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Five ways to help train digital talent in Africa

We are an association registered in July 2026, and the first programmes are still being designed. What is missing today is not money: it is a room to train in, companies willing to set the bar, working tools, and people who stay around. Four of the five routes open with an email today; the fifth will follow later.

Universities and communities

Let your graduates leave with work to show

We are looking for institutions to open the first pilot with: a calendar fixed from start to finish, and a placement report at the end that you can publish. Think of it as a supervised internship your students do from where they live, closer to professional tutoring than to an online course. The scope is agreed with each institution: group size, dates and faculty time. You do not pay to take part and we do not charge you. And the uncomfortable question is answered before you ask it: the people we train do not leave. They work from their own city for clients abroad, so what reaches your region is income and experience.

What we need from you

A group of recent graduates
A room or an online space with a stable connection
A faculty contact for the length of the programme
Permission to measure the results and publish them

Propose a pilot with your school

What it makes possible

Practical training without leaving the city
A real place for someone who cannot find one
A placement result measured and open to publication
A cohort that does not get lost between the degree and the first job

Companies and corporate volunteering

Define the bar that says somebody is ready

We are asking for neither money nor exclusivity, we are asking for judgement: what someone has to be able to do to join your team, and a few hours to check whether they can. It counts as corporate social responsibility, though it looks more like a technical review than a sponsorship, and it is paid in your engineers' hours rather than out of your budget.

What we need from you

A real problem from your work, constraints included
A few hours of your team to review what gets built
Your judgement on the standard people leave with
A real interview once somebody is ready

Set the bar with us

What it makes possible

Review from people who do this daily
A brief with the constraints of a real client
A leaving standard set by those who hire, not by us
Talent that arrives knowing how a team actually works

Tools, credits and licences

Your unused licences are somebody's workshop

Cloud credits, working licences and access to AI tooling. It is the fastest of the five because it depends on no paperwork: it starts working the day it is granted.

What we need from you

Cloud or infrastructure credits
Licences for the tools you work with
Access to AI tooling

Offer licences or credits

What it makes possible

Licences that are out of reach today
Access to AI tooling without a card on file
Projects that get deployed, not left on a laptop
The barrier to entry stops being the price of software

Mentoring and pro bono volunteering

You bring the time, and someone is no longer alone

Volunteering here takes two shapes, and the commitment differs: mentorship is hours that repeat, and a pro bono brief starts and finishes. It is all online, from wherever you are, and you set your own availability when you join. An honest warning: mentoring does not begin until the first cohort, so today we take your details and write to you when there is somebody to support.

What we need from you

Recurring time to support one person
Reviewing code, a portfolio or a work plan
A mock interview, with the feedback that follows
Or one closed brief: translation, design, legal review

What it makes possible

Always the same person, not a different one
A mock interview before the one that decides
Questions answered the same day, not in a course forum
A supported path rather than a course taken alone

Donations

What the money pays for once it arrives

This route opens at a later stage, once the circuit is complete from end to end: receipt, destination and public accounting. We will announce it here, along with what each gift funds and the tax conditions that apply at the time. In the meantime, the other four routes are already open.

The four routes planned

A one-off gift, of whatever amount you choose
A monthly amount, which is what makes planning possible
A direct transfer, if you prefer
Funding from a foundation or a public call

What it will make possible

Connectivity and kit for those without them
Programmes that can be planned ahead of time
Hours of work that today depend on being donated
The other four routes no longer resting on who has spare time