About AI-4AI
The African Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI-4AI) is committed to equipping Africans and African institutions with the expertise to implement AI responsibly, ensuring it serves as a catalyst for development. We deliver programs across AI literacy, community development, and professional growth. As an institute, we work closely within a broader startup ecosystem.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly adaptable, execution-focused Special Projects Graduate Intern to act as a core generalist across our portfolio. This role offers unique, hands-on exposure to both non-profit community building and fast-paced tech startup growth. You will split your time equally between leading AI-4AI’s educational outreach programs and driving commercial strategy to acquire new customers for Pedagic and Terra.
Key Responsibilities
Community Outreach & Partnerships (50%)
Educational Outreach: Lead physical and virtual school outreach programs, drawing on your teaching or facilitation experience to confidently deliver AI-4AI’s mission to students and educators.
Stakeholder Engagement & Fundraising: Identify, pitch, and build relationships with sponsors and partners to secure financial or in-kind donations for our school outreach initiatives.
Community Management: Support the end-to-end management of the AI-4AI membership community, including facilitating virtual networking sessions, icebreakers, and engagement activities.
Venture Growth & Strategy (50%)
Business Development: Formulate and execute actionable business, marketing, and sales strategies to scale both Pedagic and Terra.
Customer Acquisition: Design creative campaigns and growth hacks to increase the active user base and drive revenue for our commercial platforms.
Project Delivery: Ensure all cross-functional projects move swiftly from planning to execution, meeting agreed objectives and timelines.
Who We Are Looking For
Confident Communicator: You have prior teaching, tutoring, or facilitation experience and are highly comfortable with public speaking and presenting to diverse audiences.
Commercial Thinker: You possess strong business acumen and a natural interest in marketing, sales and startup growth strategies.
Persuasive Networker: You have excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to confidently pitch ideas to secure sponsorships or close partnerships.
Adaptable Generalist: You thrive in ambiguity and can seamlessly pivot between managing a non-profit educational initiative and brainstorming customer acquisition strategies for a dating app.
Proactive Executor: You are highly organized, self-directed, and focused on moving ideas into measurable action.
Location: This role is open to candidates based in Abia, Imo and Enugu.
Applicants must hold a minimum of a Second Class Upper (2:1) degree or its equivalent.
Skills Required
- Minimum Second Class Upper (2:1) degree or equivalent
- Prior teaching, tutoring, or facilitation experience
- Confidence with public speaking and presenting to diverse audiences
- Strong business acumen and interest in marketing, sales, and startup growth strategies
- Excellent stakeholder management and persuasive pitching skills for securing sponsorships or partnerships
- Highly organized, self-directed, adaptable, and execution-focused
What We Do
AI-4AI, the African Institute for Artificial Intelligence, is a nonprofit advancing AI capacity, adoption, and governance across Africa. It equips African communities and institutions with expertise and tools to design, deploy, and govern AI responsibly, and develops education and literacy programs, a pan-African AI community, and responsible-AI policy initiatives. Its goal is to help African stakeholders shape AI solutions that address local development needs and realities.
