Field attachment report (alie chibwe)

1. 1. 1 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) FACULTY OF BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION FIELD ATTACHMENT REPORT DEAPRTMERNT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AUTHOR: ALIE CHIBWE YEAR OF STUDY:
FIRST(BUSINESS INFO. TECH.) SEMISTER: SECOND WORKPLACE: FATTANI
OFFSET PRINTERS WORK SUPERVISOR: MR. SHAREEF KAWO SUPERVISOR:
MR. OMAR KASSIM SUBMISSION DATE: 10 0CTOBER, 2012
2. 2. 2 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) ACKNWLEDGEMENT First
of all, I would like to thank the Almighty Allah for the charitable time and strength,
aptitude and persistence for magnificently completing my field attachment and this
report. I could have done nothing if it was not for his willpower. I wish to acknowledge
certain individuals and organisations for their Contributions towards the production of
this field attachment report. I would like to thank my Uncle and my Grand Mum in
Mzuzu with sincere gratitude for their absolute support on everything. My sincere thanks
also go to my sponsors (The Islamic Zakat fund) for their comprehensive support on my
education. I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the help provided to
me by Mr Rajab Billy for providing mi with necessary materials and guidance to the
completion of this report. I would also like to thank Miss Zaitun Fulano for the
respectable help she provided mi in fetching some information of this report. Lastly, I
wish to humbly acknowledge with sincere gratitude, my supervisor Mr Shareef kawo and
also Mr Richard for their advice and guidance during my field attachments. It was their
persistent criticism and assistance that brought hope and confidence in me as I was
working, even at the most depressing moments. These two guys ware truly a source of
inspiration. Mr Shareef Kawos support has certainly made working at Fattani Offset
Printers an enhancing and developmental experience.
3. 3. 3 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Table of Contents 1.1
INTRODUCTION
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1.1OBJECTIVES OF INTERNSHIP TRAINING
------------------------------------------------------- 5 1.2SCOPE OF INTERNSHIP
TRAINING ------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 1.4
ORGANISATION
BACKGROUND---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 FATTANI
OFFSET PRINTERS
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PRINTING SERVICES OFFERED AT FATTANI OFFSET PRINTERS
------------------------------------------------ 9 Background of Fattani Offset Printers-Mega
Graphics Department----------------------------------------10 2.0INTRODUCTION
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ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIT
-------------------------------------------------------------14 2.2REPORTING AND
INDUCTION AT THE ORGANISATION -----------------------------14 2.3 THE
DEPARTMENT TO WHICH I WAS ASSIGNINED -----------------------------------15
Tasks that I was
assigned:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
Officers I worked with

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THE ROLE OF THE WORK PLACE SUPERVISOR
------------------------------------------18 2.5 ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR
----------------------------------------------------19 3.0INTRODUCTION
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3.1ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF FATTANI OFFSET PRINTERS
-----------------20 3.2 NEW THINGS LEARNED AT THE WORKPLACE
--------------------------------------------21 3.3 PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
ORGANISATION ------------------------------22 3.4 PROBLEMS NOTECED DURING
THE INTERNSHIP ---------------------------------------22 4.0 CONCLUSION
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ORGANISATION WHERE THE INTERNSHIP WAS CARRIED OUT --------------24
4. 4. 4 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND TO THE INERNSHIP TRAINING 1.1 INTRODUCTION An
internship or field attachment is a full time work experience, closely aligned with the
students specialisation and arranged with an employer who believes it is desirable to aid
and help the university in training and education of the student. It is of a short duration,
typically of three to four months or one semester, the duration varies according to
Universities consideration. The duration at Zanzibar University is six weeks. The
employer agrees to provide the intern with a progressive educational experience, through
direct personal contact hours or through a training program, and to aid the intern in
developing a summary report of his/her experience At Zanzibar University field
attachment is obligatory to all students pursuing undergraduate degree programmes in
partial fulfilment of their degree programme. Zanzibar University introduced the field
attachment training to be part and parcel of each and every undergraduate degree
programme in the year 2010. Unlike past several years since the establishment of the
university in 1997-1998, when the field attachment programme was compulsory only to
students of Faculty of Law and Sharia, the programme is now obligatory to all second
year students of every programme of study including first year students of Business
information Technology (BIT). The purpose of field attachment at Zanzibar University
practically oriented graduates that meet the required job related competences
5. 5. 5 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) of their future employers. On
top of that it also serves as a linkage or bond between the university and the partners who
consume services and/or products of the university. An intern is someone who works in a
temporary position with an emphasis on the job training rather than employment
(Witwatersrand University, 2009). Interns are usually College students or University
Students but they can also be High School students or postgraduate adults seeking skills
for a new career. They may also be young middle school students in some areas.
1.1OBJECTIVES OF INTERNSHIP TRAINING Internships provide an opportunity for
students to link theory with practice and further serve as a bonus work force to those
organisations that have committed to participate in the internship program. The
department fulfils its mission of training the students for significant professional and
managerial positions in the real working environment at the same time benefiting from
the work done the students. Among the objectives of internship training, same are as
follows To enables a student to compare theoretical ideas learned in the classroom to
that of the real world experience regarding their specialisation. To provides a student

