Internships open to Africans, 2026-27

These are the internships open for applications now that people in Africa can apply for. Each is one listing on the organisation's own page, and says which African countries it is open to. We checked each one is free to apply for.

219 open now. Soonest deadline first, then the ones with no closing date published. The first 100 are below.

• Operations Intern (NYSC corps member), Medcourt Support Services, Lagos · Medcourt Support Services Limited
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open in Nigeria
• Pathfinder Multisectoral Tools Development Internship · UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Accounting Intern (Stagiaire comptable) · GED-BERED CONSULTING, via Agence Emploi Jeunes
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open in Ivory Coast
• (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND) Intern - Programme Management (Event Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement) · Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology (United Nations)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERN - NGO LIAISON UNIT, POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND PARTNERSHIPS SECTION · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern · Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Internship with UPR Branch · Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Nowcasts intern · United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Public Information Intern · Department of Global Communications (United Nations)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Training Intern · Department of Peace Operations (United Nations)
  Closes 22 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Internship: Ethics Team in Foresight, Leadership & Ethics in Science, Geneva · World Health Organization
  Closes 23 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Sustainable Fiscal Policy and Public Finance Intern · United Nations Environment Programme
  Closes 24 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Public Information Intern (Beirut) · Department of Global Communications (United Nations)
  Closes 25 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Information Management for Evaluation Support Intern · United Nations Human Settlements Programme
  Closes 26 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Supply Chain Intern, DRC Cameroon (Yaoundé) · Danish Refugee Council
  Closes 27 October 2026 · Open in Cameroon
• INTERN - SOCIAL SCIENCES (GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT COMMUNICATIONS) · Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  Closes 27 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERN - SOCIAL SCIENCES (GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT) · Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  Closes 27 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• News Writing / Reporting - Public Information Intern - News and Content - English · Department of Global Communications (United Nations)
  Closes 27 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Political Affairs Intern at OSRSG-CAAC in Doha, Qatar · Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (United Nations)
  Closes 28 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM), Freetown, Sierra Leone · World Food Programme
  Closes 28 October 2026 · Open in Sierra Leone
• Stagiaire magasinier logisticien · Beta Veg Oil SAS, via Agence Emploi Jeunes
  Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• DTM Reporting Intern [French], London · International Organization for Migration
  Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern - Peacebuilding and Prevention · Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (United Nations)
  Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Outreach/Social Media intern · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 29 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Food and Power Initiative Intern, Planet Hub, BPPS (Home-based) · UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Communications and digital outreach intern · Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERN - Archives, information and Records Management · Information and Communications Technology Division (United Nations)
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern · Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Internship - Communication specialist · Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations)
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Unpaid internship: Giga UX/UI Support Officer-Intern, home based · International Telecommunication Union
  Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Quality of Government Institute Internship, Spring 2027 · University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute
  Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERN - Library Services and Knowledge Management · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERN - United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office · United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation Office
  Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern | CPCD Office of the Director | Knowledge Management, Automation & Digital Publishing · Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (United Nations)
  Closes 31 October 2026 · Open to all African countries
• UNU Junior Fellows Internship, Office of the Rector (Spring 2027) · United Nations University
  Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern - Space Law and Sustainability · United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
  Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Communications Intern, Bridgetown, Barbados · World Food Programme
  Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Monitoring and Evaluation Internship, Bridgetown, Barbados · World Food Programme
  Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Procurement Intern (INT 011/2026), Manila · International Organization for Migration
  Closes 2 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern - Quality Management Handbook · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 5 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern- Data Research · Department of Operational Support (United Nations)
  Closes 7 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Social Media Intern · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 8 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern - Archivist · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 10 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Internship Roster 2026-2027 for Programme and Operations, Istanbul · UN Women
