The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ( CIMA ) has invited entries from undergraduates in universities, polytechnics and monotechnics across the country to participate in this year’s CIMA global business challenge (GBC).

The GBC is an international business competition hosted in conjunction with Barclays across 26 countries. This is the first time that nigeria will be competing in this prestigious competition which affords undergraduates the opportunity to test their skills and showcase their talents.

National winning teams will travel to Warsaw, Poland, in august to compete in the global final for the title of GBC global winners.

CIMA offers an international qualification in management accountancy and currently, world’s leading and largest professional body of management accountants with over 227000 members and students in 179 countries.

Full-time undergraduate students with a passion for business and finance are invited to register for the Nigeria GBC challenge by 17 April. Teams of four register online atwww.cimaglobal.com.

Teams of four compete by analysing a case study based on CIMA’s test of professional competence and submitting a 3000 word report by 28 April. Once reports are submitted and assessed, four teams are selected and the short-listed will be announced. These teams are invited to participate in the Nigeria final in Lagos on 30 May 2015.

Commenting on the 2015 GBC, country manager (CIMA) Ijeoma Anadozie said: “The global business challenge is an internationally acclaimed platform which helps students exhibit the knowledge, skills and competency needed to make them future business leaders, while giving them a unique opportunity to test their analytical skills revolving around business and financial management. We have experienced a positive response from our initial discussions with universities and are expecting to receive sizeable number of registrations for the competition. The teams then need to ensure their reports are submitted on time for assessment and marking so as to be part of the competing team for the national final,which is to be announced.Last year’s GBC global finals was held in mumbai that however showcased talents from 24 teams.”

The CIMA global business challenge emphasises on CIMA’s vision to develop and nurture young talents around the world. It helps under-graduates foster better inter-personal and communications skills, by working together as a four-member team to present a business case study.
Previous years of the competition have featured more than 16,000 participants from over 550 universities across 26 countries that include the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, Singapore, India and Ghana. The CIMA global business challenge has grown consistently on yearly basis, i.e from eight ( participating regions or countries in 2009 to twenty-six (26) in 2015.

Each team consists of four members, and they must be full-time/part-time undergraduate students studying their first degree from a reputable university, polytechnic or monotechnic. There is no upper limit on the number of teams, which can participate from any one university/institution. For details of registration, rules and how to register please refer the following link: www.cimaglobal.com/gbc

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