DNA Economics: Internship Programme 2024

DNA Economics is a specialist economics and development consulting company active throughout sub-Southern Africa. The company’s head office is in Pretoria, with a presence in Cape Town.

We are currently looking for recent graduates and current post-graduate students to join our full-time team as a junior economist in early 2025.

Applicants should have an interest in any of the following fields of work:

• Climate change and energy
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Public economics
• Network industries (e.g. transport, electricity, communications)
• Trade and regional integration

Requirements:

Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered:

• A completed Honour's Degree, ideally in Economics, but DNA will also consider graduates with an academic background in Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies, Statistics, Data Analytics and other social science studies with a strong quantitative component;
• Good quantitative and analytical skills;
• Excellent writing and communication skills;
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• Willing to travel in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa;
• Legally able to work in South Africa.