Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Microsoft PE Internship Programme

Microsoft’s Developer and Plat­form Evan­gel­ism (DPE) and 4Afrika team has come together to offer a world-​class intern­ship pro­gramme for accom­plished IT stu­dents across Africa. Through the pro­gram, the interns will engage with top Uni­ver­sit­ies, Microsoft Part­ners and Cus­tom­ers to increase the aware­ness and adop­tion of Microsoft’s “Ser­vices and Devices” Story across all audiences.
We are look­ing for interns in the fol­low­ing locations:

Nigeria
Senegal
Kenya
Maur­i­tius
Ghana

Ivory Coast
Uganda
Mad­a­gas­car
Cameroon
Angola
DRC
Bot­swana
Rwanda

The pro­gram offers: 
Aware­ness of Microsoft’s latest tech­no­lo­gies (Azure, O365, Win­dows 8, Win­dows Phone and more)
Ment­or­ship and coach­ing from inspir­ing Tech­nical Experts and Coun­try leaders
Vis­ib­il­ity within the local com­munity as ambas­sad­ors for a global company
Oppor­tun­ity to become employ­able in the Microsoft and Part­ner environment
A cer­ti­fic­ate from Microsoft endors­ing skills and cap­ab­il­it­ies gained through the program
Build­ing of career competencies

To qual­ify, can­did­ates must: 
Have a com­pleted IT degree
Be avail­able to start the 9-​month pro­gramme immediately
Have no formal work experience

Please send CVs dir­ectly to Jes­sica O’Gorman: v-jeogor@microsoft.com.