Paid Internship Opportunities at M-PESA Africa for Graduates seeking hands-on experience in fintech and career growth.
Are you a graduate aged between 21 and 26 years in the Fintech? Ambitious and ready to take on the career world by being part of a robust organization for first-hand experience on how to build tech-led local and continent-wide solutions? Ready for exciting challenges that will push your boundaries for personal, technical, and professional growth?
Then, M-PESA Africa is inviting you to apply for the Accelerate 360 internship program, an intensive six-month internship with a monthly stipend and access to coaching, mentorship, and L&D courses. The internship is unique in that participants will also get to make a positive impact on communities by participating in a CSR project as part of the program.
By the end of the program, you’ll walk away with in-demand skills, meaningful work experience, which is a boost to your career, and a powerful alumni who could serve as solid networks in the future.
Here are more details on the opportunities available and how to apply.
Project Administration: Gained exposure to technical project lifecycle management and improve your skills in project coordination, documentation, and reporting.
UI/UX Design: Get hands-on experience in user-centered design by working on real features for One App across multiple African markets and understand how product design fits into the wider development process from research and ideation to delivery and iteration.
Risk & Compliance: Gain a deep understanding of risk and compliance management frameworks and practices, as well as data Privacy management frameworks, in a leading fintech company. Lead and support projects that directly impact M-PESA Africa’s risk and compliance strategies.
Strategy and Partnerships: Practical experience in strategic planning, industry and competitor analysis, and partnership evaluation within a leading pan-African fintech. Strengthen skills in project management, business modelling, and data-driven decision-making.
Legal & Regulatory Affairs: Practical illustrations on contract negotiations, drafting, reviewing and archiving using the smart d contract management system. Exposure on legal advisory and guidance on Intellectual Property, Legal Processes, Regulatory requirements and legislative compliance.
Service Operations – Observability Engineer: Exposure to service operations frameworks (ITIL, COBIT), automation, and process optimization in a leading mobile payments ecosystem. Apply data science techniques to analyze service logs, identify operational bottlenecks, and generate insights.
Value Management Office: Hands on experience building Realtime reporting dashboards across all levels within the organization ensuring data integrity and accuracy
Supply Chain Management – Operations: Practical experience in supply chain operations, with a focus on strengthening SCM compliance & governance and contributing to SCM operations efficiency and effectiveness
Human Resources Hands-on experience in all dockets of HR such as Talent, Employer Branding, L&D, Business Partnering, Culture & Engagement. Get to learn what it means to support, advise and lead great talent in Africa’s leading Fintech.
Click here to apply. by May 26, 2025.
