Profile Matrices

COMPANY

Across Africa

Algeria

Angola

Bostwana

Cameroon

D. Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

Egypt

Ethiopia

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Acergy

Altech Management Services

Aurecon Group

Barclays Bank

Chevron

Coca Cola Sabco

Engen Petroleum Limited

Eli Lilly

Gauteng Shared Service Centre

Guaranty Trust Bank

GE Oil & Gas

Illovo Sugar

KCB Group

Lafarge

Tigo

MTN Nigeria

National Microfinance Bank

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Oando

Puma Energy

Sonasurf

Standard Bank

Vernon SA

Vodafone

Zain

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Finance

Health, Safety & Environment

Human Resources

Information Technology

Legal

Logistics, Supply Chain

Marketing

Management / Consulting

Sales

Sciences

Telecommunications

Other

Acergy

Altech Management Services

Aurecon Group

Barclays Bank

Chevron

Cocal Cola Sabco

Engen Petroleum Limited

Eli Lilly

Gauteng Shared Service Centre

Guaranty Trust Bank

GE Oil & Gas

Illovo Sugar

KCB Group

Lafarge

Tigo

MTN Nigeria

National Microfinance Bank

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Oando

Puma Energy

Sonasurf

Standard Bank

Vernon SA

Vodafone

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FUNCTION WORK AUTHORISATION


Company Profiles

Acergy

Acergy Group are a seabed-to-surface engineering and construction

contractor for the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide.

We plan, design and deliver complex, integrated projects in harsh

and challenging environments. We operate internationally as one

group – globally aware and locally sensitive, sharing our expertise and

experience to create innovative solutions. We are more than solution

providers, we are solution partners – ready to make long-term

investments in our people, assets, know-how and relationships in

support of our clients.

We are motivated by a clear vision: to be the acknowledged leader in

seabed-to-surface engineering and construction.

At the same time, we operate in line with a set of clearly defined

values. These set the parameters for our strategy and provide shared

behavioural standards for Acergy people.

Working for Acergy offers a rewarding career within a challenging and

dynamic organisation that is recognised as one of the leading

seabed-to-surface contractors in the world.

We are committed to developing our people to enhance our

collective knowledge, improve our business performance and help

people realise their full potential at work.

Altech

Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) is a R10 billion company, listed

on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with over 5000 employees. It

is involved in technologies, solutions, products and services which

converge at the intersection of telecommunications, multi-media and

information technology (TMT) industries.

As a leading South African multi-billion rand high-technology group,

Altech operating companies span the entire digital chain from design

to development to manufacturing to deployment and support, in

markets that include mobile telecoms, digital TV, location-based

services, embedded chip application, secure tokens, 4G converged

networks, middleware, and service provision. There is a strong focus

on the convergence of these technologies across different markets,

technologies and geographies.

Altech is committed to the pursuit of globalization through

excellence in all its chosen operations and will continue to relentlessly

pursue its ambition to be a leader in every sphere in which it

operates, while at the same time empowering and enriching its

shareholders. Last year saw the company expand into the central and

East Africa region making it the telecoms leader in this region.

Strong partnerships with international principals ensure that Altech

has ongoing access to the latest technologies worldwide, while the

group’s own research and development programmes actively

encourages and promotes internal technology advances.

Earlier this year, Altech received the 2008 Technology Top 100 Award

for Excellence in the Management of Technology, Innovation and

People. This award, endorsed by the South African government and

presented to recipients by the Minister of Department of Science and

Technology, was given to the group in recognition of the synthesizing

and harmonizing of the triple challenge of technology relevance,

sustainable innovation, and its commitment to skills development,

through the recently launched Altech Academy.

Altech places tremendous value on its human capital, in particular the

development and growth of employees both within the and outside

of the group, by offering university bursaries to successful candidates,

within the fields of information technology and engineering. Altech

recognizes the skills shortage in South Africa, particularly in the ICT

sector, which gave rise to the formation of the Altech Academy, in an

effort to attract, grow and retain a South African workforce.

Altech’s holding company is Allied Electronics Corporation Limited

(Altron), which is incorporated in the Republic of South Africa.


Company Profiles

Aurecon

Aurecon is the new global group created by the recent coming

together of three world-class companies; South Africa’s largest

infrastructure consultancy, Africon; one of Asia Pacific’s largest and

most experienced multidisciplinary consultancies, Connell Wagner;

and Ninham Shand, one of South Africa’s most established

engineering and environmental consultancies. Combined, the new

global group has a 210-year history and anticipated revenues that will

see it ranked among the top 60 global consulting companies.

With a staff complement of 6,700, Aurecon provides a broad range of

multidisciplinary professional technical services spanning a wide

range of engineering disciplines, from asset and facility management,

civil engineering, construction supervision and electrical and power

system engineering to mining engineering, project management,

structural engineering, traffic engineering and water engineering.

The global group has an extensive office network encompassing 22

offices throughout South Africa; 14 offices in Portuguese- and

English-speaking African countries; three offices in the Middle East; a

further 47 offices situated throughout the Asia Pacific region

including India; and an office in Chile, South America.

