Internships for applicants from Africa

Internships open to African applicants, including programmes open worldwide. Each one is checked against the official page.

8 open now, 1 fully funded. Updated 13 November 2026.

This list shows internships whose rules include applicants from Africa, plus those open to every nationality. Some are limited to particular countries within the region; the “Who can apply” column and each listing’s eligibility section say exactly which.

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Internship · Fully fundedDW Traineeship 2028-2029 (International Bilingual Journalism Traineeship)Deutsche Welle (DW)

2196-2473 Euros per month (paid traineeship)Open worldwide17 Nov

InternshipIntern, Sahel and West Africa ProjectsInternational Crisis Group

Not statedOpen worldwide16 Nov

Internship · Partly fundedMPIIB-ISI International Summer Internship 2027Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

€1,400 stipend plus travel compensation and accommodationOpen worldwide27 Nov

InternshipSummer@EPFL Summer Internship 2027EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences

Not statedOpen worldwide29 Nov

InternshipNMA Undergraduate Internship - Jan 2027Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)

Not statedAfrica1 Dec

InternshipUTRIP Summer Internship 2027 (UTokyo School of Science)School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Not statedOpen worldwide25 Dec

Internship · Partly fundedTsinghua Amgen Scholars Program 2027Tsinghua University (Amgen Scholars Program)

Benefits include a stipend, round-trip air travel to Beijing, paid summer session tuition, on-campus housing and part of meal allowance.Open worldwide1 Mar

Internship · Partly fundedBlue Book Traineeship programme – October 2027 sessionEuropean Commission

Paid traineeship (amount not stated on the page)Open worldwide12 Mar