• Amref Health Africa distanced itself from the post.
• Organization says that it has not put out this call for applications for applicants to join a graduate trainee program.
A post shared on Klad house and Migori Republican Facebook pages claiming that Amref Health Africa has advertised for graduate trainee jobs is a HOAX.
The post says that Amref has advertised for 1,500 new opportunities for recent college and university graduates who will be absorbed in an 18-month graduate trainee program.
The ad also asks job seekers to submit their applications through [email protected] and forward to [email protected] by November 11.
However, Amref Health Africa has distanced itself from the post. In a tweet published on September 5, the organization says that it has not put out this call for applications for applicants to join a graduate trainee program. Amref says that all its external jobs are posted on its official website http://www.amref.org.
Beware! This job advert is NOT genuine! Amref Health Africa has not put out this call for applications to join a graduate program. All external job opportunities are posted on our website and on various instances, on mainstream media using our official HR mail. pic.twitter.com/UrkdJYSwzL
— Amref Health Africa (@Amref_Worldwide) September 5, 2019
The advertisement uses a Gmail address and also includes an email address on Amref’s domain in an attempt to make the ad look legitimate, and comments are disabled on the post, possibly in an attempt to prevent potential targets of this ad from seeing any warnings on its authenticity.
PesaCheck has looked into the claim that Amref Health Africa has advertised graduate trainee jobs in Kenya and finds it to be a HOAX.
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This fact-check was written by PesaCheck Researcher James Okong’o, was edited by PesaCheck Deputy Editor Ann Ngengere and was approved for publication by PesaCheck Managing Editor Eric Mugendi.