Country Managing Associate Search- Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast
We are a boutique professional services firm providing accounting, company administration, regulatory compliance and tax consulting services to local, and international companies making an entry into the West African market.
Role Overview
The Country Managing Associate will oversee the firm’s operations in the host country whilst providing specialist advice on a range of technical issues in the various departments of the firm, whilst initiating, building and maintaining productive relationships with clients and intermediaries.
Key Responsibilities
• Be adept in the provision of technically accurate information and guidance to clients looking to enter the West African market, without the need for review by others;
• Have a broad and deep knowledge of compliance, regulatory set up requirements as well as a broad general knowledge of the law of your jurisdiction. Be proficient with Anticipating and understanding market development that will impact your client.
• Attend meetings and establishing a continuous working business relationship with regulatory institutions relevant to the operations of our clients. Management of compliance and statutory obligations of clients in host country.
• Actively generate business for your team and jurisdiction from both new and existing clients by effective internal and external business development activities and strive to develop the LIMA brand in the marketplace
• Contribute to recruitment decisions and the selection process. Manage, develop and coach the team appropriately.
• Be privy to client patterns, needs and timelines (government and private sector); constant awareness of impact of changes to government initiatives, regulations and legislation.
Education, Skills and Work Experience
• Fully or Partly Qualified Accountant/ Tax Consultant with typically 4+ years relevant experience from a relevant advisory environment, ideally within a Big 4 firm (or equivalent) demonstrating good, consistent performance over the last two financial years
• Smart, organized, reliable and pays attention to detail.
Contact
To apply for this role, please send your CV to liddell@limaghana.com before May 25, 2018.
Applicants should be citizens of either Liberia, Sierra Leone or Ivory Coast.
Google Africa Scholarship Program
Web and Android Scholarships available for residents of African countries.
How it Works
To apply for this scholarship, you need to be at least 18 years old and live in a country in Africa. When applying, you will choose between learning web development or Android development. From there, once you’re accepted, we’ll place you in one of two tracks (beginner or intermediate), depending on your existing skills and experience. After that, the learning begins! Some scholarship recipients may be able to participate in an Andela Learning Community with our partners from Andela. Finally, top students from each track will earn full scholarships to one of our Android or Web Development Nanodegree programs.
Google Africa Scholarship Program
Learn valuable skills to launch or advance your career as a mobile or web developer
Master world-class curriculum developed with experts from Google and Udacity
Join a rapidly growing community of mobile and web developers
How to Apply
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APPLICATIONS DUE
April 24, 2018
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RECIPIENTS NOTIFIED
May 2, 2018
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RECIPIENTS BEGIN PROGRAM
May 8, 2018
The application is straightforward, and should take 10-15 minutes. There is a single application for all, whether you’re interested in Mobile or Web, and whether you’re a beginner or already have experience.
Answer what you can, to the best of your ability, and we’ll do the rest! Remember this application is open to residents of countries in Africa who are at least 18 years old.
More information here https://www.udacity.com/google-africa-scholarships
The Waislitz Global Citizen Award
The Waislitz Global Citizen Award, an annual cash prize of $100,000 presented by Alex Waislitz and Global Citizen, recognizes the excellence of one individual in their work to end extreme poverty
About the Award
The Waislitz Global Citizen Award, an annual cash prize of $100,000 presented by Alex Waislitz and Global Citizen, recognizes the excellence of one individual in their work to end extreme poverty.
Criteria
Recipients are selected based on individual merit in four key areas:
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
How does the nominee embody and exemplify the values and practices of a Global Citizen?
IMPACT
What is the nominee’s track record of reducing extreme poverty?
INNOVATION
How has the nominee brought new thinking to overcoming the challenge of ending extreme poverty?
POTENTIAL
How would this award enable/support the nominee to scale or improve their work? How would the nominee use the funding?
About the Application
You will submit a three-minute video and 500-word essay that tell us about you and your work. Your submission should address the questions below:
- Who are you? Introduce yourself and your team.
- What are you doing? Tell us how you are working to reduce extreme poverty and how your work is different.
