Working time: Full-time

LocationCairo, Egypt

Introduction

Afreximbank Group comprises of the African Export -Import Bank (Afreximbank) , the Fund for Export Development of Africa (FEDA), a private equity subsidiary, , the Pan African Payments and Settlements System (PAPSS) and Afrexinsure, a captive insurance subsidiary.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a Multilateral Financial Institution established to finance and promote intra and extra -African trade. The shareholders comprise African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-African private and institutional investors.

The Bank was established under the twin constitutive instruments of an Agreement signed by member states and multilateral organizations, which confers the status of an international organisation on the Bank, as well as a charter governing its corporate structure and operations and signed by all shareholders.

The Bank is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt and currently operates branches in Harare, Zimbabwe (opened in November 1996); in Abuja, Nigeria (opened in January 2003); in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (opened in 2015); Kampala, Uganda (opened in 2019), Yaoundé Cameroon (opened in 2021) and Bridgetown, Barbados (opened in 2023).

The private equity subsidiary FEDA is registered and based in Kigali, Rwanda, and Afrexinsure is registered in Mauritius and based in Cairo, Egypt. PAPSS is based in Cairo, Egypt.

More details can be found on our websites www.afreximbank.com

Background to Internship Placement

Afreximbank Group recognises that as part of its mandate to promote and finance trade in Africa, it needs to facilitate a broader understanding of the problems of African trade and trade finance as well as the principles of trade finance, especially structured trade finance, which is its operating model. By offering good students a chance for an internship with the Group, it is expected that students will leave with a better knowledge of the Afreximbank Group mandate and operating model, which they will put to use as they develop their careers.. In return, it is  expected that the interns will contribute fresh and diverse ideas to the operations of the Afreximbank Group.

The Internship is open to students who are nationals of the Bank’s member countries, a list of which is available on the Bank’s website; students of African descent in the diaspora and non-African students whose vision for the transformation of Africa resonates with the mission of the Afreximbank Group. The programme attracts highly qualified candidates—entry into the programme based on merit.

Eligibility criteria

The programme is open to students who are:

  1. Students with proof of enrollment in full-time undergraduate or postgraduate study programmes in a recognised institution of learning in the year of the internship are preferred. The Bank will be especially interested in candidates whose field of study is in : economics, business administration, finance, accounting, social sciences, statistics, law, sciences, engineering or related fields;
  2. Nationals of the Afreximbank Group member states, students of African descent in the diaspora and non-African students whose vision for the transformation of Africa resonates with the mission of Afreximbank.
  3. Fluency in English or French and a working knowledge of the other. Knowledge of Arabic or Portuguese will be an added advantage, and
  4. Candidates must be aged between 20 and 32 in the year in which they apply for the internship;
  5. Any other applicants as may be approved by the President;
  6. Children of Afreximbank staff are not eligible to participate in this programme.