Internship opportunity
The Tunisian American Enterprise Fund Fellows is a unique internship program designed to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs and business people and to provide talented interns to TAEF investees. Originally, TAEF Fellows worked with 6 students from 5 universities and a few companies.The success of that experiment has led to the growth of the program:
- Open up to students from all Tunisian universities
- Internships are offered in the summer and throughout the year
- Any TAEF portfolio company may participate
- Company projects are well defined and students are supervised and supported
- Opportunities exist for students in many disciplines including software engineer, administration, marketing, research
- TAEF offers additional training for students
- Volunteer opportunities have been added during the Covid era
TAEF Fellows Program Today
At the beginning of 2021, we are in our fourth edition with a total of 67 Fellows from 20+ Tunisian Universities throughout the country. Our Fellows family is getting bigger. We hope that over time, being a TAEF Fellow will become a mark of distinction. A network of former fellows will carry the TAEF brand, support SME, startups and Microfinance institutions growth in Tunisia and provide a cohort for the young professionals.
Volunteer opportunity
In light of worldwide COVID 19 pandemic and the consequent slowdown of the economy, TAEF decided to include a volunteer option in its Fellows program. The volunteer option offers professional growth opportunities to students at a time when companies – especially the SME companies that we finance – are less able to hire employees. The benefits to the volunteer:- Professional experience in a time when companies are slow to hire
- Build your professional network
- Apply your learning to real company problems
- Join a cohort of other committed, talented students
- Join TAEF as we support our companies and people during this difficult time