Afrisyntech Internship Program — September 2026 Cohort

We're Hiring Interns — AI & Software Engineering

Are you passionate about AI and software development, and eager to gain hands-on industry experience? Join our 3-Month Internship Program and build with AI, work on real projects, and become industry ready. This is an unpaid, educational internship — designed around real-world learning, mentorship, and hands-on engineering experience, not a paid position.

Nairobi (Hybrid) • 3 Months • Unpaid & Educational • September 2026 Intake

Applications close 11th September 2026 — apply early, we review on a rolling basis
3 Open Internships
3 Mo Programme Duration
Hybrid NBO + Remote
Cert + Reference Letter
A Note From The Team

Why We Invest in Interns

A few words from the people who will be working with you — what we expect, what you'll gain, and why we think the best learning happens in a real engineering environment.

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Some of the sharpest developers I know started as interns who were curious, hungry to learn, and unafraid to ask questions. That's exactly what we're looking for. If you've got drive and a genuine interest in building Africa's technology future, we will invest in you — not just as a hire, but as an engineer who can grow into something great.

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Kiarie Peter
Founder & CEO — Afrisyntech
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We don't give interns busywork. You'll sit in real code reviews, contribute to production repos, and have your pull requests reviewed the same way as everyone else's. You'll get a mentor, a clear project scope from day one, and honest feedback throughout. If you want to learn faster than any classroom can teach you, this is the place to do it.

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Brian Sanzio
Chief Technology Officer — Afrisyntech
Internship Openings — September 2026

Three Internships We're Offering

INTERN #01
AI Engineering Intern
Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) Unpaid · Educational · 3 Months Student / Recent Graduate
Join our AI engineering team and get hands-on with the technology behind real AI products — large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and AI agents. You will work alongside experienced engineers on live client and product work, not toy demos, and build a genuine understanding of how AI systems are actually designed, built, and shipped.
What You'll Explore
  • LLMs & Generative AI
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines
  • AI Agents & autonomous workflows
  • APIs & AI model integrations
  • Production-grade AI feature development
Key Requirements
  • Studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, AI, or a related field (or a recent graduate)
  • Basic programming knowledge in Python, JavaScript, or a similar language
  • Curiosity about LLMs, generative AI, and how AI systems are actually built
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and eagerness to learn
Apply for this internship →
INTERN #02
AI Automation Intern
Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) Unpaid · Educational · 3 Months Student / Recent Graduate
Join our automation team and learn how AI and workflow automation come together to solve real business problems. You will work on live automation projects — connecting systems, building intelligent workflows, and integrating AI into everyday business processes — learning directly from engineers who build this for clients across Africa.
What You'll Explore
  • AI-powered workflow automation (n8n & similar tools)
  • Business process automation design
  • API & third-party system integrations
  • WhatsApp Business & communication automation
  • AI-assisted operations tooling
Key Requirements
  • Studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field (or a recent graduate)
  • Basic programming or scripting knowledge
  • Interest in workflow automation, APIs, and how businesses use technology to work smarter
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and eagerness to learn
Apply for this internship →
INTERN #03
Software Engineering Intern
Nairobi, Kenya (Hybrid) Unpaid · Educational · 3 Months Student / Recent Graduate
Join our growing engineering team and build real software solutions that businesses actually use. You will work with modern frameworks and AI-powered technologies, learn directly from experienced developers, and strengthen your portfolio through live client projects — not toy demos.
What You'll Explore
  • Production software development (web applications)
  • Modern frontend & backend frameworks (React, Node.js, PHP/Laravel)
  • Database design & APIs
  • Git-based collaborative engineering workflows
  • Exposure to AI-powered product features
Key Requirements
  • Studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field (or a recent graduate)
  • Working knowledge of JavaScript, Python, PHP, or a similar language
  • Curiosity about modern frameworks and production software practices
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and eagerness to learn
Apply for this internship →

Apply for an Internship

Unpaid, educational internship · Takes about 5 minutes to apply · We respond to every applicant.

📅 Applications close 11th September 2026
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What You'll Learn & Work With

Technologies You'll Work With

Across all three internship tracks, you'll get hands-on exposure to the modern stack we use to ship real products for clients across Africa — from frontend frameworks to AI-powered backends.

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Core Web Stack
Languages · frameworks · databases
JavaScript TypeScript React Node.js Next.js Python MongoDB PostgreSQL PHP 8 / Laravel Tailwind CSS REST APIs Git / GitHub
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AI-Powered Tools
LLMs · pipelines · agents
LangChain OpenAI API RAG Pipelines HuggingFace Vector DBs Ollama Prompt Engineering AI Agents
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Cloud & DevOps
Infrastructure · deployment · CI/CD
AWS Docker Google Cloud DigitalOcean Linux / Ubuntu Nginx GitHub Actions CI/CD Pipelines
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Automation & Integrations
Business workflows · APIs · payments
n8n M-Pesa Daraja API WhatsApp Business API Webhooks Payment Gateways CRM Integrations
How We Select Interns

Five Steps to Joining Our Programme

We keep it simple and fast. No endless interview rounds — just a few honest conversations to make sure it's a good fit on both sides.

1
Apply
Submit your application and CV for the track that fits your interests.
5 min
2
Application Review
Our team reviews your background, experience, and portfolio.
2-3 days
3
Screening Call
A short call to talk through your experience and expectations.
20-30 min
4
Technical Interview
A hands-on session with our engineers, code and architecture discussion.
45-60 min
5
Internship Start
You're in! We onboard you, assign your mentor, and you start contributing from week one.
Week 1
Intern Experience

What You'll Gain

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Real Work, Real Code
You'll contribute to live client projects — not internal demos. Your code ships to production.
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Dedicated Mentorship
Every intern gets a senior engineer as their direct mentor for the full 3-month programme.
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Certificate & Reference
Graduate with an official Afrisyntech completion certificate and a strong written reference you can use in your job applications.
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Pan-African Network
Join a growing community of engineers and tech professionals building across the continent.
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Path to Employment
Stand-out interns are considered first for full-time roles as we grow the team.

Don't Tick Every Box? Apply Anyway.

If you're passionate about AI or software development but don't feel you meet every single requirement, send us your application. Tell us what you know and what you want to learn — we'll figure out the rest together. This is an unpaid, educational internship, and applications close 11th September 2026.