Agriculture Intern gaining professional and practical experience in agriculture-related work, requiring current enrolment in a master’s degree programme, nationality of an AfDB member country and fluency in English or French, in a development finance environment, hybrid role.
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 Bank.
Timeline
for Session 1 of the 2027 Internship Program:
Session 1
of the 2027 Internship Program will commence in January 2027.
Terms and Conditions:
Internships
shall be granted to each candidate for a period not less than three (3) months
and not more than six (6) months. The internship is authorized only once for
any candidate.
Selected
interns will perform their internship either remotely or on-site depending on
the needs of their respective hiring units. Remote interns are expected to have
access to a personal computer, reliable internet connection and a conducive
living environment that facilitates smooth and uninterrupted remote working.
On-site
interns shall be responsible for their air travel (in case of) to and from the
Bank’s location as well as their upkeep.
The Bank
will use reasonable efforts to assist the concerned interns in obtaining their
entry and residence visas.
Eligible
Interns will benefit from a medical insurance coverage paid by the Bank during
the period of their internship.
Eligible
interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.
Eligibility Criteria:
To be
eligible for internship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Must have
attained the age of majority in their country of nationality or origin and be
not more than Thirty (30) years old at the time of commencement of the
internship program.
Be
currently enrolled in a master’s level degree program in a recognized public or
private educational institution of higher learning.
The
candidate can apply for an internship within one (1) year of having obtained
such a degree.
Be
nationals of the member Countries of the African Development Bank.
Provide a
letter from their school confirming their enrollment or a copy of the
above-mentioned Degree. Applicants must be fluent in at least one of the
Banks’s two working languages (English or French).
Be able
to use the Bank’s standard software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access);
knowledge of SAP is desirable.
