Africa Internship Academy
Africa Internship Academy is Africa’s first youth employment accelerator program that trains students and graduates to gain entrepreneurial and employable skills for the job market. The program helps candidates launch their careers by giving them intensive employable skills and also partnering with businesses/institutions to develop or enhance their diversity recruitment and inclusion strategies.
The main mission is to reduce the rate of unemployment on the continent by grooming young talent to be change agents who would transform their society. African Internship Academy values a holistic program model that fosters students’ long-term learning & development. We emphasize on a global understanding for all our interns in order to further cross-cultural communication and professional development.
By recruiting candidates across Africa, with the intent to cultivate a talent pool of people from diverse cultural backgrounds we aim to create a network of organizations and partners to enhance their diversity recruitment and inclusion strategies.
Africa Internship Academy contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for Africa which was set on September 25th 2015, to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, End poverty in all its forms everywhere, ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
Africa’s youth are the future, Africa Internship Academy believes it is essential to invest in them for the good of society and for the benefit of the continent in order to groom Africa’s next generational change agents to affect their society and the continent as a whole. Out of the 13 million youths that enter the labour market each year, only 3 million get jobs. Just about 33% of the youth are in wage employment, while the rest are underemployed or in vulnerable employment. In 12 months, over 400 young people have train
