Inkomoko assists entrepreneurs in expanding their businesses to enhance livelihoods, generate employment, and foster community prosperity.
In 2025, the Financial Times recognized Inkomoko as the 8th fastest-growing company in Africa, aiding entrepreneurs throughout East and Central Africa in developing successful businesses and establishing inclusive, resilient economies.
Established in 2012, Inkomoko has collaborated with over 100,000 entrepreneurs, including many refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko offers a blend of training, consulting, access to financing, and market-level systemic change. We are the foremost investor in refugee entrepreneurs across Africa.
Position: Graduate Trainee-Market Linkages
We are looking for someone who;
- Manages Diverse Relationships – Relates well to a wide variety of personalities, values differences, and communicates effectively across diverse communication styles, cultures, and backgrounds.
- Takes initiatives to Deliver – Thinks several months in advance, prioritizes objectives, implements reliably, and quickly identifies what will help or hinder goal accomplishment.
- Fluent in Technology – Uses technology effectively to work efficiently and achieve desired outcomes.
The ideal candidate will fulfill the following requirements:
- Highly energetic. We want someone who thrives from being on the field and talking to people.
- Sales-oriented: We are looking for people who will be able to secure contracts/deals for our clients.
- Relationship-building: we are looking for relationship builders. Someone who is no stranger to strangers.
- Opportunistic: Someone with an ability to spot and communicate opportunities quickly.
- Self-Starter: Someone who will need minimal training and will be ready to learn on the fly.
- Field-based: All graduate trainees will be based on the field, and ideally from locations where they are posted.
- Language proficiency: Basic or advanced level the local language capabilities is a big plus.
- Up to 1 year of work experience
- College degree in any field – marketing and sales preferred.
- Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Identify and link our clients with local business opportunities. This will involve meeting buyers of different kinds to understand their supply needs. The buyers may include local hotels and restaurants, bars, schools, small processing companies, among others.
- Build long-term business relationships with local micro and small buyers.
- Work with the Business Development and Investment teams to identify and create a list of clients with market linkages potential.
- Share and help our clients to apply for tender opportunities in local markets.
- Supports the development of digital technology solutions for business to business (B2B) & business to customer (B2C) linkage.
- Collaborates and participates in different platforms and enhances synergy between the market related objective in respective regions.
- Initiates and assists with special projects, such as trade fairs, promotional events, advertising, and product development support in close collaboration with BGS team and clients.
Location: Jijiga, Somali, Ethiopia
Application Deadline: April 20, 2026
HOW TO APPLY
If you’re excited about this role, please submit your CV, and tell us why you are the right fit for this opportunity.
Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. As we seek to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.
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