Most companies in Kenya don’t pay interns salaries, they instead allow them to work and receive recommendation letters, but there are a couple of companies which pay decent salaries even when someone is an intern.
If you want to earn salary as an intern, these are the sectors to join:
- NGO
- Banking
- Insurance
- Research companies
- Manufacturing industry
- Clearing industry
- Milk processing industry
- Teaching institutions
- Media
The worst place to work as an intern is in a government institution. Almost all government institutions don’t have a budget for interns, hence no pay. If you happen to join an institution like The Treasury as an Intern, you will end up not earning anything.
If you are looking for internship in Kenya, here are some of the institutions to apply and get paid:
Madison Insurance—Ksh 20,000
- IRA—Ksh 20,000
- International Schools—Ksh 20,000 to Ksh 40,000
- Private Schools—Ksh 10,000 to Ksh20,000
- Standard Media Group—Ksh 25,000
- Nation Media Group—Ksh20,000-Ksh40,000
- Cooperative Bank of Kenya—Ksh20,000
- Care International—Ksh 30,000
- Tuko—Ksh10,000 to Ksh20,000
- Genghis Capital—Ksh30,000
- Old Mutual—Ksh10,000
- Britam—Ksh25,000
- CIC Insurance—Ksh30,000
- Actuarial Society of Kenya—Ksh20,000
- AMREF—Ksh 35,000
- Kenya Power—Ksh40,000
- TSC Teachers—Ksh 10,000 to Ksh15,000
- United Nations—Ksh 60,000
- CFC Stanbic Bank—Ksh25,000
- KCB—Ksh 10,000-Ksh20,000
- Equity Bank—Ksh 15,000 to Ksh30,000
- KenGen—Ksh50,000
- NSE—Ksh60,000
- Helb—Ksh25,000
- KRA–Ksh30,000
There are also other numerous companies which pay interns but most of them are not owned by the government
