Special Assistant Intern – CEO Office

About the role

Join Africa50’s CEO Office as a Special Assistant Intern and gain direct exposure to high‑impact strategic, fundraising and investment initiatives across Africa’s infrastructure sector. You will support senior leaders by turning complex data into concise, decision‑ready materials.

Key responsibilities

• Support strategy implementation by researching, tracking milestones, and updating action logs.
• Conduct investor and stakeholder research, preparing briefing notes, talking points, and market scans.
• Prepare sector briefs, opportunity summaries, pipeline updates, and research on sponsors and priority transactions.
• Draft and edit presentations, memos, correspondence and briefing materials for senior review.
• Maintain trackers, follow up on cross‑functional deliverables, identify blockers and assist with special projects from the CEO agenda.

Required profile

• Strong academic background with exposure to strategy, finance, consulting, infrastructure, investment, development finance, public policy or law.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, research, writing, synthesis and presentation abilities.
• Ability to translate complex information into concise, senior‑ready formats.
• Commercial judgment and keen interest in African infrastructure and capital mobilisation.
• Professionalism, discretion, attention to detail and flexibility to manage changing priorities.
• Fluency in English; French strongly preferred.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office