For the 2024 Digital Africa Talent 4 Startups Program, applications are currently being accepted.
It is an integrated program designed and launched by Digital Africa that satisfies the requirements of African early-stage businesses for hiring competent personnel and provides job chances and training to youth recipients of targeted scholarships. Partner schools that prepare students for careers in technology and digital fields administer these scholarships.
Eligibility:
- I am between 18 and 35 years oldI live in a country where one of the program’s partners provides training
- I am ready to commit to intensive training between 2 and 9 months
- I am looking for a job in tech, especially in a startup
If you are selected, you will develop operational, technical and human skills (remember: the latter are essential in the eyes of your future employers!). Here are some of them:
Technical skills :
- Coding skills
- Data cleansing, preparation, analysis and exploitation
- Problem solving
- Data structures and algorithms
- Database management
- Marketing campaign & content management
- Project & product tech management
Operational and human resources :
- Problem solving
- Content creation
- Critical thinking
- Communication
- Presentation and public speaking skills
