MBA tour holds tomorrow in Lagos

The recruitment of Nigerian and other West African graduates for Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) in Ivy-League universities across the world holds tomorrow, Saturday, October 10, in Lagos.

A letter signed by Peter VonLoeseckle, CEO/managing director, The MBA Tour Incorporation, on this year’s recruitment, notes that the idea behind this year’s tour was to provide opportunities for prospective MBA students in engaging with the world’s most prominent business schools from various countries.

“This initiative aims to educate prospective students on the components of an MBA degree when considering international business schools. Our previous Tours in Nigeria have been very successful, and we are delighted with the interest shown by so many young professionals in an MBA qualification. We therefore see great value in returning and giving prospective students an opportunity to interact with admissions directors from the world’s top business schools,” says Von Loesecke.

This year’s participating business schools include Columbia University (USA), MIT Sloan (USA), University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Chicago Booth (USA), University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), University of Toronto (Canada), and IE Business School (Spain).

Von Loesecke added that most prospective students do not have the opportunity to source information on campus assuring that The MBA Tour would grant them the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with admission representatives, collect all the necessary information they require, and have all of their MBA-related questions answered.

This year’s MBA Tour will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos. Attendees would see presentations from various business schools, a panel discussion on the application and admission process, as well as a chance to network with the admissions directors and alumni.

In the past three years, the MBA Tour has become a regular feature in the quest of prestigious business schools in the United States and Europe to recruit graduate-students from West Africa.

Over 300,000 attendees have participated in the Lagos programme.