About Sabou Capital
Sabou Capital is an Africa-focused private capital fund manager investing in small and growing businesses across Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal. We deploy debt and revenue-based financing to fill the SME funding gap in West Africa, with a gender-lens and impact-first approach. Sabou Capital Fund I is currently in its fundraising phase with commitments from leading development finance institutions and impact investors.
We are a young, ambitious, multi-country team with leadership based in Abuja, Abidjan, and Dakar. As we scale toward our first close, we are building out our Abuja investment platform and looking for senior professionals who want to help shape a pan-African fund from the ground up.
About the role
The Communications Intern will support Sabou Capital’s communications team, contributing to social media content, press materials, and storytelling around our portfolio companies and the broader investment industry.
Communications Intern
Location: Remote
Type: Internship
Reports to: Communications Lead
Key responsibilities
- Draft and schedule social media content for Sabou’s social media pages, with a primary focus on LinkedIn.
- Support the development of press releases, media pitches, and press kits.
- Assist with writing and light production for video, documentary, and multimedia content featuring portfolio companies.
- Support creation of blog posts and website updates
- Help maintain Sabou’s content calendar and track performance across channels.
- Provide general administrative and coordination support to the communications function, including scheduling, filing, and reporting.
Requirements
What we’re looking for.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Marketing, or a related field.
- Strong written and verbal communication and an eye for clear, engaging storytelling.
- Genuine interest in impact investing, private capital, or the West African startup/SME ecosystem.
- Comfortable using LinkedIn and other social platforms professionally; some design tool familiarity(Canva, Adobe) a plus.
- Proactive, organized, and able to manage multiple small deliverables with attention to detail.
- Working French is an advantage.
Benefits
- Access to relevant training and learning opportunities to support your growth.
- Real, portfolio-ready experience working at an active impact investing fund.
- Monthly stipend.
- Flexible, remote working arrangement.
Application Deadline Unspecified
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and Qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
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