diiVe Cape Town

Immerse. Explore. Impact.

Our Cape Town Summer internship programs are best-in-class at preparing you for true global consulting work. Share ideas, apply solutions, learn from experts and consulting professionals in Cape Town. Gain clarity, confidence, networking and the impactful experience you seek in a diverse global city, in pursuit of a cutting-edge consulting career.

What to expect

Cape Town
In Person

Tuition

$5500

Dates

9 June – 25 July 2025

Deadline

December 13 2024

Experience an immersive 7-week consulting internship program, with a 2-week consulting training and a 5-week hands-on, project-based internship. This is a deep-dive into consulting, global work and teaming experience to build future-ready skills. Living and working in Cape Town with students from around the world adds a priceless life experience to a fast-paced program.

1

Elevate your employability

We equip you with foundational consulting capabilities, skills and work-life experience to enrich your leadership in a competitive marketplace.

2

Gain international work experience that matters

Gain international work experience that matters.

3

Define your constant, in the era of change

We support you in defining your own purpose, whilst giving you access to networks you need, to launch your global career.

Need help with funding

We’ve put together a range of funding opportunities to ensure our opportunities are inclusive and accessible for all.

What is Consulting,
anyway?

Consulting is a high-growth, high-demand industry that has vast scope in terms of size and specializations. As a company consultant, you are hired for your keen problem-solving ability, your fresh perspective, and your capacity to synthesize clear takeaways from complex information. From FinTech and Innovation to Sustainability and Healthcare, becoming a skilled consultant prepares you for a vocation of world-economic change, where you’ll be able to develop solutions for clients that are actionable, sustainable and inclusive.

Read a Case Study

Shared Value Africa | 07.2024

The Shared Value Africa Initiative (SVAI) is a pan-African organisation and the regional partner of the global Shared Value Initiative business network that are drawn together through a common purpose: to assist and collaborate with organisations to create Shared Value and build prosperous and sustainable economies and societies through focussing on Profit with Purpose.

Need

Develop a risk assessment tool that will aid businesses wishing to become gender - responsive in identifying hazards within the workplace that pose a threat to the physical and psychological wellbeing of gender minority employees. In addition to hazard identification, the tool will serve as a financial guide with regards to the costs inflicted on businesses should GBV incidents within a company remain unaddressed.

Solution

The team compiled a hazard identification map with 3 broad categories (physical environment, industry, organizational) and developed a scoring system based on how risky they are for physical/psychological/structural WVH. Then made a risk assessment tool that breaks down potential costs for each type of WVH. Costs were sorted into HR, legal, reputational and operational types.

V&A Waterfront | 07.2023

The V&A Waterfront is among the premier tourist destinations and leading retail, commercial, residential and marine spaces on the African continent with a mission to manage and connect its neighborhood and societal stakeholders for the benefit of all.

Need

Assist in scoping and assessing the economic viability, partnership, and physical space of a blue economy innovation hub (aka, Ocean Cluster House) at the V&A Waterfront.

Solution

A physical design and operational design for an Ocean Cluster at the Waterfront, developing a financial model with clear economic viability and meeting ROI targets.

IDATCo | 07.2023

A fintech company based in South Africa, IDATCo aims to revolutionize the payment industry in Africa by leveraging blockchain technology to provide secure and efficient money transfer solutions that bypass traditional payment rails.

Need

Grow IDATC0s customer base from current 40 clients to 4,000 clients over 18 months and expand footprint into the US, Canada and UK markets with a global go-to-market strategy for its B2B business segment.

Solution

Tailored educational materials, targeted marketing, FSP collaborations, roadshows leveraging FINTRX, and a focus on testimonials, regulatory compliance, white-label branding, and transparent return statistics.

Past program highlights

Take a look at what some of our previous diiVers had
to say…

Where will I stay in Cape Town?

You’ll take up fully furnished lodging in one of Cape Town’s safest, trendiest areas, the Atlantic Seaboard, surrounded by sea and mountain. With easy access to stores, bars, cafes, the diiVe HQ and some of the best restaurants in the country, your stay is assured to be safe, comfortable and convenient. Housing is included in the program fee. All diiVers live together in shared rooms.

Where will I work in Cape Town?

Our offices are a co-working space called Workshop17, at the Watershed, located at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

Will I get a reference letter from my internship client?

Yes, your client will write the team a reference letter.

Need help deciding?

Remote Summer
$2700
Cape Town Summer
$5500
Tuition
Housing
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Flexible work hours
International work
Global networking

Become a diiVer

Say yes to an exceptional experience of purpose-led projects, people and experiences that are designed to elevate you. This is diiVe. This is real life work-experience, at its most inclusive and immersive.

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Immersive Cape Town Experiences

Dive into a unique, 360° life immersion in a multi-faceted city including curated diiVentures hosted by the warm, dynamic diiVe team.

Purpose-driven Self-development

Engage in personal and professional mentorship, networking, inspiring seminars that center around your purpose and career direction

Hands-on Impactful Internship

Work with innovative, purpose-driven SA businesses — from sustainability-focused start-ups to established firms — to solve real-world problems that matter in teams

Consulting Training and Exposure

Explore the world of consulting, learning from ex-BCG, McKinsey and EY consultants and industry experts the foundational skills and frameworks to tackle a global project.