DESCRIPTION
TechnoServe works with enterprising people to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries in the developing world. We are a non-profit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital, and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs, and wealth for their families and communities. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
TechnoServe is implementing the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). The program leverages the power of the private sector to create better nutritional outcomes for base-of-the-pyramid consumers and more profitable market opportunities for local farmers. This is achieved by supporting local food processing companies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia through remote technical assistance and training from world-leading food processing companies under PFS to increase the availability of safe, affordable, and nutritious food. For more details go to www.ainfp.org/about-us/
INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVE
The program seeks to recruit recent graduates, Masters and Ph.D. students from in the fields of food science, marketing, and finance to work with local food processing firms in, Ethiopia The internship provides valuable professional development opportunities to receive on-the-job training in a private sector setting, preparing them to become the next generation of African food technologists and business consultants. In addition to their on-the-job contributions to the client, interns will develop case studies, and carry out research and support pieces of training with supervision by program staff. Overall the internship is aimed at expanding practical knowledge, refining career goals, and building professional networks. The location of the internships will be on-site where the processors are located.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
AINFP program invites applications from qualified candidates for the internship program in one or more of the following knowledge centers: