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Recruit without gambling
You judge on several months of real work rather than a one-hour interview. By the end, you know exactly who you are hiring, and they already know how you operate.
Partner companies
Help train the person you will hire.
Hosting a KIAMI student is not doing a school a favour. It is spotting a future colleague before your competitors do, moving a stalled project forward, and shaping the workforce your sector lacks.
Four reasons to host a student.
A learning model rooted in real workplaces puts the student with you for part of their programme. Long enough to become useful, early enough for you to train them in your own way of working.
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Unlock stalled projects
The second-year field project and the final-year supervised project both address a question you choose. Those worthwhile tasks that never reach the top of the list finally find someone to carry them out.
03
Develop your own teams
Supervising a student forces you to put into words what had been left implicit. Your experienced staff gain a mentoring role, and their know-how stops resting on one person alone.
04
See things differently
A student trained in digital tools, business intelligence and AI applied to management asks the questions that habit has quietly retired.
What is at stake
A skilled workforce cannot be imported. It has to be trained.
Congolese employers share the same observation: management graduates exist on paper, but the gap between the degree and the job is still left for the employer to close, often over several months.
Experiential learning shifts that burden. Learning the job no longer begins after hiring: it happens during the studies, on your premises, with your tools and your methods. By hosting a student, you are not taking on one more intern — you are directly producing the skills your sector lacks.
Growing year by year.
The commitment asked of you grows with the student's autonomy. You choose the level at which you come in.
Year 1 — Immersion
You open your doors.
The student gradually takes part in the company's activities and projects, through a range of assignments.
Short work placements
Year 2 — Contribution
You hand over a piece of work.
The student works on a topic you define and produces a deliverable that remains yours to use, in partnership with KIAMI.
Field project on your topic
Work placement
Community project
Junior enterprise
Year 3 — Autonomy
They take on your real problems.
The student works at the heart of your organisation: complex tasks and genuine management problems. Their supervised project addresses one of them.
Final-year placement
Supervised project
A framework that protects you too.
Hosting a student should not become an administrative burden or a risk. Everything is set out in advance.
Well before
A tripartite agreement
KIAMI, the student and you sign a document setting out the duration, the objectives and each party's responsibilities. Nothing is left unsaid.
Just before
Preparation beforehand
The student arrives with the fundamentals of management and professional conduct already covered at the institute. You train them for the job, not for how to behave at work.
Throughout the placement
A single point of contact
A dedicated academic adviser runs the partner network. You do not have to chase the institute: it is the one that follows up.
At the end
Your assessment counts towards the grade
The workplace supervisor's appraisal forms part of the student's evaluation. What you expect of them has a real effect on their record.
Partners across the professional world.
KIAMI is actively seeking partners in the workplace to develop activities with students, and so to contribute to training young people in the DRC. If you are interested in working with our students, get in touch.
| Student's specialisation | Organisations sought |
|---|---|
| Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Growing SMEs, incubators, agricultural cooperatives, microfinance institutions, chambers of commerce, consultancies, hospitality and tourism, technology startups |
| Human Resources | Large companies and groups, mining companies, banks and insurers, telecoms operators, government bodies and state-owned enterprises, international organisations, healthcare and education institutions, recruitment firms, NGOs |
| Business Intelligence, AI and Data | Telecoms operators, banks and microfinance institutions, mining and energy companies, distribution, digital startups, consulting and audit firms, public administrations, NGOs and donors |
| Logistics and Supply Chain | Mining and energy, agribusiness, river and port transport, freight forwarders and customs, civil engineering and construction, manufacturing, distribution, agricultural cooperatives, humanitarian organisations |
| Marketing and International Trade | Breweries and fast-moving consumer goods, telecoms operators, banks and insurers, exporters and import-export businesses, export-oriented producers and cooperatives, communications agencies, media and broadcasting, distribution and retail, hospitality and tourism |
| Finance, Banking and Insurance | Commercial banks, insurers, microfinance institutions, fintech, accounting and audit firms, corporate finance departments, tax authorities and regulators, international donors and funds |
Your sector is not listed? Write to us anyway: the network is being built with the first companies to commit.
Partner companies
A network being built with you.
Companies working alongside the institute open the way to new markets, both regional and international, to the integration of artificial intelligence and technology into management, and to more competitive organisations in the DRC.
Classes begin in November 2026.
The partner network is being formed now. The first companies to commit choose their profiles and their project topics.
Corporate partnerships
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