- How is your work innovative? Does the work you’re doing tackle a particular problem in a different way than done previously? Is your solution sustainable?
- What inspired you to take action? Tell us how you got the idea for your work and your successes (or opportunities).
- What’s your impact? Lay out a clear specific timeline, plan and metrics for success. What are your goals? Who are you positively affecting? How are you reaching them? How will the Waislitz Global Citizen Award help you achieve your goals?
- What’s your budget? Show us you have a plan and will use the funds wisely
Winner Receives
One winner is invited to New York to attend the Global Citizen Live event the week of September 24 where they receive $100,000. A short video covering the winners’ work will also be shown at the Global Citizen Live event.
The winner will also receive:
- Airfare and accommodation in New York to attend 2018 Global Citizen Live, Movement Makers, and the Global Citizen Festival the week of September 24 for the winner and a guest.
- The opportunity to participate in the Global Citizen Live Event, an event with the world’s leaders in business, media, technology and culture convened the week of September 24.
- Two VIP tickets to the 2018 Global Citizen Festival on September 29, 2018
Semi-Finalists Receive
Two Semi-Finalists will also be selected: Global Citizen’s Choice Award and Youth Innovation Award (for applicants under 35).
These winners will receive:
- Airfare and accommodation in New York to attend 2018 Global Citizen Live, Movement Makers, and the Global Citizen Festival the week of September 24 for the winner and a guest.
- Tickets to the Global Citizen Live Event, an event with the world’s leaders in business, media, technology and culture convened the week of September 24.
- Two VIP tickets to the 2018 Global Citizen Festival on September 29, 2018
- $50,000 for each semi-finalist winner.
More information here https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/programs/waislitz-award/
Calling Africa’s aspiring scale-ups: apply for the MEST Africa Challenge!
Announcing the MEST Africa scale-up pitch competition: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town
For 10 years, MEST has trained aspiring entrepreneurs and invested in exceptional businesses with Pan-African ambitions. These companies have gone on to enter new markets, with MEST growing alongside them as we’ve learned about the opportunities and challenges they face as they scale.
This year, we are excited to host our first Pan-African startup pitch competition, the MEST Africa Challenge! We’re looking for the continent’s most exciting African startups who are looking to scale into new markets, to participate in the Challenge.
If you are a post-revenue tech business, in any vertical, who can show why you should be taken seriously as a leader in your space, apply now for the chance to pitch at our regional events in Accra, Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town!
The winners of the regional competitions will be flown to Cape Town in June to pitch in the finals. You could receive $50k in equity investment from MEST, as well as a home in any of our incubators. Come meet the leading investors, corporates and ecosystem partners from across Africa, Silicon Valley and Europe, who will take your business Pan-African.
Application
Applications are open from April 3-22. Apply here
Regional pitch events
The regional events will be held on the following dates, at MEST Incubator campuses:
- April 28th: Accra, Ghana
- April 28th: Lagos, Nigeria
- April 30th: Nairobi, Kenya
- May 5th: Cape Town, South Africa
Criteria
- Companies must be post-revenue
- Companies must operate in the market in which they are applying
- Companies must be primarily tech-focused
We look forward to hearing from you! Apply now.
VODAFONE DISCOVER GRADUATE PROGRAMME?
About the Discover Vodafone Discover Programme
The Vodafone Discover Graduate Programme is a platform to identify the future generation of Vodafone leaders by hiring the best talents from universities. Vodafone looks out for fresh graduates with a passion for innovation and the determination to succeed and gives them a platform to be at their best whiles impacting lives. Over the course of the Discover Programme you will experience rotations across the business in different roles. Learning from the finest minds, using cutting-edge technology, and experiencing on-going opportunities to progress your career, you will have the chance to develop the solutions that improve people’s lives across the globe. Once on-board, you will enjoy responsibility, development opportunities, coaching, travel and an environment that stimulates intellectually and rewards high performance.
What Is In It For Me ?
