The world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing has invited Kenyan university students to apply for its six months International Business Internship Program (IBIP).
The program will for the first time be open to Kenyan students in a business-related field including Industrial Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Strategy, Management, and Information Systems.
The company said registration for the next intake period (Jan –July 2018) is open from June the 6th to July the 15th 2017. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program or have graduated within the last 12 months.
Boeing Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa J. Miguel Santos said the students will be provided with US-based full paid work experience.
The program, which was launched in 2012 is designed to provide the students with an opportunity to get acquainted with its activities, to have an interactive training on more than ten themes -from business operations, finance, sales and marketing and the aviation industry.
Interested students can apply through the career advice divisions of their respective universities who will be provided with information brochures.
The American multinational recently opened two new offices in Johannesburg and Nairobi saying this is aimed at meeting with increasing air traffic demand across the continent.