Adekunbi Adeoye's guest appearances

Adekunbi Adeoye

The Bulletproof Entrepreneur

I Am The Diaspora

Jody Foster

Jeff Goins

Jason Treu

Kevin Bupp

Damion Lupo

Tom Schwab

Mark Goulston

John Livesay

Mac Prichard

Julie Broad

Todd Tresidder

Mark Daoust

Pia Silva

Whitney Hansen

Seth Rogen

OwlTail

I had an interview with Adekunbi Adeoye, the founder of Sesewa, the FIRST internship placement company in Nigeria. She is known as the First Lady of Internships because she created the internship placement industry in Nigeria.   TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Adekunbi’s story of how she got to where she is today How an internship in a law firm changed her career Her first paying customer Becoming the solution to a serious problem in Nigeria Why internships are important in Nigeria Why networking offline is incredibly important in Nigeria Starting from where you are Importance of mentorship Lessons learned during The Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2015 (YALI)   * Heads up, during small parts of the interview our voices overlap, it was a bug in the Ringr Mobile software. :( *

I had an interview with Adekunbi Adeoye, the founder of Sesewa, the FIRST internship placement company in Nigeria. She is known as the First Lady of Internships because she created the internship placement industry in Nigeria. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Adekunbi’s story of how she got to where she is today How an internship in a law firm changed her career Her first paying customer Becoming the solution to a serious problem in Nigeria Why internships are important in Nigeria Why networking offline is incredibly important in Nigeria Starting from where you are Importance of mentorship Lessons learned during The Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2015 (YALI) * Heads up, during small parts of the interview our voices overlap, it was a bug in the Ringr Mobile software. :( *

#2: Creating Internships for Nigerian Students With Adekunbi Adeoye

Adekunbi starts her entrepreneurial journey at the tender age of 9 years , when she noticed that there were few quality greetings in the city where she attended boarding school compared to her hometown Lagos. She then smartly decides to buy the cards and sell them at school at a decent profit margin . Many years later as an undergraduate, she realized that with graduation fast approaching she did not have the necessary skills required to make her an effective employee. She then proceeds to pound the pavement in search of an internship opportunity. Upon encountering resistance and confusion from potential employers, she realizes that several companies were unaware of the power of internships.  Her epiphany coupled with several long months spent developing her business plan, she launches her company while still in school. Today, her company has helped train and place over 300 students in several small and medium scale companies as short term interns. With several interns being retained on a full-time basis post engagement. Through Sesewa's efforts the problem of rising youth unemployment (90% of college grads are jobless 1year after graduation) is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Her goal is to reach the students while their still in school, train them on the necessary soft skills required to keep their jobs and help them locate the best matched internship positions that will enable the young careerists become better professionals in and outside the workplace.

Adekunbi starts her entrepreneurial journey at the tender age of 9 years , when she noticed that there were few quality greetings in the city where she attended boarding school compared to her hometown Lagos. She then smartly decides to buy the cards and sell them at school at a decent profit margin . Many years later as an undergraduate, she realized that with graduation fast approaching she did not have the necessary skills required to make her an effective employee. She then proceeds to pound the pavement in search of an internship opportunity. Upon encountering resistance and confusion from potential employers, she realizes that several companies were unaware of the power of internships.  Her epiphany coupled with several long months spent developing her business plan, she launches her company while still in school. Today, her company has helped train and place over 300 students in several small and medium scale companies as short term interns. With several interns being retained on a full-time basis post engagement. Through Sesewa's efforts the problem of rising youth unemployment (90% of college grads are jobless 1year after graduation) is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Her goal is to reach the students while their still in school, train them on the necessary soft skills required to keep their jobs and help them locate the best matched internship positions that will enable the young careerists become better professionals in and outside the workplace.

ODESHI 004 - Tackling the 90% graduate unemployment problem via internships with Adekunbi Adeoye