Software Development Internship

Kickstart your research career with APHRC’s Software Development Internship! You will maintain our website, develop a charter project website, and support key initiatives like Data Science Without Borders. If you have a bachelor’s in software engineering, computer science, or a related field, you are the one we are looking for. Bring your web development and design skills to our ICT unit and gain hands-on experience in a leading research institution. Ready to shape the future of African research?

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development.

The Center, through its Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division, seeks to strengthen individual and institutional research capacity to enable African researchers to fully participate in defining and implementing priority population and health programs on   the continent. As part of individual capacity strengthening efforts, APHRC has, over the years, been running a demand-driven research internship program whose objective seeks to nurture talented young Africans to become future scholars and research leaders.

For the 2026 period, the Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division has opened internship opportunities in the following projects for 3-6 months, starting May 2026.

Project 3 – Software Development (ICT unit) – (1 intern)

Project Description

This unit provides information technology support function to the whole organization.

Internship Activities

• Provide post-launch maintenance and technical support for the APHRC website.
• Coordinate the development of the Charter Project website.
• Manage and support the Data Science Without Borders (DSWB) project website.
• Provide ongoing technical and content support for the Implementation Network for Sharing Population Information from Research Entities (Inspire) Project website.
• Offer Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system support.

Preferred Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (e.g., Software Development, Web Development, or Web Design).