Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
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Digital Africa a pour mission de renforcer la capacité des entrepreneurs numériques africains à concevoir et déployer à grande échelle des innovations de rupture au service de l’économie réelle.
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The mission of this structure is to help companies and citizens improve their environmental and social impact. For example, CSR consulting, training, raising awareness of transition issues, media, etc.
Digital Africa's mission is to strengthen the capacity of African entrepreneurs to design and deploy digital innovations at scale to serve the real economy. Digital Africa is a subsidiary of Proparco and a member of the French Development Agency Group.
Our approach is based on a clear diagnosis of the needs of entrepreneurs, directly from the field, to develop a set of programs focused on digital skills training, access to agile equity and debt financing solutions, and supporting 'made in Africa' innovation policies.
We are opening a Paris-based position for a 6-month internship, starting in July 2024. You will be joining a team of 17 people all dedicated to supporting African startup ecosystems, based at our French HQ.
The VC team invests €20,000 to €50,000 per company in African tech startups at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages. Your primary responsibility will be to assist us in achieving our mission: equip Africa's tech entrepreneurs with the capabilities to design and scale-up groundbreaking innovations for the real economy.
YOUR JOB
As a Venture Capital Investment Analyst intern, you’ll be part of one of the most dynamic investment teams, while being part of the French Development Agency Group, benefiting from Digital Africa’s expertise and strong network. You will be involved at every stage of the investment process, tasks you will be working on will be threefold:
More generally, active contribution to the Digital Africa team on cross-functional subjects, as necessary.
Interns in Digital Africa are welcomed to challenge the team, share their opinions out loud, suggest new ideas and work on projects on their own. They also attend investment committee meetings.
BENEFITS
REQUIREMENTS
Any academic or professional background will be considered as long as you can show how it relates to investing in early stage startups.
A benefit would be prior expertise in venture capital, investment banking, or entrepreneurship.
We'll evaluate applications as they come in.
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