INTRN: Nigeria’s Internship and Early-Career Platform for Students, Graduates and Employers
Finding the right internship or early-career opportunity can be difficult for students and recent graduates. At the same time, employers often struggle to find and connect with emerging talent.
Chioma Nelson
INTRN is a Nigerian internship and early-career platform designed to help bridge that gap by connecting students, graduates, universities, and employers through one digital platform.
The platform provides access to internship opportunities, practical work experience, talent sourcing, and career-development opportunities, while helping organisations discover and connect with young talent.
The platform is operated by Koonage infotec and is focused on making internships and early-career opportunities easier to discover, apply for, and manage. INTRN describes itself as more than a traditional job board, with a focus on connecting young people with real-world experience and helping them become more career-ready.
INTRN serves students, graduates, and early-career professionals looking for opportunities, as well as employers seeking motivated young talent.
What Problem Does INTRN Solve?
The transition from education to employment can be challenging.
Students need practical experience, but many struggle to find relevant internship or industrial-training opportunities. Students can use INTRN to discover internships and opportunities to gain practical experience before graduation. This includes students looking for SIWES, industrial training and other internship opportunities, as well as students who want to gain experience outside a formal academic requirement.
Graduates face a similar challenge when entry-level positions require previous experience. Graduates and early-career professionals can use the platform to discover internship and experience-building opportunities that can help them strengthen their CVs, develop practical skills and become more prepared for employment.
Employers, meanwhile, may need interns and young talent but still rely on informal methods such as referrals, social-media posts, WhatsApp groups and manually collecting CVs. Companies and organisations can use INTRN to find emerging talent, publish internship opportunities and connect with students and graduates. The platform is designed to reduce some of the administrative friction involved in finding interns, from collecting applications to identifying suitable candidates.
INTRN is designed to bring these groups together.
Students and graduates can discover opportunities and apply through the platform, while companies can create an organisation profile, post opportunities and connect with potential candidates.
The broader goal is to make the journey from education to practical workplace experience more accessible and structured.
How Does INTRN Work?
The process is designed to be straightforward.
For Students and Graduates
- Create an account
Users sign up on the INTRN platform. - Build a profile
Users provide information about their education, skills, interests and experience. - Explore opportunities
Users can browse internship opportunities based on factors such as field, location and duration. - Apply
Once they find a suitable opportunity, they can submit an application through the platform. - Connect with employers
Applicants can receive updates and interview invitations through their dashboard.
For Employers
Employers can:
- Register their organisation.
- Create an organisation profile.
- Post internship, SIWES or entry-level opportunities.
- Receive and review applications.
- Connect with suitable students and graduates.
INTRN's current employer messaging describes this as a three-step process: register your company, post your opportunity and connect with students.
Employers, Institutional Partnerships
INTRN's employer network includes organisations across different industries, from growing businesses to established corporate groups. Subsidiaries of the Dangote Group have also come onboard INTRN, strengthening the platform's connection to major employers in Nigeria.
Universities and educational institutions form an important part of INTRN's ecosystem. The platform's university portal provides institution-specific access to internship services, allowing students to select their university and access their relevant internship portal.
The platform currently displays institutions including the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), University of Ibadan (UI), Covenant University, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) and University of Ilorin (UNILORIN).
For universities, the broader purpose of the platform is to support internship placement, experiential learning and student employability.
Contact INTRN
Students, graduates, employers and institutions can access INTRN through its official website:
Website: www.intrns.com Sigun up as a graduate Sign up as a company
LinkedIn: INTRN
Instagram: INTRN
Facebook: INTRN
The platform also provides a Contact Us option for enquiries and support.