Our opportunities

Africa Finance Corporation attracts and retains the finest selection of employees from diverse backgrounds and orientations as an equal opportunity employer.

In the service of executing its mandate, AFC maintains multiple partnerships with institutions regionally including the African Development Bank, African Export-Import Bank, PTA Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Bank Ouest Africaine de Development, the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, and also internationally with the China Africa Fund, the Infrastructure Development Finance Company of India, the Dutch development bank FMO and the US Government through USAID and OPIC – the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Our core values

Teamwork

We place our clients’ interest first by prioritising the strengths of teamwork towards achieving our clients’ goals. We strive to create an environment conducive to elevated levels of performance by treating every employee with the utmost respect

Innovation

We commit to dedicating our minds and energies on a constant basis to innovating creative solutions that become industry standard. We owe it to ourselves, the continent, and future generations.

Ethics

We adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards; we approach our work with integrity and honesty, understanding that it has a tremendous impact on Africa and its future.

Responsibility

We will apply upmost care in the execution of our responsibilities as professionals to avoid occurrence of financial and reputational losses to AFC, while focusing on developmental outcomes and financial returns.

Speed

We will approach all aspects of our work with a sense of urgency reflecting our commitment to reducing Africa’s infrastructure deficit and maximising shareholder returns

Our employee value proposition

High quality work challenge

We provide quality work challenges that enable employees to take risks and develop innovative solutions across the business.

Quality leadership & work environment

We focus on building a strong leadership pipeline of employees who role model AFC values and ignite a passion for excellence in a safe, conducive and inclusive work environment, where diversity is valued as a strength and work-life balance is promoted to build an energised and healthy workforce.

Learning culture

We promote a learning organisation where learning happens alongside work to build a highly competent, agile and globally competitive workforce.

Compensation

We provide a competitive reward structure comprising base pay, benefits, performance linked pay and bonuses which enables us to reward and recognise excellence in an equitable manner.

Our career opportunities

AFC is an equal opportunity employer which strives to maintain equal opportunity in the conduct of all employment activities regardless of an individual’s age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or legally protected category. We support, promote and celebrate diversity and inclusiveness as a means of enhancing a dynamic and innovative environment.

We offer employees endless growth opportunities across all areas of the business such as Project Finance, Project Development, Financial Advisory, Treasury, Financial Institutions, Investor Relations, AFC Capital (a subsidiary of. AFC), Country Relations, Syndications, Legal, Corporate Secretariat, Risk Management, Strategy, Communications, Finance, Audit, Human Resources, Administration, Procurement and Information Technology. The AFC also offers highly engaging internship opportunities for graduates and pre-MBA students.