A cross-section of current and recently completed projects includes

the construction of a new Central Terminal Building at OR Tambo

International Airport in Johannesburg; the Berg Water Project in the

Western Cape Province; Palm Trilogy development for the United

Arab Emirate’s largest property group Nakheel; the Gautrain Rapid

Rail Link between Pretoria and Johannesburg; Thai Airways hangar at

the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand; the Nova Vida

Housing Development in Luanda, Angola; the EastLink Tollway

Project in Melbourne, Australia; the 45,000-seat Peter Mokaba sports

stadium, which is being constructed in the Limpopo Province as part

of the preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup; the Lake Bonney

Wind Farm project in South Australia; and the Moatize Coal project

in Mozambique.

Barclays

Over our 300-year history, Barclays has grown to become one of the

world’s leading global financial services organisations operating in

more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our main focus is retail and commercial banking, investment banking

and investment management services.

Through more than 155,000 colleagues, we serve over 48 million

customers around the world, delivering superb products and services.

What makes us stand out from our competitors is our aspiration to be

the most globally admired financial services organisation, recognised

for our innovation and customer focus, and to do this, we follow a

simple strategy – earn, invest and grow.

Emerging Markets has terrific opportunities to extend and deepen

our franchise in the emerging markets and we have a diverse,

talented and passionate leadership team to drive this aspiration.

Emerging Markets is an important strategic platform for Barclays and

a fundamental part of our plan to diversify internationally.

Over the last two years Emerging Markets have successfully entered

new markets across the Middle East and Asia, and significantly

strengthened our African presence. This business has delivered

rapid, controlled growth and secured market share across all of the

key markets in which we operate. Emerging Markets is in a very

good position and it has a great potential to further grow and achieve

new heights.

Working in Barclays Emerging Markets gives the challenge and

reward of being at the forefront of our expansion as we explore and

move into new markets. It is a chance to involve at the inception of

many of our start-up businesses and product initiatives. Our number

one priority is to consolidate our positions in existing markets and

explore entry into new attractive markets where it makes business

sense to do so. We find that the opportunity to build an international

career within a leading global bank is a powerful factor in attracting

and retaining the best talent in Barclays.


Company Profiles

Chevron

Chevron is ranked among Angola's top petroleum producers. We

continue to move forward, investing billions of dollars in major energy

projects intended to dramatically increase oil production and

conserve natural gas for use in Angola.

Chevron is Angola's largest foreign oil-industry employer. We employ

approximately 2,700 Angolans – that's 87 percent of the workforce in

Angola. In addition, Angolans fill about 75 percent of Chevron's local

professional and supervisory roles.

Chevron's Angola Partnership Initiative, which promotes peace,

improved health and better educational opportunities, reflects our

commitment to the communities where we work.

Beyond our role as a major energy producer and employer, Chevron

is committed to growing Angola’s economy on many different levels.

Chevron is one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies.

Headquartered in San Ramon, California, we conduct business in

more than 100 countries. We are engaged in every aspect of the

crude oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and

production, manufacturing, marketing and transportation, chemicals

manufacturing and sales, geothermal, and power generation. We’re

also investing in renewables and advance technologies.

Company Profiles

Coca-Cola Sabco

Coca-Cola Sabco (CCS) is an anchor bottler in the Coca-Cola

worldwide system. CCS has a long and proud history, initially as

The SA Bottling Company (SABCO) (Pty) Ltd, which was established

in 1940 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. This is where CCS’s

international Head Office is based, serving operations in 12 countries

in Africa and Asia.

As part of the global Coca-Cola System, Coca-Cola Sabco (Pty) Ltd

plays an active role in ensuring that quality ice-cold Coca-Cola is

within an arm’s reach of all consumers in its territories.

CCS manufactures and distributes the core brands of Coca-Cola,

Fanta and Sprite, as well as other brands owned by TCCC such as

Schweppes, Sparletta and Krest. In addition CCS bottles water and

other still brands and brands specific to the different territories in

which it operates.

Coca-Cola Sabco has 3 divisions, Southern Africa, East Africa

(Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia) and Asia.

Our culture revolves around our core values, which include:

• Integrity: Be honest, open and sincere

• Individual initiative: Take proactive steps to drive performance

• Customer value: Exceed customer expectations and add value to

customer’s business

• Teamwork: Work with and support colleagues to raise overall

performance

• People development: Realise employee potential through

training and development

• Mutual Trust and Respect: Treat each other with respect and

dignity and earn trust

• Commitment: Be accountable and do as you say

CCS is enjoying rapid growth and expansion and its leadership

believes that this is a result of our Picture of Greatness:

• We are the right people empowered to deliver exceptional

performance.

• Our consumer understanding drives our actions in order to satisfy

their beverage needs profitably.

• We are focused to exceed our customers’ expectations.

• Whatever we do is world class at lowest cost.

• Together we live our company values, it guides our behaviours

and it preserves our stretch culture.

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