Bulb Africa Fellowship Program 2022 for Tech Creatives in Africa
The Bulb Africa Fellowship Program 2022 for Tech Creatives in Africa is now accepting applications. Fellowship at The Bulb is a four- to a six-month training program for young African digital enthusiasts.
For students interested in pursuing a career in technology, the fellowship program provides a rewarding experience. Simply choose a course, join a cohort, complete projects, and acquire real-world experience by making things!
Available Courses
The fellowship has given in-demand courses in programming languages such as JavaScript,.NET, and DevOps Engineering since its beginning.
The following courses are available to this cohort:
Product Design: Learn how to develop and design mobile and desktop programs, websites, and more from the ground up using one of the most in-demand talents in the world today. You’ll learn:
- Products, product design, and the product designer role
- Design thinking and human-centered design
- User research
- User experience (UX) design
- Information architecture (IA)
- User interface (UI) design
- Working with design tools
- Prototyping and usability testing
- Creating and managing a design portfolio
- Stakeholder engagement
Data Analytics: Gain a thorough understanding of how to make sense of data by developing algorithms and employing a variety of strategies to uncover trends that could otherwise be overlooked in a sea of data. Intensive training in the following areas can help you become a data analyst in four months:
- Extracting data from databases
- Extracting data from APIs
- Extracting data using web scraping tools
- Data cleaning and wrangling
- Python programming fundamentals
- Exploratory data analysis with NumPy and Pandas
- Asking the right questions from data
- Data visualization with PowerBI/Tableau
- Identifying trends in data
- Building and evaluating predictive models
Product Management: Learn how to bring new products to market, develop current ones, and manage launch features at all phases of the product development lifecycle. This four-month program covers the following topics:
- Identifying and creating opportunities
- Competitive analysis and market research
- Lifecycle of Product Development
- Defining the vision and strategy for the product
- The creation of product roadmaps
- Methodologies for product development
- Creating a business model canvas Launching a product
- Metrics and analytics are important to understand.
- Stakeholder involvement / business communication
Quality Assurance Testing: Master worldwide standards and processes for releasing the greatest products and services to the market. You will study the following in 6 months:
- Software development life cycle
- Software testing — fundamental concepts and terminology
- Software testing — types, hierarchy, and principles
- Test documentation deep dive
- Automated testing deep dive
- API testing with Postman
- Performance testing with JMeter
- Web application testing with Selenium
Benefits
Rapidly growing network: Gain access to on-call tech specialists as well as lifetime support and opportunities through a rapidly increasing network.
Obtain real-world experience: Complete group projects and collaborate with peers to produce meaningful products to gain in-demand skills in the IT sector.
Earn money while you learn: Enroll in a fellowship program that grooms and caters to you at the same time. As you advance in your IT profession, you’ll be paid a monthly stipend for your efforts.
Flexible payment plans: Concentrate on learning all of the abilities you’ll need until you’re hired and don’t have to pay tuition. The tuition payment plan at The Bulb lets you pay when you graduate and find work. You also have the option of paying in advance.
Bulb Africa Fellowship Program | Eligibility Criteria
- You must be a true tech enthusiast.
- You’re a young man or woman between the ages of 18 and 30.
- You must have a university diploma at the very least.
- An NYSC discharge certificate is required.
- At least two guarantors are required, one relative and one non-relative.
How to Apply for the Bulb Africa Fellowship Program
The application procedure:
- Fill out all of the essential fields and submit your application.
- Take a psychometric exam and pass it.
- Get an interview invitation.
- Get a conditional offer
- Complete the biodata form.
- Get an unconditional offer.
- Start training as soon as you get your laptop.
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Bulb Africa Fellowship has further information.
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