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with experience in an actual work environment before entering the job market. Such
experience not only increases Students job prospects, but also teaches what is expected
in terms of professional behaviour. To permits a student to apply the principals and
technical skills learned in the classroom to real-life problem solving situation.
6. 6 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) To provide students with the
opportunity to test their interest in a particular career before permanent commitments
are made. For example myself, I had a chance to work at Mega graphics1 where all the
work is about maintenance. 1. To enhance and strengthen linkage between the University
and various Organisations and Companies. 2. To help students get prepared to enter into
full -time employment in their area of specialization upon graduation. 3. To ensure
students develop employment records/references that will enhance employment
opportunities. 1.2SCOPE OF INTERNSHIP TRAINING The internship program
provides chances to students to put what they have learnt in class into practice. On top of
that students also grasp skills and principles which they couldnt gain just by attending
classes, to my side I cultured so much that I havent done while I was at school. I am
now able to operate on Macintosh computers professionally. Because of internship
training, am now able to fix iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh computers in terms of
both hardware and software. With internship training, I have learnt how important it is to
be punctual at work so as not to miss any penny from salary. 1 An IT department at
Fattani Offset Printers which looks at all problems with IT equipment in the company.
7. 7 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) 1.4 ORGANISATION
BACKGROUND FATTANI OFFSET PRINTERS Fattani Offset Printers is one of the
giant printing agencies with more than 27 years of service in Malawi. The company has a
capacity of 250 workers with Mr Imran Razaak, Mr Ahmad Razaak, and Mr Irfan Fattan
as directors. The company is merely Malawian and has several departments as follows
Administration Accounts and finance Sales and marketing IT department (Mega
Graphics) Production and stores
8. 8 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Figure Fattani Offset Printers is
situated at Ginnery Corner along Salumin Omar road in Fattani House opposite The
Nations Newspaper 2 headquarters. The company serves a large market in the country
ranging from printing of books, receipts, Purchase orders, Cash sales etc. The company
also produces Textbooks of various sizes and pages with all sizes and pages with all types
of binding like saddles stitch or perfect. It also accommodates orders for all types of
labels with various shapes (e.g. dye cut) on high quality self-adhesive paper; business
cards, magazines as well as news latters, annual reports, flyers, packaging materials,
posters, A1+ on paper or flexor. The company also does calendars and diaries which are
designed and printed per client request. Clients have mandate to choose any type of
material or paper to be used on their products. Printing of golf shirts, T -shirts, cups and
mugs are being done while the customer is waiting. Some of 2 One of the largest
Newspaper Publishing Companies in Malawi.
9. 9 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) the companies regular
customers are population services international (PSI), UNICEF, Ministry of education,
Ministry of health, and Malawi Electoral commission. The company is registered with the
office of director of procurement (ODPP) as per government, it is required to be
recognisable of goods and services. PRINTING SERVICES OFFERED AT FATTANI

