ARIPO Young Professionals Programme 2026 ($2,500 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: January 24, 2026

Applications are open for the ARIPO Young Professionals Programme 2026. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation Young Professionals Programme is a effectively-structured, distinctive on-the-job studying and improvement programme aimed toward grooming and nurturing excessive-potential younger professionals from numerous educational backgrounds and specialisations that are aligned to the technical facets of Intellectual Property (IP), in addition to administrative roles and empowering them to contribute to the socio-financial progress and improvement of their international locations.

Benefits

• Monthly stipend of US$2,500
• A as soon as-off settling-in grant of an quantity equal of 1 month’s stipend, on appointment.
• Free journey (to the host nation) on appointment and (to home nation) on completion of the programme.
• Medical Aid/Insurance (80% employer and 20% participant)
• Annual depart, sick depart and compassionate depart
• Group Life, Funeral and Accident Cover
• A as soon as-off repatriation grant of an quantity equal of 1 month’s stipend on completion of programme.

Eligibility

• Candidates should be nationals of a Member State of the Organization specifically, Botswana, Cape Verde, Kingdom of Eswatini, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kingdom of Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
• Have a Bachelor Degree in any of the next:
  • Business Studies/Business Administration
  • Law
  • Business Analytics/Project Management/Strategy
  • Telecommunications
• The diploma will need to have been obtained no more than 5 years earlier than the date of application.
• Candidates should be 28 years or beneath on the time of application.

Competencies and Skills Required

• Strong planning, and drawback-fixing expertise
• Strong communication and interpersonal expertise
• Ability to work independently
• Creativity and innovativeness
• Digital literacy
• Excellent written and spoken English

Application

The application deadline is January 24, 2026. The period of appointment is a Fixed-term contract of two (2) years (non-renewable).

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For extra data, go to ARIPO YPP.