Gain invaluable hands-on experience with a secured 4-week internship. You’ll work closely with industry professionals, collaborate with fellow students, and solve real-world problems. Our internships offer a unique opportunity to apply your skills, build your network, and stand out in the job market.
4500+
Interns placed globally
250+
Internship partners around the world
91.7%
Customer satisfaction score
85%
of alumni land a job at a Fortune 500 company.
How the internship placement will work.
An overview of how the internship placement process works. From expressing your preferences to securing the perfect opportunity.
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Expressing your preferences.
When you begin your bootcamp, your instructors will introduce you to the available companies and project briefs. You'll be given an opportunity to research the clients, evaluate the briefs, and express your preferences.
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Matching you to a company.
After submitting your preferences, your instructors will match students based on preferences, engagement, performance, collaboration skills, and client industry needs.
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Continuous support.
You are never alone during your iX journey. With Teaching Assistants available to support you daily and 24/7 on-the-ground program staff, you'll always have the guidance and assistance you need.
Internship takeaways.
As part of your experience at iX, you'll work on a real-world project with a group of other students, guided by your expert teacher and TAs.
Our past internship partners.
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Zertive.
Zertive is a business and technology consultancy firm that supports their clients in their strategic management, leveraging technology to achieve and improve their business objectives. Zertive was established in 2013 as a result of the spin-off of the company's consulting unit.
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Vixtape.
Vixtape is a streaming platform that combines AI curation with Web3 technologies to innovate in content creation, interaction, and monetization. The platform utilizes smart contracts and a proprietary multilayered media player to enhance how media is consumed and valued, while prioritizing fair compensation for creators and cultural institutions.
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Beeline.
Beeline is a platform to simplify learning, development and knowledge management. Built in Cape Town, Beeline allows users to create effective learning and micro-learning journeys with ease by aggregating any learning material or resources into a single location.
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Sport TV.
Sport TV was born in 1998 as the first Portuguese television channel entirely dedicated to sports content par excellence. Over 20 years, it has shown a pioneering character, focusing on innovation and protection of the most important values in the sports universe.
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40+ Lab.
40+ Lab exists to help clients make the most out of how longevity and the aging of the population can impact on their businesses, be it with optimal HR management and/or products, services and environments created or adapted for people over 40 years of age and for those who want to expand their lifespan.
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TUNL.
TUNL’s vision is to turn African businesses into global businesses through better export logistics. As the first step, TUNL have launched “TUNL Economy” - Africa’s first true economy export courier. The Economy service is at least 50% more affordable than express courier alternatives, with fully-tracked and insured parcel deliveries to the USA.
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Soapbox SA.
Soapbox South Africa is a behavioral design agency dedicated to assisting organizations in Africa with the development of impactful projects, marketing strategies, and communications. Their focus areas include education, healthcare, financial inclusion, and sustainability.
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Funti3r.
Funti3r is a Software as a Service (SaaS) start-up that is here to revolutionize the way Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and corporates manage their tasks and streamline their operations. Their micro-tasking web application is designed to unlock unprecedented efficiency, empowering their clients to thrive in the fast-paced digital era.
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Hope House.
In 2004, Hope House, an NPO, was started at the home of their founder and director, Judy Strickland. She saw a need in the community for mental health assistance to those who aren’t able to afford it. Soon, the word spread and her donation-based counselling services grew. Today, Hope House has four centers serving the Cape Town community.
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Susdee.
Susdee helps people find purpose-driven careers by enhancing corporate transparency in sustainability. Their platform offers job resources and sustainability assessments, using NLP algorithms to generate SI scores across five categories. Companies like Adobe actively use Susdee's values-based metrics.
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Proto Care.
Proto Care aims to transform South Africa’s healthcare landscape into one that’s proactive, patient-centered, and technologically advanced. Their online healthcare platform - which will be a first-of-its-kind digital hospital for preventative healthcare - is now being actively tested with registered nurses.
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Reefer.
South African brand Reefer combines style and sustainability in shoes made from eco-friendly materials like cork and RPET. They’re launching an art-inspired collection with a local artist and integrating a student-led sales strategy to strengthen their brand.
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Saving the Survivors.
Saving the Survivors focuses on rehabilitating injured endangered animals, particularly rhinos targeted by poaching and trauma. As poaching incidents rise, their team performs interventions and surgeries to give many injured animals a second chance.
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Prim-U.
Prim-U is an on-demand booking platform that connects beauty and wellness businesses with customers for product sales and professional services. As a growing start-up, they require a comprehensive digital strategy, having previously collaborated with iX students.
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The Komenda Project.
The Komenda Project focuses on sustainable development in Ghana by empowering youth and children through education and mentorship. Recently, they partnered with Arlokea to provide school kits to 100 children and 30 teachers at St. Michael's & All Angels Anglican Primary School, enhancing educational quality.
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Cookie Jar.
Cookie Jar is an anti-social social media platform focused on self-expression and privacy. It addresses the challenges of capturing and sharing media by combining the connectivity of social media, the organization of cloud storage, and the authenticity of your camera roll.
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One Bio.
One Bio Venture Studio provides investment capital, lab facilities, mentorship, science and business incubation services, taking early stage biotech startups from lab bench to product in an intense 6-month residency program in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Yellow | Live Better.
Yellow Solar Power is a start-up bringing high quality power to Malawi. Products include pay-as-you-go solar lighting, charging and entertainment. Yellow’s Malawi operation is the country’s largest retailer of PAYGO solar home systems, revolutionising access to energy in the country.
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Complear.
Complear offers expertise in digital health in Portugal and around Europe, providing complete regulatory and support services to manufacturers and distributors of medical devices. They work as extended team members for the full product life cycle, from the idea stages of the products up to reaching the market.
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VoxCroft.
Population-centric intelligence utilizes a proprietary method to gather elusive data, employing automated collection tools and advanced analytics to capture the "voice of the people." Their expertise includes accessing data from hard-to-reach areas and developing AI/ML and NLP tools for low-resource languages, guided by a team of cultural and security experts.
Your summer internship.
You get a guaranteed internship placement for the summer at one of our global partner companies.
116 hours of internship work to add to your resume.
You’ll work closely with your manager, teaching team and other students to complete the deliverables for your project.
Your internship is balanced with hands-on work experience supported by additional class sessions to cover advanced material.
Have a question? Speak with a Student Advisor.
Our advisors are available to answer your questions and assist.
