Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is a public-benefit federal enterprise working in more than 100 countries worldwide. We work on behalf of the German Government and support public and private sector clients in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and environment, and peace and security. Our activities cover three priority areas: Energy and Climate, which deals with renewable energy and energy efficiency; Training and Sustainable Growth for decent Jobs, and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, which focuses on good governance.

Project Brief

• The Private Sector and Innovation Promotion (PSInno) programme supports growth-oriented enterprises in Ghana, with a focus on agro-processing, innovation, and the digital economy.
• Building on earlier private-sector and entrepreneurship initiatives, the programme helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) strengthen their competitiveness and operate more sustainably.
• PSInno improves access to markets and finance, enhances entrepreneurial and digital skills, and promotes innovative business models. By enabling SMEs to capture new opportunities locally and internationally, the programme contributes to higher business growth, stronger sector performance, and expanded employment.

Scope of Role:

The intern will support the PSInno team with data research, preparation, analysis and visualisation, while contributing to the development and validation of the digital twin pilot and related documentation.

Tasks:

• Research and identify relevant public programme, and third-party datasets.
• Review datasets for completeness, consistency, and suitability for analysis.
• Clean, structure, and combine datasets for use in the pilot.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify trends, relationships, and data gaps.
• Support the development, testing, and refinement of the digital twin model.
• Assist with testing assumptions and scenarios and validating model outputs.
• Prepare charts, tables, visualisations, presentations, and analytical summaries.
• Document data sources, methodologies, assumptions, findings, and lessons learnt.
• Manage the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform for the PSInno project.
• Participate in team meetings and support other relevant data analysis and research tasks

Qualification Required & Experience

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics,
Mathematics, Engineering, or another closely related quantitative field.
• Good foundational knowledge of data analysis and quantitative methods.
• Practical experience using at least one data analysis or programming tool such as Python or R, gained through academic work, internships, personal projects or similar experience.
• Ability to source, clean, organise and analyse datasets.
• Good research skills and ability to identify and assess information and data from different sources.
• Basic knowledge of data visualisation and presentation of analytical results and ability to write and speak good English.
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience in CRM platform customisation and management.
• Familiarity with Ghana's private sector, SME landscape, innovation ecosystem or digital economy would be an advantage.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a one-page cover letter to:

recruitment-ghana@giz.de under the Job Code 2026/Intern-PSInno/14/09. If you do not hear from us four (4) weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Closing Date: 21 September, 2026

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity. All qualified candidates regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, race, and religion are encouraged to apply.