The most
successful Bloggers will be offered opportunities to join our team of paid
contributors.

This
internship can be performed remotely. Bloggers based in a city of East Africa
preferred.

In recent years,
emerging markets have been the theatre of the introduction of new goods, new
methods of production, the opening of new markets and the conquest of new
sources of supply. A large number of these innovations were brought in by
multinational companies eager to conquer new customers and sources of profit.
Yet the recent rise of the Global South middle class is giving way to new
challenges and new opportunities; opportunities that shrewd local or diasporan
entrepreneurs and innovators are seizing every day.

Emerging Innovatio
n
is a new webzine of critical perspectives on dynamic entrepreneurs and self
starters emerging from across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Blogger –
Financial Inclusion, East Africa

Role
overview

Emerging Innovation
(EI) is seeking talented students and professionals who are passionate about
writing and visually representing the city they live in. As an EI Blogger, you
will write blog posts in the fields of financial inclusion in societies
undergoing rapid economic, social, technological, environmental and spatial
change.

A local
correspondent on your topic of expertise, you will be able to strengthen your
personal brand online, within your networks and communities and across other
mediums.

This role supports
Emerging Innovation’s wider mission of uncovering innovation and structural
changes across all fields emerging from developing and transitional economies.

Qualifications

• 6
  month or 1 year commitment, contractually;
• 2
  blogs per month, bi-weekly (12 blogs in total over 6 months)
• Uninterrupted
  internet and computer access, must check email daily;
• Excellent
  English and writing skills
• Passion
  for financial inclusion in developing countries
• Access
  to a camera to take images in local environment, or ability to partner
  with local photographer (as applicable)
• Ability
  to work remotely
• Ability
  to work under deadlines and meet them

Visibility

We will work with
each blogger to ensure that the topics covered are of high interest to our
community of readers and to the writer. We aim to create an environment where
you can develop your skills, influence and expertise.

Outcomes

• Increased
  knowledge and exposure to blogging career opportunities;
• Ability
  to utilize WordPress blogging software – increased knowledge of
  functionality and features;
• Increased
  comfort writing within word count constraints;
• Improved
  writing skills through revisions;
• Understanding
  the professional process of blog writing, editing, and more;
• Branding
  yourself on the internet and creating exposure for job opportunities;
• Opportunities
  to join Emerging Innovation’s team of paid contributors (as applicable)

How
to apply

How to Apply

If you are
interested, please contact Marilyne Abony at editor@emerinn.com. Please note
that only applicants who follow the directions below will be considered for the
internship:

1. Submit
   a Resume and a Cover Letter;
2. Submit
   a writing sample covering an agriculture & community development
   topic;
3. Submit
   7 specific topics that you are interested in blogging about;

In the subject line,
put ‘Blogging
Internship‘.

Submit your
application by July 25, 2014. Positions begin on August 4, 2014. The position
is remote and unpaid.