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Private Tuesday, 20 October 2026Job Summary
Legal Intern – Commercial Contracts (Africa Telecoms) Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Position Type: Fixed-Term Contract (6 – 12 Months) Remuneration: Market-related Monthly Stipend Experience Level: Entry Level / Recent Graduate (0–1 Year) About Upstream Systems At Upstream Systems, we partner with leading mobile network operators, aggregators, and tech providers across Africa. We are looking for a sharp, detail-oriented Legal Intern to join our team on a fixed-term contract. This is a hands-on, high-learning opportunity where you’ll act as the first line of review for our commercial telecom agreements across multiple African markets, working directly under the supervision and mentorship of our Head Office Legal Counsel. What You’ll Be Doing As the first legal reader of incoming partner agreements, amendments, and renewals, you will triage contracts before they reach Head Office Legal. Your primary goal is to spot risks, highlight commercial points, and help shepherd deals through to execution. • Contract Review & Triage: Read and review commercial contracts (including MSAs, SLAs, NDAs, Revenue-Share, and Data Processing Agreements) to flag uncapped liability, weak termination clauses, IP risks, and unfavorable governing law. • Commercial Alignment: Highlight business terms (pricing, payment cycles, minimum commitments, withholding tax) and align them with our standard internal checklists. • Contract Annotations: Insert clear, concise track-changes comments on contract.Error!
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