Bolt, the leading on-demand transport platform in Africa, has today announced
the rollout of its #WomeninTech internship program for the third year running across Kenya,
Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. This year’s internship program, dubbed ‘The Bolt
Outternship’ is aimed at empowering young women through providing opportunities to start
their careers in tech, and is set to run for three months from June, 2023.
Bolt launched the #WomeninTech program in 2021 across Africa with the aim of empowering
young women who are interested in undertaking careers in the tech field. The program is
designed to train, mentor and empower young women by offering placements across various
departments including Operations, Engineering, Public Policy, PR and Marketing. The young
women will also be paired with women in Bolt leadership, to mentor and guide them as they go
through the three months program.
Bolt’s Regional Manager for West Africa, Ireoluwa Obatoki, said: “We started the Bolt internship
program in 2021 to empower young women to take up space and grow their careers in the tech
world. We are elated to launch the third edition of the program considering that we have been
able to provide young women with valuable work experience over the years that will accelerate
their career growth. We strongly believe that increased representation of women in tech will
promote a more inclusive, diverse, and progressive society. As such, Bolt as a company,
through this initiative, is expressing its commitment to positively impact the communities it
operates in.”
In 2022, Bolt offered 12 young women from Africa including three from Nigeria the opportunity to
take part in the internship program and this gave them a chance to contribute to the growth of
the ride-hailing industry in the market by being part of various departments.
Kenechi Jacob, one of the 2022 interns from Nigeria, shared her experience at the end of the
program. “My overall experience with the internship at Bolt was nothing short of remarkable and
brilliant. I enjoyed every single day and the learning opportunities it brought. I worked with the
Bolt Food team where I learnt many skills including goal setting, organization, perseverance,
and patience. If I could pick one thing that I will miss from the Bolt internship program, it would
be the people. Bolt has been able to create a work environment that positively impacts its team,
and this has transferred to the input and output of its work.”
This year’s internship program will kick off in April with the application process and will avail 20
slots for women in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa to gain valuable skills in Operations,
Engineering, Public Policy, Account Management, PR and Marketing. The three months paid
internship will run from June to August 2023.
To be part of the program, interested candidates are to visit the Bolt website and follow the
guidelines provided. One can also nominate a friend to be part of the program. The Company
will review all applications and contact the successful candidates in April.
Bolt hopes to continue providing more opportunities like the internship program to women
across its business portfolio through such initiatives and more that will work towards achieving
gender equality for a sustainable tomorrow.
Bolt as a business is also focused on offering earning opportunities to women in the ride-hailing
industry and encourages women to join the ride-hailing business by offering safety, and
economically viable opportunities for them to work independently and with flexibility.
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