INTERNSHIPS
Umhlanga Reed Dance, Eswatini (2019), Leeza Gheerawo
One of CAABWA’s greatest strengths is its internship program. We have a long successful history with managing international youth internships in African countries. From 2001 – 2008 CAABWA partnered with The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association resulting in the successful administration of 32 Global Affairs Canada-sponsored internships and 6 TFO Canada internships. For more than a decade CAABWA developed and maintained a long-standing relationship with UTSC Faculty of International Development, now the the Centre for Critical Development Studies. CAABWA has partnered with at the University of Toronto Scarborough to administer student internships in Eswatini.
CAABWA internships, both past and present, are focused on private sector development and are designed to strengthen women-led trade support organizations and businesses in Africa. The internship program promotes access to international markets, with the goal of creating export opportunities and women-led professional networks across Africa. Interns are tasked with roles focused on improving access to markets, networking opportunities and supporting specific initiatives to improve design, linkages and other capacities for CAABWA’s partners.
To find out more about our internships please contact us!
Hear From Our Interns
"My favourite part of the internship was that I was present throughout the entire process...I also had the opportunity to put my graphic design skills to work, revamping company logos and creating new ones as well."
-Belen S. Mulugeta
(Ghana Export Promotion Council and Artisan Aid, Ghana, 2007)
"You have much to offer the people and organizations that you will encounter but also have much to learn... If you are open to what you hear, see, small and feel, you will have the most incredible life changing experience."
-Natalie Capone
(Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Small Industries Development Organization- Women Economic Development and ACCESS! for African Business Women in International Trade, 2007-2008)
"Get as involved as you can. Grab every opportunity you have to interact with the people and the culture. Make friends. It's a one of a kind experience that doesn't happen twice."
-Angelo Carreira
(Design Africa, South Africa, 2008)
Past Internships
Check out the map above to see where CAABWA Interns have made a positive impact!
Cameroon
Mireille Amehou
Ethiopia
Barbara Bijelic
Jessa Blades
Taribba Hinkson - Centre for African Women's Economic Empowerment
Ghana
Norah Larsh - Ghana Export Promotion Council
Belen S. Mulugeta - Ghana Export Promotion Council and Aid to Artisans Ghana
Mali
Ariane Ryan - Business Development Officer
Senegal
Ariane Ryan - Buisiness Development Officer
Elizabeth Drake
South Africa
Angelo Carreira - Design Africa
Josephine Wong - Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Zambia Chamber of Small and Medium Business Association
Eswatini
Jazba Singh - Swaziland Fair Trade (SWIFT)
Gregory Allen - Swaziland Fair Trade (SWIFT)
Kaytie Newby - Trade+Impact & Swaziland Fair Trade (SWIFT)
Leeza Gheerawo - Trade+Impact & Eswatini Fair Trade (ESWIFT)
Abigail Dingwall - Trade+Impact & Eswatini Fair Trade (ESWIFT)
Tashfia Sharar - Trade+Impact & Eswatini Fair Trade (ESWIFT)
Lena Ruzindaza - Trade+Impact & Eswatini Fair Trade (ESWIFT)
Tanzania
Natalie Capone - Tanzania Women Chambers of Commerce in collaboration with Small Industries Development Organization – Women Economic Development (SIDO - WED) and ACCESS! for African Business Women in International Trade
Canada Summer Jobs*
Interns 2020
Aneisa Maley - Research Assistant
Abigail Dingwall - Research Intern
Emily Laidlaw - Project Manager
Lesley Tetteh - Event Coordinator
Nydia Rodrigues - Event Coordinator
Leeza Gheerawo - Marketing Assistant
Interns 2023
Divya Dey - Project Manager – non technical
George Zhang - Social Media Community Manager
Tansin Rahman - Event Coordinator
Shazma Nafis - Event Coordinator
Jordanna Lawrence - Communications Manager
Interns 2021
Nasra Yarow - Project Manager & Research Officer
Divya Dey - Project Manager – non technical
Interns 2024
Divya Dey - Project Manager - non technical
George Zhang - Event Coordinator
Kate Forrest - Event Coordinator
Tansin Rahman - Research Assistant
Jordanna Lawrence - Research Assistant
Kalia Sylvan - Social Media Manager
Interns 2022
Lesley Tetteh - Administration Assistant
Shabam Tejani - Social Media Community Manager
Shreya Sivaloganathan - Event Coordinator
Momal Butt - Social Media Community Manager
* Funded by the Government of Canada