03/09/2019
AMERICAN POST GRADUATE STUDENTS ON A STUDY-TOUR OF NIGERIA
A group of 10 students and 1 faculty from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies visited Nigeria on a study-tour of the country in early July 2019.
Group members are participants in the Nigeria leg of Lauder Institute Africa Region Summer Immersion Program as matriculated student of the University of Pennsylvania. The study-tour is a required part of Lauder Institute’s Summer Immersion Program. They are dual enrolled as student in the M.A. in International Studies at Lauder Institute and the MBA program at the Wharton School of Business also at the University of Pennsylvania.
During their time in Nigeria, the group visited some private sector corporate organizations to understudy their business model and met with leading entrepreneurs and social enterprises. They also visited the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to know about the role IFC is playing in Nigeria and Axa Mansard Insurance where they were briefed about Risk and Security Issues in Nigeria. The group also was in Port Harcourt to Visit Intels Oil Logistics Field Sites to learn about issues and challenges in logistics in Onne.
They took time out to explore local culture and social life style in Lagos and visited the Kalakuta Republic Museum and the New Afrika Shrine. Terra Kulture Arts and Studios Limited hosted them to lunch and gave a talk on ‘Entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s Education and Recreation Sectors’. A dinner reception at Bottles restaurant was hosted for the group by the University of Pennsylvania Alumni group in Lagos.
The tour was coordinated by Jemi-Alade Tours. According to Oladipo Jemi-Alade, CEO of the company, “the purpose of their visit, as such, is educational tourism, not business and this would be the third year the program will be visiting Nigeria. A similar group visited Lagos in July 2017 and July 2018”.