Employer: FemDigiNomics Project
Location: Nairobi, with possible community engagement in informal settlements and partner sites
Duration: 3 to 6 months
Job Type: Internship
Reports to: FemDigiNomics Project Lead
About the Africa Centre for Health Systems and Gender Justice
The Africa Centre for Health Systems and Gender Justice is a Pan-African social impact organisation advancing gender justice in health systems through inclusive financing, community-led care, and feminist leadership. Our mission is to reimagine economic systems as catalysts for health equity. Our vision is an Africa where women, girls, and structurally marginalised communities build economic power, leadership, and voice to shape equitable and just health systems.
We are seeking interns across the following areas:
Financial Inclusion and Partnerships Intern
The Financial Inclusion and Partnerships Intern will support the development of pathways that connect women participating in HerConomics and FemDigiNomics to financial services, enterprise support, savings opportunities, and livelihood-strengthening initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Map financial inclusion of actors, including SACCOs, microfinance institutions, fintechs, women's funds, banks, and savings groups.
- Conduct landscape assessments on women's financial inclusion of ecosystems.
- Support development of referral pathways linked to the Women's Financial Inclusion and Lending Readiness Scorecard.
- Assist in documenting barriers women face when accessing formal and informal Financial services.
- Support partnership development with financial institutions, investors, women's enterprise programmes, and livelihood initiatives.
- Assist in preparing partnership briefs, concept notes, and engagement materials.
- Support the monitoring of women's access to financial inclusion opportunities arising from the project.
Ideal Candidate
- Background in economics, finance, business, development studies, public policy, or related fields.
- Strong interest in women's economic empowerment and financial inclusion.
- Understanding microfinance, community savings models, digital finance, or entrepreneurship ecosystems is an advantage.
- Strong research and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent communication and report-writing abilities.
All applicants should demonstrate:
- Strong interest in women’s economic opportunity, gender justice, financial inclusion, and health equity.
- Respect for community knowledge, lived experience, and ethical data practices.
- Ability to work with low-income women and grassroots partners with dignity and sensitivity.
- Good writing, documentation, and communication skills.
- Fluency in English and Swahili.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Willingness to learn and work across research, programme implementation, technology, and community engagement.
What Interns Will Gain
Interns will gain practical experience in:
- Community-rooted AI and NLP for African languages.
- Women’s financial inclusion and lending readiness.
- Participatory research and data collection.
- Responsible AI, data governance, and ethical use of community data.
- Programme implementation with grassroots women’s organisations.
- Translating research and data into practical tools for low-income women.
- Working at the intersection of gender justice, economic opportunity, health, and technology.
Interested applicants should submit:
- A short cover letter indicating the internship role they are applying for.
- A current CV.
- A short writing sample, data sample, coding sample, or portfolio, where relevant.
- Availability and preferred internship duration.
Applications should be sent to: vacancies@healthsystemsgenderjustice.org
cc: info@healthsystemsgenderjustice.org
Subject line: FemDigiNomics Internship Application – Financial Inclusion and Partnerships Intern
Deadline: 15th August 2026
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