Category Archives: Nigeria
Nigerian Report on Team Oxford
Well, the major newspaper in Lagos – ThisDay – published an article on the Oxford students that worked there all summer. Below is the article that was published. Oxford University/Access Bank Partnership: Courting the Knowledge edge… 09.03.2006 Glitt Personality They are four MBA students from the prestigious Oxford University. A Chinese lady, Lijun Jiang; Michael [...]
Jayne Thorpe Update
Some claim Nigeria beat Jayne, others say the mosquitos were just too persistent, either way the fact remains Jayne Thorpe had to be admitted to the local hospital. After a week’s battle with Malaria the pain and headaches never ceased. So for 3 days and 2 nights Jayne was under observation at the Reddington [...]
Golfing in Lagos: some good shots and better shocks
Over the past 12 months I’ve been fortunate enough to play some of the best golf courses in the world ranging from St. Andrews to Muirfield, Carnoustie to Turnberry, and I don’t want to forget Royal St. George’s and Sunningdale. In my life I’ve played well over 1,000 rounds totaling more than 18,000 holes (I [...]
Malaria hits our team. What about the others?
This weekend Jayne came down with Malaria. She wasn’t feeling too well on Friday and Saturday so she went to the clinic and sure enough it was Malaria. Everything is fine but the medicine is taking a toll. We’ll keep you updated as time moves on. Elsewhere around the world there are over 45 other [...]
Week 4: Kelly’s last week in Nigeria
So this will be my last post from Nigeria. Tomorrow (Tuesday the 1st of August) I fly out of Lagos, touch down in London for 24 hours and then head to California. I am looking forward to spending some time with my family, but am so sad to be leaving Mike. At the same time, [...]
VIDEO: A Day in the Life in Lagos
An Oxford MBA team is spending 8 weeks in Lagos on a consulting project with Access Bank. In the next 3.5 minutes, mcfaddenplace productions will take you to where the team, Jayne Thorpe, Lijun Jiang, Timothy Ojo, and Michael McFadden, are working diligently on their task at hand. Be on the watch out for a [...]
Weekend 3: The Beach!
This last week was filled with some ups and downs. As with anything when you are working hard and abroad, the middle weeks can be the toughest. The long hours start to get to you, you miss the food you are used to and the adventurous spirit that brought you where you are isn’t quite [...]
Weekend 2: Live Performance
Well, you may be wondering why the blog’s I write are titled based on the weekends. The answer to that is simple, there is not much going on during the week. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Mike and his SCP group do not get home until after 8 or 8:30. Two things happen [...]
Weekend 1: A necessary break
Well, we have made it through our first week in Lagos, Nigeria. Here is a bit more of a glance at our time here so far. The first picture you see on the left is a picture of the pool where I spend quite a bit of my time. As I mentioned before, I am [...]
And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…
Pictures from Nigeria!! First a look at the “Guest House” The far pictures is of the front door. That’s our pad! The closer one is from the steps looking back towards the guard gate. Next are a few pictures from the inside. The Giant room Mike and I share, and the downstairs common area for [...]
