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About African Development Bank

The African Development Bank is not a regular bank. It's like the African version of the World Bank. The African Development Bank provides finances to several African countries that are regional member countries, as well as some private establishments. The clue is in the name itself. The African Development Bank's mission is to trigger continuous economic development as well as social progress in the various regional member nation-states. This institution aims to reduce poverty in Africa.

Your role

The African Development Bank’s internship program aims to deliver on the strategic focus of the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy. These priority areas are commonly referred to as the High 5s, which are as follows:

• Light Up and Power Africa
  • Power systems development (grid-based, utilities); climate change and green growth (climate finance, climate adaptation); policy and regulation (energy statistics); renewable energy (off-grid energy access); energy partnerships (stakeholder engagement, energy markets).
• Feed Africa
  • Agriculture and agro-industry (agribusiness development, agriculture research, production and sustainability); agricultural finance and rural development (agricultural and rural finance, rural infrastructure development).
• Integrate Africa
  • Development research (macroeconomic policy, debt sustainability and forecasting, microeconomic, institutional and development impact); governance and public financial management (program development, policy management); statistics (economic and social statistics, statistical capacity building).
• Industrialize Africa
  • ​​​​​​​Private sector development (strategy and new products, asset portfolio management, special operations); financial sector development (financial institutions, financial inclusion); infrastructure, cities and urban development (transport and logistics, ICT); industrial and trade development.
• Improve the Lives of the People of Africa
  • ​​​​​​​Water, human and social development (education, human capital and employment, sanitation and public health, security and nutrition); gender and civil society (women’s empowerment, community engagement).

Training & development 

The Bank’s Internship program aims to:

• Provide students with the ability to work in an international environment;
• Provide the Bank with a pool of potential candidates in the future; and
• Enhance the visibility of the Bank and its development activities.

Benefits

Here are the benefits given by the African Development Bank to their employees.

• Full relocation assistance
• Tax-free salary
• Installation allowance
• Education assistance
• Retirement benefits
• Medical insurance
• Dependency allowance
• Flexible work schedule
• Paid leave and holidays

Career progression

There's good career progression at the African Development Bank. This is great news for fresh graduates, interns, and even experienced professionals. Fresh graduates and young interns get to work with authorities in various fields on social projects and build a wealth of work experience. They have an Internship program and a Young Professionals Program.

Work-life balance

The AfDB offers a variety of roles suited to your goals, background, and talents, providing opportunities to advance, grow and strike the right balance between work and life that is best for you. 

Company culture

Being a regional development bank, the African Development Bank has an excellent work culture and a rich multicultural setting. The employees are supportive and friendly. Numerous collaborative projects bring co-workers together, especially field activities. It's a great place for fresh graduates to begin their careers. You get to experience unique cultures within your workplace and in the field.

To know more about what it's like to work at the African Development Bank, watch this video:

About you

Requirements:

• Aged thirty (30) years and below by December 31, 2022
• Possess a bachelor’s degree and be enrolled in a master’s degree program or its equivalent in a recognized public or private institution of higher learning;
• Apply for an internship within one year of having obtained the master’s degree;
• Provide proof of enrollment from the university / professional institution/ school;
• Citizen of a member country of the African Development Bank;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, with a working knowledge of the other language;
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Adaptability to multicultural settings;
• Good communication skills;
• Working knowledge of a third language that is relevant to the Bank's operations;
• Experience on projects that have a direct bearing on the mission of the Bank.

The Bank aims to select candidates with professional degrees in the following disciplines:​​

• Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth;
• Agriculture, Human and Social Development;
• Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization;
• Economics, Statistics;
• Governance and Knowledge Management;
• Finance;
• Legal;
• Human Resources and Corporate Services: IT, Language Services, General Service & Procurement, HR Management;
• Audit, Anti-corruption;
• Evaluation;
• Communication & External Relations;
• Public Relations;
• Gender;
• Environmental and social assessment.

How to apply

To apply for this role, simply click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page to submit your application directly to African Development Bank.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• afdb.org