Internships

The 2013 African Development Bank Internship Program

by lanredahunsi September 24, 2012

Objectives

The broad objectives of the program are to:

Provide students with an opportunity to acquire professional and practical experience at the African Development Bank.
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 fields of study from which interns shall be selected must be within the job families of the Bank, particularly Economics, Agriculture, Private Sector Development, Human Capital Development (education and health), Environment, Finance, Infrastructure Development, Human Resources Management, Information Technology, Communications, Law, Internal Audit, Budget, Governance or any other field of study that the Bank may deem relevant to its operations.
Special consideration shall be given to students who are working on projects that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.
Internships shall be performed either at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, at the Temporary Relocation Agency in Tunis (Tunisia) or in any one of the Bank’s field offices.
The program is annually run for two sessions as follows:
- Winter – Session I: January through March.
- Summer – Session II: June through August.
Interns shall be responsible for their air travel (where applicable) to and from the Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
Interns shall be responsible for their medical and accident insurance coverage, and for obtaining entry and residence visas in the host country of the Bank.
The internship will be authorized only once for any candidate.
Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend, depending on the budget availability.

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

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

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.
The candidate can apply for an internship within one year of having obtained such a degree.
Provide a letter from their school confirming their enrollment.
Citizens of one of the Bank’s member countries.
Applicants must be fluent in; at least, one of the Banks’s working languages (English or French).

Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online complete application and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV).