Economics students spend vacation at Goldman Sachs in London

During the Easter Vacation, 25 students from Africa, were given the unbelievable opportunity to attend the Goldman Sachs Spring Programme in London through the Goldman Sachs Africa Initiative.

The African Students joined up with their European counterparts to spend a week at the world's most pre-eminent investment bank. The highly diversified programme saw students doing a range of tasks from desk rotations, presenting investment strategies to Managing Directors, listening to presentations on topical issues such as the Credit Crunch, and gaining a deeper insight into a career in the world of banking.

UCT were well-represented with no fewer than ten students, from a range of degrees, four of whom are from the Economics Department.

The programme was well-received by the students, who found it to be challenging, exciting and a great learning opportunity. One of the main comments that came through was how useful the Business Science Degree is. Goldmans were surprised by the level of knowledge and mature insight, even in comparison to those from Ox-Bridge.

These students have all now applied for the 10 week Summer Internship, a highly competitive global programme.

The students from UCT who participated were:

• Byrne Baister
• Philip Rogers
• Guy De Freitas
• Derek Armstrong
• Michael Fargher
• Taku Shanji
• Nomfundo Mphuti
• Nosipho Makhanya
• Lindi Mitchell
• Matthew Douglas
• Guy Jackson
• Dominic Leong
   

Posted on 23/04/2008 by Paula Bassingthwaighte