Summer internships in Africa for MIT students
Summer 2009
Over the course of the past academic year, the Legatum Center has enjoyed the privilege of meeting with many inspiring and successful entrepreneurs from around the world. In a recent trip to Africa, a number of these entrepreneurs expressed interest in hosting MIT students as interns for all or part of the summer. Below, please find a listing of these opportunities. If you are interested in the internship or have any questions, please contact the company directly.
Internships with the organizations listed on this page vary in terms, duration, and location. The Legatum Center is providing the service of listing these opportunities. Those accepted for internships are not considered to be a part of or affiliated with the Legatum Center and are therefore not eligible for support, financial or other, from the Center. The Legatum Center is not responsible for interns before, during or after they complete the internship.
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AAA Growers
http://www.aaagrowers.co.ke/
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with travel to rural areas)
Industry: Vegetable growing, processing, packing and export
Assistance provided: Some subsidized housing and transportation
Internship: Intern needed to help organization meet European supermarket requirements.
For more information, please contact David Wright.
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Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Industry: Health Care
Assistance provided: Some assistance according to need
Internship: Two interns needed for approximately three to four weeks each to work on the development of an electronic document management system, and to help in the preparation of staff manuals.
For more information, please contact Francois van der Merwe.
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Cellulant Group
http://www.cellulant.com/
Location: Loresho, Kenya
Industry: Mobile Services
Assistance provided: Subsidized housing and transportation
Internship: Student needed to assist in the creation of a roadmap for mobile commerce and content services.
For more information, please contact Faizal Mirza.
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Cellulant Group
http://www.cellulant.com/
Location: Loresho, Kenya
Industry: Mobile Services
Assistance provided: Subsidized housing and transportation
Internship: Computer/software engineering student needed for a three month period. Intern will research High Availability (HA) best practices and conventions, and work with Cellulant systems engineers to refine Cellulant’s current infrastructure to meet these HA standards.
For more information, please contact Faizal Mirza.
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Enterprise Urwibutso
http://www.sina.co.rw/
Location: Rwanda (rural, 45 km outside of Kigali)
Industry: Food products: natural fruits and vegetables
Assistance provided: Yes
Internship: One student needed for approximately three months to develop a marketing plan for two new food products.
For more information, please contact Gerard Sina.
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Enterprise Urwibutso
http://www.sina.co.rw/
Location: Rwanda (rural, 45 km outside of Kigali)
Industry: Food products: natural fruits and vegetables
Assistance provided: Yes
Internship: One student needed for approximately three months to research the feasibility of setting up a fruit seeds oil production facility.
For more information, please contact Gerard Sina.
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INIT Communications Ltd.
http://www.initcommunications.com/
http://www.3mice.com/
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Industry: Digital Marketing
Assistance provided: No monetary assistance
Internship: One to two graduate students needed to work on the development of, and marketing strategy for an online donation portal targeted at international donors. Intern will design portal and seek out potential donors and media partners.
For more information, please contact Nimish Hadole.
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Superflux
http://www.speedyprintsnigeria.com/
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Printing
Assistance provided: subsidized housing and transportation
Internship: One to two interns needed to review current operational processes and procedures and make recommendations for improvement.
For more information, please contact Tutu Sanni.
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Virtual City Ltd.
http://www.virtualcity.co.ke/
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Industry: ICT Mobility Solutions
Assistance provided: Some assistance provided
Internship: Marketing and Communications Strategy. Intern needed to help company redesign organizational operations to global standards
For more information, please contact John Waibochi.
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