UNICAF has caught up with Oghenethoja Umuteme who has taken advantage of UNICAF’s Short Courses. Not only did Mr Umuteme finish all courses in record time, but also with exceptional results. Mr Umuteme, could you please tell us where you work and what position you have at your company? I was formerly working as Engineering Design Lead in Shell Nigeria up till November 2014, but now started my own firm as CEO at Derock Global Energy Resources Company Limited since 2015. What courses have you been recently studying and why did you chose them? I have been studying the following short courses via your…

For every successful company, having satisfied clients that preferably bring return business is essential to a sustainable business model. When setting up a business, some of the main tasks is to ensure that the products or services offered are in demand, keeping operational costs low and marketing. What is often overlooked is that the engine of every successful business is not so much the clients but the employees. While it is obviously essential to offer excellent service to customers – unhappy, overworked, untrained and underpaid staff in a possible unpleasant work space can have a massive negative impact on the…

UNICAF University is proud to announce the opening of the Malawi UNICAF University campus! UNICAF University is a unique and exciting new development that promises to provide greater higher education opportunities and a brighter prospect to aspiring students, both locally and from the surrounding regions. This is a dynamic and forward thinking, agile institution which promises to open up learning to all those who have the ability and ambition to study. UNICAF University has developed from a family of higher education institutions which draw on a rich heritage of academic traditions and represents an academic community of scholars, researchers and…

In today’s 24 hour society, life can be overwhelming. Having a full time job, taking care of family, running errands, doing chores, studying, commuting to work and back, can create a feeling that everything is becoming just too much to handle. This feeling, also commonly known as stress, is a defence mechanism by the body in challenging situations. Historically, stress has been very beneficial because it protected humans from dangerous situations and let them make quick judgement calls. Today though, stress, because it is not caused by isolated events but by a continuous situation caused by an overload of tasks,…

Education can change lives, but it can also change one’s economic circumstances. The level of income one can earn post-university is perhaps the easiest to measure return on investment in education. Those in the procession of masters, doctoral or professional degrees earning  more during their careers than those with less education. Only a few people have a certain high level of education.  Therefore, for an employer, the higher the educational requirement, the more money he is willing to pay. Thus, the higher your level of education, the more you are worth in the job market. Education is Important for your…

Every day many people like you who are interested in joining UNICAF have many questions. With this blog, we try to answer some of these common your questions, including: Q. What are the eligibility requirements that candidate should have to be able to join the UNICAF Scholarship programme? A. To apply for the UNICAF Scholarship programme, candidates should: Be a permanent resident of an African country or Mauritius Be earning less than $20,000 per year Be available to commence their academic studies within 6 months from the date of receiving admission to one of the programs offered Meet the…

Failure in University is one of our biggest fears in our student’s life. Nobody wants to fail! The most common question is why do students fail. There are some tips to do avoiding that: Prepare yourself. It is very important to prepare yourself before you go to a higher level programme. Many students take a break after a semester because they weren’t ready. Try to select a correct programme. There are many programmes to choose from, so if you make a wrong decision and start something that you don’t like or you are not fully ready maybe you will fail.

So you wonder how great men and women achieve great things? We bet you’re thinking it’s all a turn of luck, lady fate is shining down on them, letting them win in life whilst you get the short end of the stick. But do you really think life is that unfair? Do you really think that this is the way things should be? Well let us tell you, things don’t have to be, things shouldn’t be, in fact if you think that’s how things should be then you’re dearly mistaken. When you want to achieve then you have…