The Bulb Africa has opened applications for a new cohort of its fellowship program! Fellowship at The Bulb is a 4–6-month training program for young tech enthusiasts across Africa.

For students hoping to start a career in technology, the fellowship program offers a rewarding experience. Participants only need to choose a course, sign up for a cohort, finish tasks, and build products to acquire practical experience!

Available Courses

Since its inception, the fellowship has provided in-demand courses in programming languages such as JavaScript,.NET, and DevOps Engineering.

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However, the new cohort offers new courses across other sectors in tech, such as:

Product Design

Acquire the complete knowledge of one of the most sought-after skills in the world today to build and design mobile and desktop applications, websites, and more from scratch. You will learn:

• Products, product design, and the product designer’s 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

Project Management

For students hoping to start a career in technology, the fellowship program offers a rewarding experience. Participants only need to choose a course, sign up for a cohort, finish tasks, and build products to acquire practical experience!

• Creating and identifying opportunities
• Research and competitor analysis
• The product development lifecycle
• Defining a product vision and strategy
• Building product roadmaps
• product development methodologies.
• Building a business model canvas
• Product launch
• Understanding metrics and analytics
• Business communication/Stakeholder engagement

Data Analytics

Learn how to make sense of data by creating algorithms and employing various techniques to uncover trends that may be lost in a sea of data. Become a data analyst in 4 months via intensive training in:

• 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

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Quality Assurance Testing

Master global standards and procedures for ensuring the best products and services are released into the market. In 6 months, you will learn:

• 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

Eligibility

• You must be a dedicated tech enthusiast.
• You are between the ages of 18 and 30.
• You must have a minimum of a university degree certificate.
• You must have an NYSC discharge certificate.
• You must have at least two guarantors, one relative and one non-relative.

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Benefit

• Rapidly growing network: Gain access to on-call tech professionals and lifelong support and opportunities through friendships that may evolve into professional connections.
• Obtain real work experience: Develop high-demand skills in the tech industry by completing group projects and working with fellows to develop valuable products.
• Earn as you learn: Enroll in a fellowship program that simultaneously grooms and caters to you. Receive monthly stipends for your efforts as you build your tech career.
• Flexible payment plans: Focus on acquiring all skills you need until you are hired without paying tuition. The Bulb’s tuition payment plan allows you to pay when you graduate and find a job. Alternatively, you can choose to pay upfront.
• Internship Opportunities: Put your skills to use and get a head start in your career with access to internship opportunities via partner organizations.

How To Apply

The application process is as follows:

• Fill in the required information and submit your application
• Pass a psychometric test.
• Get invited for an interview.
• Get a conditional offer.
• Fill in your biodata form.
• Get an unconditional offer.
• Receive your laptop and start training.

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