Creative Writing Internships

If you’re keen to become a journalist, a copywriter, or a professional writer in some other capacity, exploring our creative writing internships in Africa is a great idea. Further, it will help sharpen the main skills you’ll be using in your future career. In addition, it will also boost your confidence, expand the type of platforms you’re comfortable writing for, and allow you to build a portfolio of written work.

Most importantly, writing is an essential skill in a wide range of jobs and industries. You’ll need to be a strong writer if you’re interested in a career in areas such as communications, fundraising, and digital marketing. It overlaps with many corporate careers too, and it would help you be a more successful entrepreneur.

You might even have a more personal goal in mind with your writing, if writing is more of a passion than a career move. So the answer is that a writing internship is a great idea for anyone interested in honing their writing skills.

First of all, you’ll get to practice your penmanship. By writing a lot, you’ll be developing your skills, and gaining confidence in your voice as a writer. Second of all, you can expect to learn how to adapt your writing style for different audiences and purposes. Blog writing requires a different approach from proposal writing, for instance. As a writing intern with us, you’ll likely have the opportunity to practice different types of writing. Third of all, depending on your organisation and your personal interests, you might learn about writing for SEO. Search engine optimization is important for any online business, but can be key for nonprofits too. Learning how to approach content writing from a strategic marketing perspective is a skill that’s likely to come in handy in your future career.

Finally, you’ll learn more about yourself as a writer. Actually doing it, writing as a job, will help you define your passion for and mission with your penmanship, and it might help you make the right decisions for your career.

Our different writing internships all have different requirements. Some require a certain amount of experience, and might ask some writing samples. Others might be more flexible in who they’ll accept as an intern. So regardless of your experience and skills, it’s worth looking at our different internship opportunities, and letting us know that you’re interested. We’ll here to help you find the right internship for you.

Good content is vital for nonprofit organisations. It helps them tell their story effectively, reach a wide audience, and engage people with their programs. As a writing intern for an NGO, you’ll be a vital part of raising awareness for an important cause. Furthermore, the writing opportunities are often varied, and they allow for creativity too. In addition, you might write for a variety of platforms, such as blogs, external publications, newsletters, and proposals. And your topics will be wide-ranging too; you might be writing the individual stories of people helped by nonprofit projects, or you might be writing about the larger social development space that your nonprofit organization is working in. To sum up, you can expect to be focusing on inspiring topics.

Want to know more? Read our blog about why you should do a writing internship with a charity.

Yes, depending on which organisation you’re part of, and the type of writing you’ll be doing, you can get a byline for your online articles and blogs. If you’re keen for this, make sure to check on the different opportunities with the writing internships you’re exploring.

It depends on a few things! First of all, some internships are only available either on site in Africa or remotely. Second of all, it depends on what works for you! There are obvious benefits to both; venturing to Africa and living and working in this stunning place is an exciting experience in itself. It’s a stunning and fascinating city, and living and working here for a few months will offer an enriching experience. Moreover, working from the office of the organisation you’re part of, and seeing its projects on the ground, will obviously add to your experience in a number of ways; it will allow you to be a physical part of the team, and to see the results of your work first-hand.

On the other hand, working from home has a number of advantages; it’s cheaper, more flexible, and more environmentally friendly. Doing an online internship means you’ll do the same work – and enjoy international work experience – but you won’t need to travel or change your routine. You might even do it part-time, while studying or working at the same time. Remote internships can be brilliant opportunities under certain circumstances, and writing internships lend themselves perfectly to this setup.

So it fully depends on you. We’re excited to be able to offer a variety of learning experiences, and we’re always happy to help you find the internship that perfectly suits you and your situation.