  Closes 11 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Next Generation Scientist Program 2027 · Novartis and University of Basel
  Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• DW Paid Traineeship 2028 to 29 · Deutsche Welle (DW)
  Closes 17 November 2026 · Open to all African countries
• IMF Fund Internship Program (FIP) 2027, Economists · International Monetary Fund
  Closes 5 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• 2027 Fund Internship Program (FIP) for Economists, Washington DC · International Monetary Fund
  Closes 5 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Unpaid internship: Emergency Telecommunications Intern, Geneva · International Telecommunication Union
  Closes 10 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Recruitment Intern, One Acre Fund Burundi · One Acre Fund
  Closes 11 December 2026 · Open in Burundi
• Recruitment Intern, One Acre Fund (Tubura), Burundi · One Acre Fund
  Closes 11 December 2026 · Open in Burundi
• Fully Funded Summer Internship Program in the United States 2027 · Lunar and Planetary Institute
  Closes 14 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• internship 6 months product strategy and operations · Sanofi
  Closes 21 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Interns - Innovation & Analytics Hub · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Closes 30 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Intern, Special Procedures · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Closes 30 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• UNFPA Global Internship Roster 2026 · United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for Africa (RAF) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for Europe and Central Asia (REU) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for FAO headquarters (HQ) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Call for Expression of Interest: Internship Programme for Near East and North Africa (RNE) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Stagiaire au Ministère de l'Agriculture, toutes filières confondues · Ministère de l'Agriculture, Côte d'Ivoire, via Agence Emploi Jeunes
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• African Union Internship Programme · African Union Commission
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Stagiaire commercial (H/F) · Media YAB Sarl, via Agence Emploi Jeunes
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Stagiaires agent de production polyvalent · Agence Emploi Jeunes, Côte d'Ivoire
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• WTO Internship Programme, Geneva · World Trade Organization
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: All Sectors/Bureaus · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Bureau Of Human Resources Management · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Communication and Information Sector · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Communications and Public Engagement · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Culture Sector · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Digital Business Solutions · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Division of Financial Services · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Division of Internal Oversight Services · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Education Sector · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Governing Bodies Secretariat · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Office of the Director-General · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Priority Africa and External Relations · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• INTERNSHIP: Sciences · UNESCO
  Closes 31 December 2026 · Open to all African countries
• Human Rights Intern · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Closes 1 January 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Supply Chain Internship Roster 2026, SCMU Copenhagen · UNFPA
  Closes 1 January 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Geographical Information Systems Intern · Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs-Department of Peace Operations-Shared Structure
  Closes 7 January 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Junior ITSM Technician Intern · One Acre Fund
  Closes 20 January 2027 · Open in 2 African countries
• INTERN Sri Lanka accountability project · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Closes 20 January 2027 · Open to all African countries
• JIU Research and Analysis Intern · United Nations Office at Geneva
  Closes 22 January 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Internet Resources Intern (Publication for roster purposes) · Syria International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
  Closes 4 March 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Intern (Business Relationship Management) · Office of Information and Communications Technology (United Nations)
  Closes 23 March 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Political Affairs Intern: Information analysis and data visualisation · Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs-Department of Peace Operations-Shared Structure
  Closes 6 May 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Programme de Stages du PNUD Djibouti · UNDP
  Closes 31 July 2027 · Open in Djibouti
• Intern - Human Rights · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Closes 23 August 2027 · Open to all African countries
• Front Desk and Activation Intern, ALX Africa (Johannesburg) · ALX Africa
  Open. No closing date published. · Open in South Africa
• Programs Optimization Intern, South Africa, Sun King · Sun King
  Open. No closing date published. · Open in South Africa
• Software Engineer Fullstack - Stage de fin d'études Paris - Secteur Public - Theodo GovTech · Theodo GovTech
  Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries
• Software Engineer Fullstack - Stage de fin d'études Paris - Theodo · Theodo
  Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries
• Software Engineer Fullstack - Stage de fin d'études Paris - Theodo HealthTech · Theodo HealthTech
  Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries
• Stagiaire Operation Agent - Gestionnaire de Flotte VTC (H/F) · Fleetch
  Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries
• Young Professionals Programme, Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHWP Phase II) · Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
  Open. No closing date published. · Open in 2 African countries
• Afreximbank Internship Programme · African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
  Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries

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