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The following post was written by Samuel, an Entrepreneur in Training (EIT) at Meltwater’s non-profit organization, MEST, in Ghana.

Having been an Entrepreneur in Training (EIT) at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) for eighteen months, I feel rightly placed to give a sneak peek into the life of an EIT. Young, smart, ambitious, bright and engaging are some of the adjectives that describe the average EIT. Driven by the BIG vision to create wealth and employment locally – through African software companies that are players in the global markets – each EIT embarks on the exciting, yet challenging journey of building a…

When I joined the workforce years ago, I was at the bottom of the corporate totem pole. I had a manager, my manager had a manager, his manager had a manager, and so on. I was well managed. But I’ve learned who the real manager is in this hierarchy – you. You have to manage your manager.

I come from a background in business consulting, in which managing your manager, or upward management, is not only an important tool, but critical in getting projects completed successfully. It may seem obvious that your manager should know exactly what you are working on. But more often than not, they are…