Partnerships Intern

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Internship overview

Dar es Salaam Times is hiring a Partnerships Intern for Feb 2027. The Business Development Team needs interns to build lead lists, reach out over LinkedIn, email and phone, and book demos for senior sales staff. Remote, open to candidates across Tanzania. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Your projects

• Send personalised outreach messages on LinkedIn and email, 40 to 60 a day.
• Research prospects before calls: company size, current tools, likely pain points.
• Follow up with leads who have gone quiet, using approved email sequences.
• Join demo calls as note taker and send the summary to the prospect afterwards.
• Build lead lists of target companies and decision makers using LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Apollo.

Who you are

• Based in Tanzania for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Clear spoken and written English. Hindi, Urdu or another local language is a plus for some markets.
• Comfortable making 30 or more calls a day.
• Self-motivated and okay with targets. Some weeks will be slow, and that is normal.
• Able to take rejection without taking it personally.
• Good internet connection that can handle video calls.

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to any CRM like HubSpot, Zoho or Salesforce.
• Knowledge of a second language for international outreach.

What you get out of it

• Performance-based incentives on top of the stipend.
• Cold calling and objection handling, with call reviews from the sales manager.
• End-to-end B2B sales process from prospecting to closing.

Program dates: Feb 2027, 6 months.

Intern pay: TZS 260,000-TZS 360,000 per month

Benefits for interns

• Certificate of completion.
• Company laptop.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Dar es Salaam Times Ltd.