2019 Seed Internship Program Opportunity (AC Group Ltd)

Company name: AC Group Ltd

Website: www.acgroup.rw

Project type: Strategy

Project Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Project sub-categories: Strategy, Product Management, Expansion

Internship eligibility requirement: Stanford Undergraduates and Graduate students (MBA, MSx, MA, MS, PhD) may participate

About the company: AC Group is a provider of smart transport solutions in Rwanda with plans to expand to other cities in Africa. In Kigali, the company has digitized the payment of public transport fares and the provision 4G Wi-Fi in public buses. The system currently has one million clients and over 150 million journeys have been made through Tap&Go system.

Project Description: 

In line with the AC Group’s mission of “transforming cities by designing innovative solutions to connect people and businesses,” the company has plans to expand its operations in remote parts of Rwanda and other cities across Africa. With our current products, Tap&Go and the Tap&Go wifi project, the company has a target of providing internet access to two million people by the end of 2020 in Rwanda, and to introduce Tap&Go in other African cities and create a platform that will allow interoperability of automated fare collection systems in the upcountry market. We would like to have an intern skilled in strategic project management to help us analyze market data, evaluate the company’s project portfolios, and advise us on project management tools that will help us achieve our strategic goals.