Job Description
Job Description
African Unicorn is looking for interns who enjoy meeting people, understanding what they need and turning a useful conversation into a real customer relationship. This is a hands-on role for people who want to sell, follow through and learn from the field.
We build products around practical problems. TakeOFF (https://takeoff.africanunicorn.co.zw/) helps people move packages and discover local businesses through its marketplace (https://takeoff.africanunicorn.co.zw/marketplace). Telly (https://telly.africanunicorn.co.zw/) is a personal assistant people can explore for themselves. Our longer-term ambition is to connect people, businesses and services more usefully.
Working arrangement
This is a Harare-based internship involving field work and product familiarisation. Work-related data, transport and lunch support will be provided. Commission is available for completed, verified onboarding and sales outcomes; the qualifying events and terms will be explained before field work begins.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Meet potential customers, drivers and business owners; learn how they work and what would make a product worth using.
• Explain relevant TakeOFF and Telly use cases in plain language, demonstrate the value and follow up with care.
• Help interested drivers and businesses complete onboarding, and keep accurate records of conversations, objections and outcomes.
• Explore how local sellers might use a marketplace and how businesses could make delivery part of their own customer experience. Tell us what they need; do not promise features that are still being developed.
• Work with the product team to turn field feedback into clearer pitches and better customer journeys.
Qualifications and Experience
You can start a conversation, listen closely, ask useful questions and make a clear case for value. You are persistent and comfortable hearing “no”; you learn what is behind an objection, follow up when welcome and respect a clear decision. You take responsibility for moving a promising lead through to a completed, verified outcome. You can explain how drivers, customers and businesses each benefit, and you are willing to learn the products before selling them. Prior sales experience is useful, but practical initiative and evidence of how you think matter more.
How to Apply
Applications close Friday, 25 September 2026 at 09:00 CAT (Harare time).
Email your CV and a short introduction to jobs@africanunicorn.co.zw with the subject “Business Development, Sales & Marketing Internship”. In the email or a short attachment, tell us:
1. Which TakeOFF or Telly use case you would sell first, who you would approach and what value they would get.
2. How you would start the conversation, handle a likely objection and help that person reach a completed signup or sale.
3. One type of local business that could benefit from marketplace discovery or delivery, and what you would need to learn before making a promise to them.
Explore the public sites linked above before you answer. Telly may be tried for your own use. TakeOFF is a live production service: browsing is welcome, but please do not place test orders, create sample business or driver accounts, or trigger real transactions as part of this application. We want to understand your judgment and how you would sell, not a test transaction.