OFFSET PRINTERS Graphic designing Promotional Items Annual reports

Brochures and leaflets Packaging materials Packaging materials Printed
Stationary Posters Calendars Magazines Exercise books Brochures and
leaflets High volume printing Printed Stationary Repro and designing News
Papers
10. 10. 10 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Corporate Identity
Background of Fattani Offset Printers-Mega Graphics Department Mega Graphics and
Fattani Offset printers merged in 2000, Mega Graphics is the only authorized Apple
resellers in Malawi it is situated at ginnery corner along Salumin Amour road in Fattani
House. Mega Graphics was established in 1997 and by 2002 it was accepted by Apple
Macintosh Inc., as the first and only authorized Apple reseller in Malawi. Currently Mega
Graphics has five skilled workforces, where three work as sales representatives and the
other two work as workshop technicians. Mega Graphics is a Malawian based Apple
Company, its a private organization and it is planning to expand its operations to
different cities of Malawi namely: Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Zomba 3. Their goal in opening
branches in major cities is to increase the size of its market and to target those customers
that need Apple materials for their operations mostly the publishing companies, mainly
those with no access to such materials. They also want to create a massive
communication pattern to the general public to communicate the importance of using
Apple computer so that they can maintain and lead as sole supplier of apple computers to
most organizations. It supplies apple products to more than 20 companies including
corporates within Malawi. 3 Three other cities in Malawi apart from Blantyre(Mzuzu,
Lilongwe and Zomba)
11. 11. 11 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Mega Graphics offers the
following Products iPods iPhones Laptops iPad & Desktop iPod Nano iPod shuffle iPod
classic iPod touch iPhone 2G iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 Mac Books Mac Book Air
Mac Book Pro iMac iPad iPad 2 Contact Details:- Tel /Fax Tel: +265(0) 1-876 288/ 1-872
259/ 1-873 827/ 1-876 997/ 1-873 249 Fax: (265)(0) 1-873 901/ 1-877 284 E-mail:
info@fattani.com Address: Fattani Offset Printers P.O. Box 356 Blantyre Malawi.
12. 12. 12 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Fattani Offset Printers/Mega
Graphics annual report (2004), general members meeting; its a report that reviewed the
major objectives, goals and strategies of Fattani and Mega Graphics.
13. 13. 13 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER TWO
MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERNSHIP TRAINING 2.0INTRODUCTION
Management of internship programme starts from the university itself where a number of
lecturers are chosen to move wherever place the students are for supervision. The
university supervisors communicate with the workplace supervisor to check on how the
student is performing on his/her work and the behaviour at the workplace. Zanzibar
university Internship management is far more complex and difficult to manage since
there are a large number of students from outside Tanzania; this becomes a problem in the
sense that the university needs more Money to finance the internship supervision. Besides
all these problems Zanzibar University is able to make sure that all students from
different countries are reached and supervised in time. My sincere gratitude to Zanzibar
University for the work well done inspite that supervising some students in other
countries like Botswana and Comoros becomes very costly since the number of students

