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Our centres in Nigeria

We'll inform you of your opportunities for migrating to Germany and Europe or within the region - to help you find work or improve your skills. You can also contact us if you've returned to Nigeria. We can support you with looking for a job or starting a business, for example. 

The advice given by our centre is available to everyone. It is free of charge, confidential and without obligation.

Contact

Here you can choose a location for the consultation:

Abuja
Benin City
Lagos
Lagos-Yaba
New Karu

Our services

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Our services

The Nigerian-German Centre for Migration and Development (NGC) welcomes you. You can get information and individual advice on the following topics:

  • Job opportunities and training in Nigeria
  • Business start-up
  • Psychosocial support and help in emergency situations
  • Regular migration to Germany

We also arrange trainings on various topics:

  • Starting a business
  • Digital skills (app development, digital marketing, blockchain and cybersecurity)
  • Crafts (bakery, confectionery, shoemaking)
  • Fashion design
  • Services

Insights into our work

Individual Counselling

We have different target groups – these include unemployed young people, refugees within their own country and returning migrants. The services that we provide are tailored to their individual needs: psychosocial support, social integration, but also help for returning migrants in finding temporary accommodation and with any possible health issues. We offer a range of training courses to help people integrate back into society and the workforce. Here they can get the training they need to start out in a new career or learn new skills, for example in information and communication technologies.

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‘When you train a woman, you train the community’

The Nigerian-German Centre for Migration and Development (NGC) focuses on reaching women with its service offerings. Eseosa Okuku explains how the NGC does this and why it is so important.

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Digital and Social Media Marketing

New web-based training (WBT) on Atingi helps participants to explore how to market a business on social channels. Available in English and free of charge.

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On the way to stardom

Learning from role models and making contacts - this extraordinary opportunity has been offered to young artists through the art master class “Made-In-Nigeria”. Their works will now be exhibited from May 16 to 20 in cooperation with the NGC in Abuja.

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Starting over as a baker

Many young people in Nigeria have the same sobering experience: they finish school, sometimes even have a university degree, and cannot find a job. Some leave the country in search of better opportunities. This is where the training in baking and confectionery that the German-Nigerian Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (NGC) facilitates comes in. It is aimed in particular at young women in search of career prospects. They receive professional training at the "Amena Entrepreneurial Academy" in Benin City. They also receive support to start their own business after graduation. Here, three graduates talk about the training and their plans.

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Successful with a chicken farm

I now live with my family in Nigeria again and raise poultry. You can make it here too. 

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Training & Support

Cynthia was planning to open her own fashion store in Nigeria – then along came the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Cynthia is sewing face coverings, but this public order gives her some financial security even during the crisis.

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Now that I’m a fashion designer, I’m leaving the past

My sister and I set up our own fashion label in my native Nigeria.

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Successful as “Mama Fish”

The knowledge I gained from a training course in fish farming meant I could set up my own company.

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Responsible advice given as equals

The Nigerian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (NGC) advises people who are seeking new opportunities. This sometimes involves them having to confront their own experiences from the past – and here too the NGC team provides counselling.

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Useful Links

  • Job Opportunities in Nigeria:
    If you’re looking for job opportunities in Nigeria, visit the national job portal NELEX.

  • Learn German with Goethe-Institut Nigeria:
    Interested in learning German? Explore the courses offered by the Goethe-Institut.

  • Study in Germany with DAAD:
    Are you thinking of studying in Germany? Discover your possibilities and find valuable information on the website of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

  • All about immigrating to Germany:
    Would you like to live and work in Germany? Make it in Germany provides information about entry and visa procedures, finding jobs, and life in Germany.

Country experiences

Emmanuel received a scholarship to study in Germany

After completing his bachelor's degree, Emmanuel found himself with limited career opportunities. Seeking guidance, he approached the Nigerian-German Center for Migration and Development (NGC). Now, he is furthering his education at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, supported by a scholarship

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Return to Nigeria: a new chance with own trading company

Christopher returned to Nigeria because he had no prospects in Germany. The Nigerian-German Centre helped him set up his shop for spare parts for cars.

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“I’ve achieved something amazing through my fashion business”

The Nigerian-German Centre helped me when I was in a difficult situation. Now I’m self-employed and proud of my own shop.

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Successful as “Mama Fish”

The knowledge I gained from a training course in fish farming meant I could set up my own company.

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Now that I’m a fashion designer, I’m leaving the past

My sister and I set up our own fashion label in my native Nigeria.

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Success in establishing a chicken farm

Now I’m now back living with my family in Nigeria and raising poultry. It is possible to achieve something here.

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