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🌍 Southern Africa (5 Roles)
Direct Marketing Specialist – Lula (FinTech Company) – Cape Town, South Africa
Lula is hiring a Mid-level Direct Marketing Specialist in Cape Town to execute and optimise multi-channel direct marketing campaigns that drive growth and retention for its business banking and financing platform.
Finance and Subawards Coordinator – Mercy Corps (Development & Humanitarian Response Org) – Lusaka, Zambia
Mercy Corps is hiring a Finance and Subawards Coordinator in Lusaka to manage financial functions and subaward compliance under its SME-focused BEDEC program. The role involves grant management, budgeting, financial reporting, partner capacity building, and ensuring compliance with Mercy Corps and donor regulations.
Reconciliations Administrator – Mukuru (Fintech Company) – Gaborone, Botswana
Mukuru is seeking a Mid-level Reconciliations Administrator in Gaborone to support financial accuracy and operational compliance across its branches and booths. The role involves daily teller and inventory reconciliations, variance investigations, report preparation, and managing bank and petty cash reconciliations.
Territory Manager – CA Mining (Mining & Recruitment Services Company) – South Africa
CA Mining is seeking a Mid-level Territory Manager in South Africa for a client that is a global leader in real-time geohazard monitoring solutions. The role involves driving business development, managing in-field operations, and ensuring customer contract delivery across EMEA.
HR Intern – Sable International (Professional Services Company) – Cape Town, South Africa
Sable International is seeking an Entry-level HR Intern in Cape Town for a one-year HR internship within its supportive, energetic HR team. The role will expose the intern to a broad range of HR activities, including HR administration, recruitment coordination, onboarding, event coordination, and general office management, providing a practical foundation for a career in HR within a dynamic, international professional services environment.
🌍 East Africa (5 Roles)
Global Talent Acquisition Specialist – ENGIE Energy Access (Clean Energy & Off-grid Solar Org) – Nairobi, Kenya
ENGIE Energy Access is seeking a Mid-level Global Talent Acquisition Specialist to manage end-to-end recruitment for global and country senior management roles, ensuring a first-class candidate experience while supporting hiring managers across technical and non-technical functions.
Communication Assistant – World Food Programme (WFP) (UN Humanitarian Org) – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The World Food Programme is seeking a Mid-level Communication Assistant to support content creation and delivery of communication services enhancing WFP’s visibility, reputation, and fundraising activities. The role involves coordinating campaigns, supporting media monitoring, preparing content for traditional and social media, and managing contact databases.
Agroforestry Associate – One Acre Fund (Agricultural Development Org) – Zomba, Malawi
One Acre Fund is seeking a Mid-level Agroforestry Associate in Malawi to design and manage innovations, early-stage pilots, and program improvements for its Trees team. The role involves leading operational pilots, analyzing data with MEL teams, and managing fruit tree projects from nursery to farmer adoption.
Legal Manager – Maersk (Global Logistics & Shipping Company) – Hybrid, Nairobi, Kenya
Maersk is seeking a Mid-level Legal Manager to support its Eastern Africa operations by providing timely, high-quality legal support across L&S contracts, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and safeguarding Maersk’s interests while enabling business growth.
Associate – McKinsey & Company (Management Consulting Firm) – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
McKinsey & Company is hiring a Mid-level Associate in Addis Ababa to join its consulting team, working directly with clients to solve complex challenges and deliver lasting impact across industries. The role involves conducting research and analysis that drive transformational change, with strong mentorship and learning opportunities in a high-performance environment.
🌍 West Africa (5 Roles)
Head, Financial Institutions Africa Desk – Ecobank (Pan-African Bank) – Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Ecobank is seeking a Senior-level Head, Financial Institutions Africa Desk to drive performance and client-centric delivery of FIIO Africa Desk services across its pan-African operations. The role involves managing FI and International Organization relationships, originating and growing inbound business flows, driving utilization of facilities from correspondent banks and DFIs
Sales Lead – Wave (Fintech Company) – Banjul, The Gambia
Wave is seeking a Senior-level Sales Lead to drive strategic sales and business development in The Gambia, owning the end-to-end sales funnel for its business products. The role includes sourcing and onboarding business clients, managing contracts, defining sales strategies, building and leading a sales team, and ensuring a high-quality client experience to support Wave’s mission of making Africa the first cashless continent.