in those countries is very few. In addition to that I say Big up to Zanzibar University for
the good management of internship management training. I was amazed when my
University supervisor (Mr Omar Kassim) showed up in Malawi at my workplace; it was
my pleasure and it gave me that inside motivation of my internship training. On top of
that it also showed me love and affection that Zanzibar University has on its students
regardless of who they are and where they come from.
14. 14. 14 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) 2.1 ROLE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BIT Business Information Technology (BIT) has a great role to play
at Fattani Offset Printers, The Company especially Mega Graphics department deals with
both Technology (in terms of maintenance and networking) and a lot of business
transactions. This gives countless chance to BIT as course. During my time at Fattani
Offset printers-Mega Graphics4, I had been able to do my maintenance work as well as
following up what was being done at marketing department due the knowledge of
marketing I attained during my first year of study in BIT. This noticeably shows
boundless roles that BIT can play in Different organisations and departments.
2.2REPORTING AND INDUCTION AT THE ORGANISATION Induction is defined by
the Oxford Dictionary of Human Resource Management as the formal process of
familiarizing a newcomer to an organisation. Typically, it involves An introduction to
the organisation by a senior manager; A guided tour of the workplace; Introductions
to co-workers and managers; An explanation of health and safety procedures; The
completion of employment documentation, for payroll, pension, etc.; A discussion with
a personnel specialist (or the line manager) about employment policies and procedures
(appraisal, grievance, equal opportunities, etc.); and A discussion with the line manager
about expectations and requirements of the job and the immediate training needs. 4 An IT
department at Fattani Offset Printers in which I used to work.
15. 15. 15 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Induction program at Fattani
Offset Printers is not taken much into consideration. Throughout my period at the
company, I never had an opportunity to be introduced to the rest of the employees in the
company. However, besides being an Intern in the company I have seen some new
employees being recruited into the company. None of all the employees was taken
through the induction process. Fattani Offset Printers has a formal Organisation whereby
each and every employee has to report according to the organisations line of authority.
For example when I wanted some accessories or equipment needed for maintenance
work, I had to report to my supervisor first and then my supervisor would report to the
big boss to open the store room to bring out the stuff. 2.3 THE DEPARTMENT TO
WHICH I WAS ASSIGNINED During the time I worked at Fattani Offset Printers I was
attached as a remote technician where I had to work hand in hand with the Chief
Technician, Mr Shareef Kawo. Mega Graphics is a Department at Fattani Offset Printers
which deals with the distribution of Apple products which include iPhones, iPods and
others as I have explained earlier in this report. In the process of distributing these
products Mega Graphics also offers support to its customers in terms of assembling,
fixing, and providing any other support needed by the customers on the products they buy
from Mega Graphics shops and wherever as far as it is an Apple product. Likewise Mega
Graphics is responsible for whichever problem with the companys computers or any
other IT issues. Mega Graphics is headed by Mr Imran Razaak Fattani who looks over all

the employees in a more centralised manner. Besides Mr Shareef Kawo who comes just
below him as a Chief Technician, he doesnt
16. 16. 16 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) have any control any
equipment in the store room where all the accessories are retained. Tasks that I was
assigned:- The very first assignment I was given the time I joined Mega Graphics was to
configure the FingureTech Machine which had broken down in terms of software and its
connectivity with the Computer. The machine broke down the time the company was
shifting from the old building to the new building. Lucky enough Alhamdulillah, I had
figured out the problems and the machine got back to its normal state. Gathering
information from the customers to facilitate troubleshooting Tasks. This task was
performed in the following ways:- Answering a questionnaire. This was through face to
face conversation with the customers, so as to get complete details of what Happened to
the machine for easy problem identification. Opening job cards, these are the repair form
which a customer has to fill before his or her job is worked on. This makes sure that a
customer abides to all the conditions for payment and other rules of the company.
Remotely assisting customers through internet and telephone Assist in general IT
support and troubleshooting, if any user around the premises is having problems with
his/her computer for example if the computer is not picking up the wireless signal I
would go and assist and also issues concerning installing programs had to assist in the
sense that there is a policy at the Figure
17. 17. 17 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) organization that only IT
personnel can only authorize installation of programs. Most of the time I was kept busy
doing several software installations that included Installing a mac version Microsoft
Office package on different Mac machines.(Microsoft Office 2011) Installing a Mac
version Adobe package, this was common because most mac computers are used for
graphics and Web designing. Installing toast; Disk writing application. Installing Mac
Operating System. Installing Upgrades commonly Operating System Upgrades.
Installing other utility program i.e. vlc, Firefox, Skype, etc. Assembling iMac
computers Replacing any damaged components that include Hard Disk Drives,
RAM, LCD, Super Drives, etc. I grasped a lot from this work since I had a chance to
observe clearly the layout of Macintosh computers in terms of its motherboards which are
not of much different from that of windows computers. Macintosh motherboards also
have expansion slots for RAM and Sata connector to the Hard Drive. Officers I worked
with Most of the tasks mentioned above ware almost new to me and I couldnt just do
them on my own. Hence I had to look for help from those whom I was learning from.
18. 18. 18 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Actually I used to work with
two people, The Chief Technician and his Assistant 1) The Chief Technician, Mr Shareef
Kawo He is responsible in looking after all Maintenance problems regarding both
software and hardware and that they are fixed and reported to the big boss in time.
Providing an order of the necessary accessories needed for work to the big boss. Chief
technician, Mr Shareef kawo looks at the overall of all technical issues in the department.
2) The Assistant to the Chief Technician, Mr Richard Chiluwe Mr Richard Chiluwe does
all hardware maintenance problems and the rest of the software part is left for Mr Shareef
Kawo. My relationship with these two Officers was so outstanding that they not only
took me as an intern wanting to learn from them but as their own brother that they used to

