Starcomms Partners Columbia Business School

Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s leading triple play operator has partnered with the Columbia Business School, New York City, USA, one of the Ivy League institutions in the world to organize a public forum where Nigerians were able to get first hand information about the institution from its representative and helped Nigerian Students to register for its upcoming session. 
The event which took place in Lagos on 26 October had in attendance Linda Meehan, deputy dean of the Business School, and alumni of the school working in Nigeria.
It rallied Nigeria professionals from all walks of life as well as students who may choose Columbia Business School for their business training. Meehan came to Nigeria to showcase an array of capacity building programs that stand it out in the world.
She expressed the appreciation of CBS to Starcomms Plc, the company that sponsored the event for the second time, for its usual support, saying that the company has helped the school and prospective Nigerian students in a unique way.
The initiative is another of Starcomms’ endeavor in giving back to the community in which it operates. Just like the supporting CBS initiative, the company has been supporting the public relations office of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters with one year free Internet access. This is in addition to the provision of a complete set of computer as an initial donation to the Force.
Apart from the donation of computer and internet facilities, Starcomms last year and this current year, Starcomms also contributed to the Nigeria Police, FCT Command with 1,000 brand new highly subsidized Virtual Private Network (VFN) in 2007. In addition, the company donated an EVDO mobile internet connectivity, raincoats, reflective jackets and torch lights to further assist the police in the discharge of its functions.
The Starcomms support to the Columbia Business School is expected to go a long way in helping aspiring Nigerians who may want to choose CBS for their business training to take the necessary decision. The Columbia Business School’s famous 36,000 strong alumni network is spread all over every industry and power structure in the world. A number of these alumni are in Starcomms.