The SA Innovation Summit (SAIS) is dedicated to the growth of entrepreneurs and innovation across in Africa. SAIS has developed a devoted platform for developing, identifying and exhibiting African innovation, as well as facilitating innovative thought-leadership to inspire sustained economic growth within the African continent.

SAIS’s internship programme offers students a unique opportunity to gain intimate exposure to entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems and provides ample opportunity to create, run and implement ideas and initiatives yourself when it aligns to company purpose. Interns interact with stakeholders such as top start-ups, investors, innovation-oriented corporates, business leaders and policymakers. As an intern one can gain valuable experience a wide range of 21st century skills such as being entrepreneurial, marketing, design, digital media, project management, corporate communication, sales, business development, research as well as business and data analytics. Interns need to be comfortable with constant change, be able to take initiative, work responsibly on their own and be able to take on multiple responsibilities at the same time.