Dereja hosts career expos for over 4,000 new graduates
Dereja in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MOLS) and the Mastercard Foundation is hosting a series of career expos in five public universities to connect recent graduates with employers across the country. The expos are being hosted at Addis Ababa, Haromaya, Hawassa, Jimma, and Bahir Dar Universities between June and August 2022. They serve as an offline employment linkage platform that helps graduating students secure jobs before their graduation.
The first set of expos held in June brought together a total of 2,000 students and 80 employers, including Heineken Breweries share company, Enat Bank, Huawei International, Save the Children International, People in Need, World Vision Ethiopia, and Unilever Manufacturing PLC.
Last week an annual career expo was held at the Addis Ababa University Sedist Kilo Campus. Over 70 national and international companies were represented at the event, including the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Habitat for Humanity, Ahadu pic, Horra Trading, Care Ethiopia, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Micro Pharma pic, and EthioChicken. More than1,500 graduates attended.
AfDB Board approves establishment of African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the manufacture of medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products.
African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said: “This is a great development for Africa. Africa must have a health defense system, which must include three major areas: revamping Africa’s pharmaceutical industry, building Africa’s vaccine manufacturing capacity, and building Africa’s quality healthcare infrastructure.”
During the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa in February 2022, the continent’s leaders called on the African Development Bank to facilitate the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation. Adesina, who presented the case for the institution to the African Union said: “Africa can no longer outsource the healthcare security of its 1.3 billion citizens to the benevolence of others.” With this bold initiative, the African Development Bank has made good on that commitment.