Field Sales Representative – M-Studio (Startup Studio) – Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
M-Studio is seeking a Mid-level Field Sales Representative to drive customer acquisition and retention for its portfolio startups. The role involves learning about startup solutions, selling products directly in the field, managing client accounts, prospecting, closing sales opportunities, and maintaining updated CRM records.
Premium Cash Officer – Wave (Fintech Company) – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Wave is seeking a Mid-level Premium Cash Officer to manage daily cash operations within its premium agency in Burkina Faso. The role involves cash management and reconciliation, end-of-day bill counting, maintaining accurate treasury records, ensuring rebalance with agents/clients, supervising agency staff and materials
Procurement and General Services Officer – FONSIS (Sovereign Investment Fund, Mid-level) – Dakar, Senegal
FONSIS is seeking a Mid-level Procurement and General Services Officer to support its mission of catalyzing Senegal’s economic transformation through high-impact investments. The role involves managing logistics and office maintenance, optimizing space and resources, handling insurance, maintaining and updating supplier databases.
🌍 Central Africa (5 Roles)
Recruitment Consultant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (International Humanitarian NGO) – Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The IRC is seeking a Mid-level Recruitment Consultant to support its HR team in Goma, DRC. Reporting to the HR Manager, the consultant will manage recruitment processes, ensure job description compliance and electronic archiving, support field HR staff, and coordinate the creation and deactivation of staff email accounts.
Group Financial Controller – CA Mining (Mining & Recruitment Services Company) – Central Africa
CA Mining is hiring a Mid-level Group Financial Controller to strengthen financial oversight and reporting for a scalable clean-tech company addressing energy poverty in emerging markets. The role will support the CFO, oversee financial control processes across multiple entities in Africa and Europe, and lead initiatives including audit management and month-end close and financial reporting.
Finance Officer – WFP (UN Humanitarian Org) – Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Mid-level Finance Officer to oversee finance and management support functions in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. The role involves managing stewardship of WFP’s resources through financial monitoring, analysis, reporting, and providing technical advice for effective fund management, while ensuring efficient administrative services aligned with WFP’s strategy
Program Assistant – WFP (UN Humanitarian Org) – Yaoundé, Cameroon
WFP is hiring a Mid-level Program Assistant to support cash-based transfer (CBT) activities in Cameroon. The role includes assisting with CBT implementation, preparing beneficiary lists, managing payment tracking, ensuring data accuracy, and coordinating with partners and service providers
Head of Administration and Finance – AVSI (International Development NGO) – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
AVSI is seeking a Mid-level Head of Administration and Finance to oversee compliance, financial management, and administrative systems in its DRC operations. Reporting to the AVSI DRC Country Representative, the role involves ensuring adherence to AVSI and donor policies, budget control, financial planning, and supporting field sites with expenditure management.
🌍 North Africa (5 Roles)
Operations Executive – Amazon (E-commerce Company) – Cairo, Egypt
Amazon is hiring a Mid-Level Operations Executive to manage end-to-end ultra-fast grocery operations in Egypt, overseeing store operations, driving team performance, and ensuring safety, quality, and customer metrics are met.
Data Officer (AI/ML) – WFP (UN Humanitarian Org) – Cairo, Egypt
The World Food Programme seeks a Mid-Level Data Officer to lead AI and machine learning initiatives to improve operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making. Responsibilities include developing predictive models, data cleaning, analysis, reporting, and dashboard creation while ensuring ethical data practices.
HR Officer – The International Committee of the Red Cross (International Humanitarian NGO) – Damazin, Sudan
The International Committee of the Red Cross seeks a Mid-level HR Officer to manage full-cycle HR processes including recruitment, onboarding, contracts, payroll, performance management, and staff well-being for its Damazin operations.
