Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) Internships and Early-Career Programmes
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Paid engineering internships at Microsoft's Africa Development Centre in Nairobi and Lagos for enrolled university students, plus the virtual Game of Learners hackathon. Roles require the right to work in Kenya or Nigeria, so Ghana-based students are generally not eligible.
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Eligibility
- Who can apply
- All nationalities
- Education required
- Undergraduate enrolled
- Fields
- Computer science, Engineering, Data science
- Language
- Fluent in English (stated for Kenya)
- Residency
- Must have the right to work in Kenya (Nairobi roles) or Nigeria (Lagos roles); no visa assistance indicated
- Also required
- Enrolled in a bachelor's, master's, MBA or PhD programme with at least one additional quarter/semester remaining after the internship
- ADC internship targets third-year students
- Game of Learners hackathon is virtual and has no geographic limitation
About this opportunity
Microsoft's Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria runs university internships (the ADC page describes a May-July internship targeting third-year students, with interns assigned to sponsoring engineering teams), partnerships with Kenyan universities, and Game of Learners, a multi-week virtual hackathon 'without geographic limitations'. Roles are advertised on careers.microsoft.com.
Microsoft's internship eligibility rules for Kenya and Nigeria require enrolment in a bachelor's, master's, MBA or PhD programme with at least one more term remaining after the internship, and 'the right to work' in Kenya or Nigeria respectively; no visa assistance is indicated. A Ghanaian student without Kenyan or Nigerian work authorisation therefore does not meet the stated criteria, although Game of Learners is open regardless of location.
- Level
- Undergraduate, Master's, PhD
- Where
- Kenya, Nigeria
- Duration
- ADC internship: approx. 3 months (May-July intake per ADC page); other roles per posting
- Difficulty
- High · about 6 weeks to prepare
Funding
Partially funded
- salary
Paid internship (amount not published); relocation not stated
What you will need
- CV / résumé
- Other documents
Online application on careers.microsoft.com with résumé; technical assessments/interviews for engineering roles.
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