African Job Seekers

Last week I had extra involvement with our African community. Geoffrey Soyiantet, the Executive Director of Vitendo4Africa, led an online discussion with me about aspects of the African job experience. There are cases in the book highlighting people from Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. Several in the virtual audience were people I have mentored.

Nigerian Graduate Student Receives Book from Dean

Nigerian Graduate Assistant Igho Ekakitie received a copy of the book from the Dean of the Walker School of Business at Webster University, Simone Cummings. Igho came on an F1 international student and is now a graduate assistant. He is very active in the community and loves to connect with others, which he does easily.

African arrivals in the U.S.A.

Many of the refugees to the United States through the State Department Refugee program in recent years have come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries within Africa.

These arrivals often join family members who were already in our community and start working with them. Some, like  Geoffrey Soyiantet have advanced degrees from their home countries but essentially start over. Depending on the country, they may have strong English skills or need work on those language skills. They may have come through the U.S. Diversity Visa program or through a family reunification visa. Others come to our universities on the F1 Student Visa like Igho did.