Psychiatrist – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (International Humanitarian NGO) – Sabha, Libya
The IRC seeks a Mid-level Psychiatrist to provide consultations, develop treatment plans, supervise mhGAP-trained staff, and deliver mental health care to vulnerable communities in Sabha. The role involves mentoring health staff, ensuring quality care aligned with WHO guidelines, and maintaining patient confidentiality.
Risk Coordinator – Africa50 (Pan-African Infrastructure Investment Platform) – Casablanca, Morocco
Africa50 is seeking a Mid-Level Risk Coordinator to support the implementation and monitoring of its enterprise risk management framework, ensuring effective risk identification, measurement, and mitigation across the group’s infrastructure investment activities.
🌍 International & Pan-African (5 Roles)
Vice President of Risk – Yellow Door Energy (Renewable Energy) – Dubai, UAE
Yellow Door Energy is seeking a Senior-level Vice President of Risk to lead and manage its investment, credit, enterprise, and strategic risk exposure across the Middle East and Africa. The role involves overseeing credit and counterparty risk in PPAs, leading investment risk analyses, and maintaining the Investment Protocol.
Director, Global Treasury – Tala (Fintech for Emerging Markets) – Remote, International
Tala is seeking a Senior-level Director, Global Treasury to manage global liquidity, optimize cash management, drive FX risk strategies, and implement treasury innovations across its markets in Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India.
Investment Officer – IFC (International Banking Institution) – Pan-African
IFC is seeking a Mid-Level Investment Officer to lead transaction sourcing, structuring, negotiation, and execution within the consumer services (tourism, retail, property, health, education) and manufacturing sectors in Africa. The role includes pipeline development, portfolio management, investment analysis, and maintaining client relationships while contributing to IFC’s regional strategy in these sectors.
Software Engineering Director – Canonical (Open Source Technology) – Remote, Global
Canonical is seeking a Mid-Level Software Engineering Director to lead multi-team engineering projects across time zones, managing engineering managers and staff engineers. The role involves driving high standards of software delivery in areas such as Python, Golang, C/C++/Rust, system daemons, web services, and open-source infrastructure.
Anticipatory Action Specialist – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Humanitarian Organization) – Remote, Africa
The IRC seeks a Mid-Level Anticipatory Action Specialist to lead forecast-based, rapid contingency planning and cash-based anticipatory action responses funded by Google.org and Trafigura Foundation. The role involves monitoring climate forecasts, coordinating with country teams, implementing cash transfers, and ensuring cash preparedness in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
📌 Events & Other Opportunities
🗓️ Events
MWC Kigali 2025
What it is: Africa’s most influential connectivity and mobile technology event, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers to explore digital transformation, 4G/5G adoption, fintech, AI, and Africa’s digital future.
When: 21–23 October 2025
Where: Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda
Moonshot 2025
What it is: A flagship African tech conference by TechCabal exploring scalable growth, innovation, and investment trends, featuring 9 content tracks and 148+ speakers.
When: 15th – 16th October, 2025
Where: Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Navigating Ethiopia’s Evolving Landscape: Beyond Polarised Narratives [Repost]
What it is: A webinar analyzing Ethiopia’s current challenges and opportunities ahead of the 2026 elections
When: TBC
Where: Online
💎 Opportunities
EMERGE – Leadership Compass
An innovative diagnostic tool for emerging African leaders, providing actionable leadership insights while informing EMERGE’s talent marketplace. Powered by TheBoardroom Africa and Mastercard Foundation, it supports young professionals with tailored development and career opportunities.
Call for Founders – Artificial Intelligence (Mstudio)
Mstudio, a startup studio in Abidjan, is seeking co-founders to build AI startups transforming African economies. Roles include CEO, CTO, or COO, with equity, funding access, and support to launch scalable projects in data, automation, and customer service.
Peace Corps Malawi – English and Environmental Educator
tTeach English in rural Malawian high schools while supporting environmental education, gardening, and reforestation projects. Volunteers strengthen students’ language skills, promote sustainability, and engage in clubs and community activities to empower youth as changemakers.
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