The top global development hubs hiring in Africa in 2025

Africa, the world’s second-largest continent by both population and land area, is a highly diverse region with a mix of low-, middle-, and high-income countries and rapidly growing economies. Its significant challenges, including internal conflicts and climate-related disasters, make it a key focus for global development initiatives, particularly in health, education, agriculture, and humanitarian response. Development organizations working across the continent have faced further challenges this year with the foreign aid funding cuts imposed by the United States, which was a key donor in the region. In this article, we take a look at the countries with the most job openings in North, East, West, Central, and southern Africa over the past 12 months. We highlight the organizations most actively hiring in these regions, focusing on employers beyond the United Nations and other large INGOs and MDBs that have an income of over $500 million. As we continue to explore the global development hiring landscape, this update highlights the top global development employers in Africa since our last analysis in October 2024. Top global development hubs in North Africa Egypt: 565 jobs Top organization to look out for: Coptic Orphans Headquarters: Fairfax, United States Year founded: 1988 Egypt office: Cairo Egypt-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 58 Coptic Orphans works to break the cycle of poverty in Egypt by helping vulnerable children through education and long-term mentorship. It is currently seeking a training and research specialist to be based in Cairo who will help strengthen the organization’s programs in collaboration with field staff, volunteer representatives, and partner organizations. View all current openings at Coptic Orphans in Egypt. View all current openings in Egypt. Development job seekers in Egypt can also explore opportunities with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, which provides innovative technologies to enhance food and water security in the world’s nontropical dry areas. Egypt is a key hub for ICARDA’s agricultural research in the region, where they have several initiatives, including the Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program. Tunisia: 318 jobs Top organization to look out for: Expertise France Headquarters: Paris, France Year founded: 2015 Tunisia office: Tunis Tunisia-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 36 Expertise France is the French public agency for international development cooperation, which designs and implements projects in low- and middle-income countries across key sectors, including governance, health, security, education, and climate. View all current openings in Tunisia. Top global development hubs in East Africa Kenya: 2,239 jobs Top organization to look out for: Rainforest Alliance Headquarters: New York, United States Year founded: 1987 Kenya office: Nairobi Kenya-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 71 The Rainforest Alliance works with markets and companies to improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, including through its certification program, which stipulates environmental, social, and economic standards for crop production. Focusing on forests and biodiversity, climate, livelihoods, and human rights, the alliance’s work ranges from promoting sustainable land management practices to working with companies to build strong supply chains. View all current openings in Kenya. Development job seekers in Kenya may also look into career opportunities with the One Acre Fund. Headquartered in Kakamega, the organization provides services and support to smallholder farmers. Ethiopia: 1,287 jobs Top organization to look out for: SOS Children’s Villages International Headquarters: Innsbruck, Austria Year founded: 1949 Ethiopia office: Addis Ababa Ethiopia-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 34 SOS Children’s Villages International is a global nongovernmental organization that helps children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it. Its direct services to families and extended families include livelihood support, parenting workshops, counseling, access to education, and entrepreneur and vocational training. The organization also works with communities to strengthen social networks and structures, and in protection in emergencies. View all current openings in Ethiopia. Top global development hubs in West Africa Nigeria: 849 jobs Top organization to look out for: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Headquarters: Ibadan, Nigeria Year founded: 1967 Nigeria-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 48 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture is a research-for-development organization focused on generating agricultural innovations and sustainable solutions across sub-Saharan Africa. The institute is currently seeking a consultant to support the implementation and monitoring of methane-reducing agricultural practices under the Nigeria for Women Project. View all current openings at IITA in Nigeria. View all current openings in Nigeria. Senegal: 669 jobs Top organization to look out for: Médecins Sans Frontières Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland Year founded: 1971 Senegal office: Dakar Senegal-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 57 MSF is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides lifesaving medical care and emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, and disasters worldwide. While the organization closed its projects in Senegal in 2020, Dakar serves as a hub for recruiting remote staff to support field operations. View all current openings at MSF in Senegal. View all current openings in Senegal. Development job seekers in Senegal may also look into opportunities with IDInsight, a data analytics and research organization. They have an office in Dakar, which serves as a regional hub for their work across West and North Africa. Top global development hubs in Central Africa The Democratic Republic of Congo: 772 jobs Top organization to look out for: Danish Refugee Council Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark Year founded: 1956 DRC-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 40 The Danish Refugee Council is Denmark’s leading international humanitarian NGO that works to protect refugees, internally displaced persons, and host communities through emergency relief and rights advocacy. The organization’s priorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are around protection activities, safe water provision, hygiene and sanitation, safe shelter — emergency and transitional — food security, and improved livelihoods. View all current openings in the DRC. Uganda: 491 jobs Top organization to look out for: Pathfinder International Headquarters: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Year founded: 1957 Uganda-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 24 Pathfinder International is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that facilitates women-led, locally grounded solutions to expand access to contraception, safe maternity care, and information. Among other activities, the organization partners with communities across Uganda to tackle the root causes of gender inequality and other negative beliefs and practices that affect girls’ and women’s access to reproductive health, education, and work. View all current openings in Uganda. Development job seekers in Uganda may also be interested in opportunities with Educate!, an NGO that works to tackle youth unemployment and provide African youth with the skills to succeed in the labor market and in business. Top global development hubs in southern Africa Mozambique: 546 jobs Top organization to look out for: Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development Headquarters: Rome, Italy Year founded: 2016 Mozambique office: Chimoio Mozambique-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 18 The Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development, or AICS — part of the Italian Cooperation system — implements technical and financial cooperation and development initiatives across rural development and food security, environment and land use, human development, and human aid and fragile contexts. View all current openings in Mozambique. Development job seekers in Mozambique may also find opportunities with AGRA, which supports small-scale farmers and develops solutions to sustainably boost food systems across Africa. Madagascar: 472 jobs Top organization to look out for: Seed Madagascar Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Year founded: 2000 Madagascar office: Fort Dauphin Madagascar-based jobs posted over the past 12 months: 26 Seed Madagascar is a nonprofit organization that implements projects focused on sustainable environment, education, and development to alleviate poverty and conserve the highly endangered ecosystems in southeastern Madagascar. It currently has an opening for a conservation research assistant who will conduct research and data collection tasks for conservation projects and help manage the volunteers of the organization. View all current openings at Seed Madagascar in Madagascar. View all current openings in Madagascar.