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Tech internships in Nigeria: remote-first roles on real teams

Partner companies and Mindgrid post remote internship roles here, each with its stipend, duration and required skills stated up front. You apply online in about ten minutes, the company reviews your application, and you accept the offer from your dashboard. Then it is real work: a task board, weekly reports, a supervisor who reads them, and a verifiable certificate at the end.

  • Stipend stated on every listing
  • Remote-first
  • Reviewed by the company
  • Certificate with QR verification

See what you'll get

A certificate, a task board, and a mentor who reads your work

Not mockups — the real internship certificate template and the real lesson player self-paced interns learn in. Names below are sample data.

Sample certificate — not a real credential

An internship certificate that verifies itself

Role, sponsor company, duration and skills demonstrated — with a QR code any employer can scan to confirm it's real.

Self-paced prep, the same system as Academy

Onboarding modules and skill refreshers use the same curriculum sidebar and progress tracking as our course platform.

A task board and a mentor who reads your work

Weekly reports, supervisor feedback, and stipend status — the same task board you'll operate on once you're placed.

Why Mindgrid Internship

Real work experience, not another toy project

The problem

Graduates with no work experience employers trust

Every entry-level job wants experience nobody will give a first-timer. Bootcamp "capstone projects" never touch a real codebase, a real deadline, or a real code review — so a CV full of tutorials still gets filtered out.

Our solution

Placed on real teams, doing real work

Interns join the team that posted the role, work from a task board, submit weekly reports, and get feedback from a supervisor who is accountable for their work — not a sandbox nobody uses after the internship ends.

About the platform

Mindgrid Internship

Mindgrid Internship connects students, career-switchers and self-taught engineers in Nigeria and across Africa to remote-first roles posted by partner companies and by Mindgrid, with a supervisor, a mentor and a verifiable certificate at the end.

Who can apply

Eligibility for a remote internship

There is no entrance exam and no minimum qualification beyond what the listing itself asks for.

You can apply if

  • You have most of the skills the listing names. Skills are shown as tags on every card; you do not need all of them.
  • You can commit to the listing's duration in weeks and, for hybrid or on-site roles, be in the named city.
  • You have a CV (PDF or Word), a working phone number and an email you check.
  • You are a student, recent graduate, NYSC corps member, career switcher or self-taught. All are common here.

Worth knowing

  • You do not need to have taken a Mindgrid course. The academy and the internship are separate systems.
  • A portfolio or GitHub link is optional, but for engineering and design roles it is usually what gets you shortlisted.
  • The company decides. Mindgrid runs the platform; the sponsoring company reviews, interviews and makes the offer.
  • An internship is not a guaranteed job. What you leave with is the work, the feedback and a certificate you can prove.

Read a listing

What a listing tells you before you apply

Every listing is posted by a company and checked before it goes live. The card shows the same fields for every role, so you can compare them honestly and skip the ones that do not fit.

  • Role title and the company posting it
  • Remote, hybrid or on-site, and the city if it is not remote
  • Stipend in naira, monthly or one-off, or clearly marked unpaid
  • Duration in weeks and how many openings there are
  • The skills the company expects, as tags

Example (sample data)

Open

Backend Engineering Intern

Sample Co.

Remote
₦80,000/mo
12 weeks · 2 openings
Node.jsPostgreSQLREST APIs

Current openings

Open internship positions

Live roles posted by partner companies and Mindgrid — tap a card to apply

How it works

  1. 1Pick a role and applyAbout 10 minutes. You will need your CV, a phone number and your skills — no account needed.
  2. 2The company reviews itThe sponsoring company reads every application and replies by email within 7–10 business days.
  3. 3Offer and onboardingAccept your offer online, then meet your supervisor and mentor.
  4. 4Start shippingTask board, weekly reports and supervisor feedback. A verifiable certificate at the end.

What companies expect

How to be the application that gets shortlisted

The companies posting here are small teams doing real work. They shortlist for the same few things.

A CV that matches the tags

Put the listing’s skills where they can be seen, with one line of evidence each. A tutorial project counts if you can explain what you built and what broke.

Something they can open

A GitHub repo, a Figma file, a deployed page, a spreadsheet model. Optional on the form, decisive in the review. Make sure the link works logged out.

A reply within a day

Shortlisting and interview invitations come by email. Companies move on when candidates go quiet. Check spam, and answer even if the answer is “not this one”.

The duration, honestly

If the listing says 12 weeks, say now if you can only do 8. A withdrawal mid-term is handled on the platform, but it costs the team and your reference.

Work from the board

Tasks are assigned and tracked on a board with statuses. Update them as you go so your supervisor sees progress without asking.

A weekly report, every week

Short and specific: what shipped, what is blocked, what you learned. Supervisor feedback and evaluations are written against these.

A realistic timeline

From application to certificate

The only fixed window is the company's review. Everything else is set by the listing's duration in weeks.

  1. 1

    Day 0: apply

    Choose a listing, upload your CV, list your skills and say why the role interests you. Confirmation lands in your inbox.

  2. 2

    Days 1–10: company review

    Your application moves through pending, shortlisted and interview stages on the company side. Expect a reply within 7–10 business days; an interview may be a call or a short task.

  3. 3

    Offer: accept online

    Offers arrive by email with a link to accept in your dashboard. The listing’s stipend, location and duration are what you are accepting.

  4. 4

    Week 1: onboarding

    Meet your supervisor and mentor, get access to the team’s tools and your task board.

  5. 5

    Every week: ship and report

    Work the board, submit a weekly report, receive supervisor feedback and evaluations. Stipend status shows in your dashboard.

  6. 6

    Final week: certificate

    A certificate naming the role, sponsor, duration and skills demonstrated, with a QR code any employer can scan.

What you get

What every internship includes

Stipend as listed

The amount and period on the card are what you are offered. Status is tracked in your dashboard.

Supervisor and mentor

A named supervisor who reviews your weekly reports and writes your evaluations.

Real work on record

Tasks, reports and feedback you can point to in your next interview.

Verifiable certificate

Role, sponsor, duration and skills, with a QR code that resolves to a public verification page.

Internship FAQ

Questions applicants ask

Anyone who can do the work the listing describes: students, recent graduates, NYSC corps members, career switchers and self-taught engineers. Each listing states the skills it needs and the duration in weeks; there is no minimum qualification beyond that. You apply with your CV, a phone number, your skills and a short note on why the role interests you. No account is needed to apply.

Rolling applications

Your internship starts with one application

Pick a listing, apply in ten minutes, and hear back from the company within 7–10 business days.

No course required Remote-first Stipend stated per listing Certificate on completion

Internship Application

Choose a live role, tell the company about yourself, and hear back by email within 7–10 business days

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