Deadline: October 12, 2026
Applications are open for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Internship Program 2027. Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 81 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries).
The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten-Year Strategy (2023 – 2032) and ensure greater developmental impact, four Cardinal Points, all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely Unlocking capital at scale, Reforming Africa’s financial architecture, from demographic boom to economic powerhouse, Building climate-resilient infrastructure and value addition. The Internship program is part of a wider Talent Management Framework which facilitates the Bank to deliver on the Ten-Year Strategy.
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.
Strategic Focus Areas
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:
Agriculture
Human Capital
Engineering
Investment
Operations management & programming
Sustainability
Procurement
Delivery & Performance Monitoring
Risk Management
Finance
Capacity Development
Governance, Natural Resource and Knowledge Management
Economics, Statistics and Data Management
Human Resources Management
Information Management Technology
Real Estate Management and Services
Translation and Interpretation
Communication
Legal
Corporate Governance & Advisory Functions or any other field of study that the Bank may deem relevant to its operations
Benefits
- Eligible interns will be provided with a monthly stipend.
Eligibility
- 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.
Application
For more information, visit AfDB Internship.
