African Development Bank (AfDB) 2020 Internship for African Students

Published: 06 Dec 2019 1,687 views

The African Development Bank Group is offering internship opportunity to young Africans currently undertaking their masters’ programme. African Development Bank offers internship programme to students from its member African countries currently undertaking their masters’ programme at a recognized public or private institution.

The broad objectives of the program are to:

1. Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
2. Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates for future recruitment purposes.

However applicants should not expect the internship to lead to immediate employment with the AfDB.

The specific disciplines and specialist professional areas are aligned to the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy (TYS) and the gender strategy.  In addition to the fields that are in the job families of the Bank, focus will be on the following areas:

1. Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth
2. Agriculture, Human & Social Development
3. Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization
4. Economics, Statistics
5. Governance and Knowledge Management
6. Finance
7. Legal
8. Human Resources and Corporate Services: IT, Language Services, General Services & Procurement, HR Management
9. Audit, Anti-Corruption
10. Evaluation
11. Communication & External Relations
12. Public Relations
13. Gender

AFDB Internship

Application Deadline	December 8, 2019
Funding Type	Fully Funded
Country to study	Cote d'Ivoire
Type	Internship
Sponsor	African Development Bank Group
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of AFDB Internship

1. Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.
2. Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable) to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
3. Interns shall be responsible for their medical insurance coverage and for obtaining entry and residence visas in the host country of the Bank.

Requirements for AFDB Internship

To be eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Students, aged between eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years, and currently enrolled in a Master’s level degree program or its equivalent in a recognized public or private institution of higher learning.
2. The candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained such a degree.
3. Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the above mentioned Degree.
4. Citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.
5. Applicants must be fluent in at least one of the Banks’s two working languages (English or French).

Selection Criteria: 

1. In addition to above, preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience.
2. Participants in the Program are selected on a competitive basis, based on business needs of the Bank.

Application Deadline

December 8, 2019

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to African Development Bank Group on ldn.tbe.taleo.net to apply