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Mr Tan Rui Feng (right) with sellers at a local retailer he visited during his internship stint in Uganda. The Singapore Management University student spent 10 weeks from May last year at a consumer goods firm there.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TAN RUI FENG
Gracia Lee
While many of his peers remained in Singapore for their internships, Mr Tan Rui Feng, 24, packed his bags and left for Uganda.
The third-year business and social science student from Singapore Management University (SMU) had spotted a sales and marketing internship opening there on his school's career portal, and decided to give it a shot. He spent 10 weeks from May last year at a consumer goods firm, where he learnt its manufacturing processes and how to tackle issues faced by its retailers and sales partners.