consider me in their private business. The people I used to work with had been one of the
reasons why I loved working at Mega Graphics. These people could let me ask any
question at any time and I was assisted immediately. 2.4 THE ROLE OF THE WORK
PLACE SUPERVISOR Internship training normally consists of two supervisors, the
University supervisor and the workplace supervisor. These two work together in the
management of internship program of the student. The workplace supervisor is
responsible for assignment of necessary work to the intern (student).
19. 19. 19 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Providing a safe and
supportive workplace for the student and integrating learning tasks into work activities to
help the student develop him/herself in the most effective way Managing risk and safety
while training, to make sure the student is working in a safe environment Being a role
model and giving the right impression of appropriate work attitude to the student. The
workplace supervisor is also responsible for observing the overall performance of the
student in terms of behaviour and work performance. 2.5 ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY
SUPERVISOR The university supervisor looks after the overall performance of the
student by checking on him through his/her workplace supervisor at the training place.
The university supervisor is also responsible in preparing the course work marks of the
students after completion of their reports.
20. 20. 20 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER THREE
3.0INTRODUCTION Fattani Offset Printers is one formal organisation whose reporting
and induction is done formally. It has an organisation which has clear line of authority.
3.1ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE OF FATTANI OFFSET PRINTERS BOD
FATTANI OFFSET PRINTERS DIRECTORS MEGA GRAPHICS ACCOUNT &
FINANCE SALES & MARKETING ADMINISTRATION PRODUCTION Sales man
R&D Chief accountant Accountants Security HR Printing Desktop APPLE SHOP WORK
SHOP Sales Repres. Technicians
21. 21. 21 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) 3.2 NEW THINGS
LEARNED AT THE WORKPLACE I have been exposed to different routines,
procedures and practices that are involved in gathering required information from
customers to facilitate troubleshooting processes, proper way of answering incoming call,
as well as how to gracefully welcome them and how to gracefully end calls. I conducted
these functions through e-mails, questionnaires and phone calls. Working with
professionals in ICT filed was the best experience I had; I understood that it requires one
to be competent enough to be an expert in IT. The experience of working in a real world,
were work does not only involve fixing the clients machines but also to interact with
them emotionally. The experience of working against time, most customers preferred
their equipment to be fixed within a limited amount of time this posed as a challenge at
the same time its an experience I have gained during my stay at Mega Graphics. Working
with Apple Macintosh platform, this platform is not common to many universities and
other high learning institutions; Working with this platform I have gained the following
experiences:- How to install Mac version Microsoft Office packages on different Mac
computers How to install a Mac version Adobe Packages How to install an operating
system i.e. Mac OS X 10.4, Leopard, Lion, and mountain Lion. How to assemble Mac
computers i.e. Mac Book laptops and Desktops. How to fix iPhones, iPods, and iPads
in terms of both hardware and software.

