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World Bank Group Youth Summit 2016: The Competition is Open!

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Youth Summit 2016 on ‘Rethinking Education for the New Millennium’

The World Bank is organizing a Youth Summit, which might be of interest to youth who are below 35 years old. The Youth Summit is on November 14-15, 2016.  There is also a competition with a submission deadline of September 25, 2016.  More details in the link below:

Offre d'emploi - Senior Manager Conseil Financier / Transaction Services (Côte d’Ivoire)

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Deloitte Afrique intervient depuis une trentaine d’années dans les pays francophones de l’Afrique : Maghreb, Afrique de l’Ouest et Afrique centrale. Cette présence nous permet de mobiliser localement les meilleures ressources pour apporter nos compétences techniques et sectorielles et l’appui d’un réseau solide pour accompagner nos clients dans leurs projets de développement : croissance externe, implantation à l’international, fusion, filialisation, externalisation de services… Plus de 800 collaborateurs répartis dans 17 bureaux interviennent sur des missions Audit, Advisory, Juridique et fiscal et Expertise-Comptable.

MAROC - L'Africa50 recrute!

Africa50 est un organisme financier spécialisé dans les infrastructures, créé à l’initiative de la Banque africaine de développement et dont l’Assemblée générale constitutive d’Africa50 s’est tenue le 29 juillet 2015 à Casablanca, au Maroc. Ce fonds d’investissement, établi à Casablanca, au Maroc, a pour objectif  d’aider à accélérer le développement des infrastructures en Afrique. À ce jour, 22 pays africains ont souscrit au capital d’Africa50 : le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, le Cameroun, le Congo, la Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, l’Égypte, le Gabon, le Ghana, le Kenya, Madagascar, le Malawi, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Maroc, le Nigeria, le Niger, le Sénégal, la Sierra Leone, le Soudan, la Gambie et le Togo. Africa50 recrute pour les trois positions suivantes:

International students use loophole in H-1B visa application process to mixed success

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At Penn it is currently spring season, advance registration season, Fling season and, for a few senior international students, H-1B visa filing season.

Although one of the requirements to apply for an H-1B visa, which permits foreigners to work in the United States in specialty occupations for up to six years, is to have a college degree, some international Penn students have exploited a loophole and can apply before even graduating.

H-1B allow international students to stay in the U.S. after the 12-month work allowance of their Optional Practical Training (OPT) permit expires. As The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on March 21, failure to obtain an H-1B has forced international Penn graduates to leave the country against their will.

From May 10, 2016, STEM F-1 visa students can work for 3 years under OPT

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NEW YORK: F-1 visa students who are enrolled in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields of study from accredited educational institutions in the United States will be allowed, beginning from May 10, 2016, to work for as long as three years under the Optional Practical Training (OPT). The Department of Homeland Security released its final rule in this matter, which will be published in the Federal Register Friday, March 11. The rule goes into effect on May 10, 2016, which means that all students who are either under OPT till that date, or who qualify for OPT by then, will be able to work further, for a period totaling 36 months.