It is a great way to launch your career with twelve (24) months work experience in diverse roles. You have the opportunity to rotate across the three major functions within the business (commercial, corporate and technological) to ensure a 360 degree view of Vodafone and to be able to compete with your global peers.
Developmental Support
We support your professional and personal development throughout the programme which would accelerate your career growth. Your development is facilitated through a well structure one year development plan which includes classroom training, mentoring, coaching, buddying, online learning courses and on-job training. Whiles we make provision for a structured development; your development would be driven and created by you.
What Do We Look Out For?
We are looking for talented, unique and ambitious young graduates, who take initiative, think of new ways to do things and can make a difference. Overall, we seek candidates who are passionate about joining Vodafone and being at their best to impact lives all around the world.
Where Will You Work?
Successful applicants will be stationed in one of our two main offices in Accra- our Head office at Airport City, and our Technology Hub on the Spintex Road. Candidates may be required to travel to different parts of the city or country based on assigned projects.
Before you apply, here are some few things you will need and need to know:
- A copy of your current resume/CV.
- A scanned copy of your University certificate.
- Only applications through our Online portal are accepted
Submitting Your Application:
- Fill Out the all required fields on the application form with your details.
- Upload a copy of resume/CV
- Upload a copy of your Certificate
- Click on Submit to submit your application.
Next Steps:
- Our team will review your applications and contact you with details about the next step of the application process should you meet our requirements
- Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 2 weeks, kindly note that you weren’t shortlisted.
- Click here to apply and best of luck.
Currently hiring Software Developers
We are currently hiring Software Developers for our client, a leading IT firm with footprints beyond Ghana. Ideal candidates will be responsible for developing and implementing software systems and applications to achieve corporate objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Front End Developers
Develop new user-facing features
Build reusable code and libraries for future use
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
Front End Developers
- Develop new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
- Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
Mobile App Developers (Android & iOS)
- Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support)
- Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code
- Gather specific requirements and suggest solutions
- Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
- Design interfaces to improve user experience
Back End Developers (Java and PHP)
- Perform integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Carry out optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
- Carry out implementation of security and data protection
- Display deep understanding of building applications for high volume transactions and asynchronous processing using AMQP queueing technologies such as Pivotal’s rabbitMQ
- Design and implementation of data storage solutions
- Technologies include Java, spring framework,php, laravel framework, Redis for caching, mysql, MongoDb and Cassandra
Key Competencies & Skills
PHP Developer
- Knowledgeable in MVC and OOP,
- Strong skills in SQL
JAVA Developer
- Knowledgeable in Spring Framework, cloud native technologies, and enterprise java architectures. Gradle as a build tool is an advantage but not required.
- Have an understanding of design patterns.
- Be conversant with Test Driven Development
- Knowledgeable in messaging including JMS and AMQP.
iOS/Android UX Developer
- Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
- Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
- Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
- Good understanding of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as AngularJS, JQuery.
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
- Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image.
- Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
- Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git or SVN.
- Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
Qualifications & Experiences
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- At least 2 years programming experience with related technologies
- Any other relevant professional qualifications
Job Opportunity Senior Software Developer
An IT company seeks a qualified candidate to take up the role of a Senior Software Developer. The Senior Software Developer will be responsible for developing and implementing software systems and applications to achieve corporate objectives, and managing other software developers. Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 3-4 developers
- Develop, deploy and maintain web applications and/or mobile applications
Front End Development
- Develop new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
- Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
Mobile App Development (Android & iOS)
- Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support)
- Produce fully functional mobile applications by writing clean code
- Gather specific requirements and suggest solutions
- Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
- Design interfaces to improve user experience
Back End Development (Java and PHP)
- Oversee integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Carry out optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
- Carry out implementation of security and data protection
- Display deep understanding of building applications for high volume transactions and asynchronous processing using AMQP queueing technologies such as Pivotal’s rabbitMQ
- Design and implement data storage solutions
Qualifications & Experiences
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Must possess strong skills in SQL
- Experience in managing a team
- At least 4 years programming experience with related technologies (they include Java, spring framework, php, laravel framework, Redis for caching, mysql, MongoDb and Cassandra)
- Good understanding of SEO principles
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