Meet the Female Corp Member Making a Difference to Change the Labour Market in Nigeria

Female nysc member takes steps to reduce unemployment and promote entrepreneurship in Nigeria.

A female corps member,  Bamido Idowu  is trying to solve the problem of unemployment in Nigeria and promote small and medium scale enterprises by creating a website www.bamwase.com

Bamwase serves as a market place for jobseekers, businesses, employers and customers

On bamwase.com Job seekers create profile that would be seen by prospective employers and recruiters and businesses create business profile that would be seen by intending customers and other businesses

While speaking with Bamido Idowu the CEO of Bamwase she said the idea was birthed when she heard entrepreneurs complained about lack of employees and customers for their businesses and also noting how jobseekers in her circle struggle so hard to get jobs.

Also, on Bamwase not only are jobs posted daily free of charge by intending employers   from all over Nigeria for job seekers to apply to, there is also the added advantage of getting a part time job or doing freelance jobs.

Some of such freelance jobs found on the site are running errands and doing task for a fixed fee determined by the job seeker subsequent to being fully employed.

Business owners can promote their products and services by creating a business profile that can be seen by intending customers and other businesses, contracts and tenders are posted daily by individuals, companies and government agencies for businesses to submit quotations. Bamwase also helps businesses in advertising their goods and services via social media, ad banner, bulk sms ,blog post, email marketing.

“We hope that soon Bamwase would expand outside the shores of Africa and be a known as the one stop shop for Africa’s labor market, where you can get any individual or business to do any kind of job in Africa” says Bamido Idowu.