22. 22. 22 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Working with Mega

Graphics, I have gained a lot of skills t hat I couldnt have gained through my degree
level education at Zanzibar University as we used to deal with Macintosh products. Not
only have I gained a number of skills but also new good friends whom I can be with,
never say a word and walk away as it was the best conversation I have never had before.
The people I used to work with would encourage me to work very hard on my work and
teach me how to things in a professional way. 3.3 PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE ORGANISATION During my period of work at Fattani Offset Printers I had also
offered several personal contributions to the organisation. The time I was working on the
FingerTec Machine, This machine used to connect to a computer with windows xp
operating system. I had to provide several windows software such as Adobe reader and
Windows xp Drivers for the machine to get connected to the computer. In addition to that
I also used to toil on some work which was just idol on my own time. (Out of work time
e.g. Lunch time). During the whole time of my internship at the company I was using my
own computer to do most of the work I was given. I could make research and download
Programs for use in the companys work. 3.4 PROBLEMS NOTECED DURING THE
INTERNSHIP Most key workers are underpaid; this increases the risk of losing
experienced workers. This is the risk that Mega Graphics is facing as of now.
23. 23. 23 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) Lack of punctuality among
other workers, during my stay at Fattani Offset Printers I often used to start work let than
usual time b ecause the one who had the authority of keeping office keys was coming let
almost all the time. Lack of honest workers that reduces the company revenue, most
workers performs duties for their own benefits. For example a technician could fix a
clients computer without opening a job card. Lack of motivation to the workers, Mega
graphics is an Apple products distributer yet the workers use different kinds of phone
instead of iPhones. It happened that one time the sales personnel was asked by the
customer to say Why are you using Blackberry phone yet you are selling iPhones This
showed some kind of doubts in the customers mind, and could bring down the business.
Lack of team orientation and aggressiveness in performing routine tasks, this eventually
reduces the workforce ability to effectiveness and efficiency. They overprice their
products and this is giving them a disadvantageous position as competition is growing in
their industry. Most employees are not outcome oriented and they do not pay much
attention to work place details.
24. 24. 24 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER FOUR 4.0
CONCLUSION To conclude with, I first appreciate Zanzibar University for the
introduction of internship programme. The program is a very great portion of every
Bachelors degree at the University since to get employment nowadays is an identical
problem everywhere in the world . This is due to lack of experience in most of the
graduates as they say it. Therefore the program is indeed helping students to get some
experience which the can actually show on their CV before getting real employment. I
have personally noticed two students 5 (Graduates) of Zanzibar University getting
employed at Fattani Offset Printers due to their outrageous performance the time they
were doing Field attachments. 4.2 ORGANISATION WHERE THE INTERNSHIP WAS
CARRIED OUT My field attachments were conducted at Fattani Offset printers in the
city of Blantyre, Malawi. The company is situated at Ginnery corner along Salumin Omar
Road opposite The Nation News Paper Company Headquarters building. Another

appreciative fact about the field attachment at Zanzibar University is the way it is
managed. Zanzibar University could be number one university staggering to manage the
internship training program since it has a large number of foreign students like
Malawians, Zambians, Rwandese, Burundians, Kenyans, and others. This could be a huge
burden to the University administration, but Alhamdulillah the 5 Aisha Ibrahim & Nelson
Ndeketa both did marketing here at Zanzibar University. Nelson Ndeketa graduated in
2004 & Aisha Ibrahim in 2011.
25. 25. 25 | P a g ALIE CHIBWE (ZANZIBAR UNIVERSITY) University tries as much as
possible to reach in all these countries to supervising their students. From what I have
observed during my time of field attachments, I say field attachment program for
Zanzibar University was a great idea and I pray to the Almighty Allah that the program
should keep on functioning well as well as good management. May Allah produce good
outcomes prom the program. Application and communication for the field attachment
should be improved because sometimes to get a job especially in Malawi it is not straight
forward. If the BBA department got hold of a few institutio ns in Malawi, it would lessen
up the hustles involved in getting a job. For example on my side I had problems getting a
job on a number of occasions they told me a student is already doing his field attachment
and the capacity is full. If the BBA department could get hold of a few organisations and
communicate with them that this year you are likely to have students from Zanzibar
University and you state the number of students coming is this amount it would really
make things easier.