ALX-Africa is a career accelerator for young professionals that prepares and helps them launch careers of impact. ALX programs are designed to provide African youths with the in-demand skills for the careers that power the world.
ALX offers several skills ranging from technology, sales and administration, finance, and entrepreneurship. It also offers remote-access learning on your time from any place.
About ALX-Africa Program
ALXAfrica is part of the Africa Leadership Group program. The Africa Leadership Group (ALG) is designed to transform Africa by developing 3 million ethical and entrepreneurial leaders by 2035. ALG sees African youth as a massive talent pool with the potential to become a source of untold global innovation, entrepreneurship, and prosperity for the continent and the world.
ALG is producing and placing globally competitive African talent at a speed, scale, and quality never before seen. They are also using an experiential, technology-enabled, peer-to-peer learning model, to equip and harness the potential of the young African workforce to meaningfully engage with and contribute to African economies as leaders and innovators.
ALX-Africa Programs
Alx-Africa is offering several skills ranging from technology, sales and administration, finance, and entrepreneurship. It offers remote-access learning on your time from any place. ALX-Africa is offering program fees waived in 2022, this is sponsored by MasterCard Foundation and other partners. Programs offered by ALX-Africa include;
Full Stack Software Engineer
This is a 12-month program and in this program, you can position yourself as in-demand talent with global employability, or start your tech startup with an idea that could solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. The global demand for software engineers continues to rise, reaching over 27M by next year.
Benefits
Through your ALX software engineering program you will gain the following:
- Unlock new experiences, and connect to opportunities that will make an impact.
- Earn a certification in the following fields:
C Programming
Graphic Programming
Unix Programming
Data Structure & Algorithms
Reverse Engineering & Security
Python
Front-end dev
Linux/command line
Infrastructure Design & Management
- Gain access to the ROOM’s community where you will discover, explore and create the network and professional opportunities to accelerate your future career.
Full Stack Software Engineer Requirements
- Must be between 18-34 years of age
- Commit to a 12-month program, 70 hours/week
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Access to a laptop or desktop
- No previous coding experience required
- You must come from any of the African countries.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
This is one of the fully funded scholarships consisting of a 3-month training with access to real-world projects. It is also an online course with program mentors and a community of global peers. You will earn a certified certificate upon completion.
ALX in partnership with Udacity provides a Cloud DevOps Engineering program. The program is aimed at training African youth and enabling them to become future leaders and entrepreneurs. Here, you will learn how to build infrastructures and deliver applications and services optimized to drive operational agility at scale.
What To Learn
- The fundamentals of Cloud Computing.
- Deploying Cloud Infrastructure
- Continuous Delivery, Integration & Deployment
- Microservices at scale using Kubernetes
Cloud DevOps Engineer Requirements
The following requirements are essential before you can enrol in the course.
- Proficiency in JavaScript
- Familiarity with Web development (HTML, CSS)
- Familiarity with Object Oriented Programming
- Familiarity with Linux Command Line Basics
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Access to a laptop or desktop
- Between 18-34 years of age
- Originally from the African Continent.
Full Stack Web Developer
In this program, you will learn how to design web applications that will become tomorrow’s applications, websites, and systems. The ALX Full Stack Web Developer Programme in partnership with Udacity provides the fundamentals for building database-backed APIs and web applications.
It also allows you to develop your career skills at no cost and work to be placed into lucrative local and global jobs through the ROOM’s talent community. You will earn a certified certificate upon completion.
What To Learn
After this 3months program you will be able to learn how to:
- Design and build databases for software applications
- Create and deploy database-backed web APIs
- Secure and manage user authentication and access control for an application backend
- Deploy a Flask-based web application
Benefits
As a Full Stack Developer, you can work in both the Back-End and Front-End of applications. This will give you access to work in one of the following jobs:
- Front-end Developer
- Back-end Developer
- Full-stack Developer
Full Stack Web Developer Requirements
- You must be between 18 and 34 years of age
- You must have a beginner-level experience in Python
- You must have experience in building front-end websites with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
- You must have experience on how to use Git for version control
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- You must have access to a laptop or a desktop
- You must be an origin in any of the African continent
Cloud Developer
This is an in-demand and highly-paid career. The program will ground your skills in cloud development, and teach you the foundation of how to build new-world software development. The ALX Cloud Developer Programm, in partnership with Udacity, offers the fundamentals of cloud development and deployment with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This program is a fully-funded scholarship to train African youth to drive career opportunities across Africa.
After the program, you will be placed into lucrative local and global jobs through the ROOM talent community. You will also earn a certified certificate upon completion.
What To Learn
At the end of this 3 months program, you will learn the following:
- Fundamentals of cloud with an introduction to computing power, security, storage, networking, messaging, and management services with the cloud
- How to design and deploy scalable full-stack applications using modern cloud architecture
- How to develop and deploy scalable monolith and microservices
- How to develop and deploy serverless technology.
Cloud Developer Requirements
- Proficiency in JavaScript
- Familiarity with Web development (HTML, CSS)
- Familiarity with Object Oriented Programming
- Familiarity with Linux Command Line Basics
- Access to a laptop or desktop
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Between 18-34 years of age
- Originally from the African continent
Data Analyst
This program is a 3 months program that will teach you data manipulation, analysis, and exploration. As a Data Analyst, you will have the power to increase efficiency and improve a company’s performance by learning how to read data patterns.
The ALX Data Analyst Programme, in partnership with Udacity, is part of the fully-funded scholarship programs dedicated to training African youth, with the mission to drive career opportunities across Africa. It also places you into lucrative local and global jobs through The ROOM talent community. You will also earn a certified certificate upon completion.
What To Learn
- Introduction to data analysis
- Practical analysis and real-world scenarios
- Data wrangling and categorization
- Data investigation and visualization using Python and Pandas
Data Analyst Requirements
- Working experience with data within Python and SQL
- Working experience in Python Standard Libraries
- Working experience in Panda and Numpy
- Access to a laptop or desktop with
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Between 18 – 34 years of age
- Offered to nationals of all countries in Africa only.
Young Entrepreneurs Programme: Launch
ALX’s Young Entrepreneurs Programme supports those who want to solve problems, build businesses, generate revenue, and create jobs. By providing entrepreneurs with the skills and support to go to market successfully.
This program provides these young entrepreneurs with the tools and accountability they need to attract customers and go to market. It is a 4-week program and you will learn from experienced entrepreneurs who have gone before you – the solid foundation to refine, shape, and expand your business.
What To Learn
- How to launch a successful business plan
- Strategies to attract prospective customers
- Frameworks development and practice to close customers and generate revenue.
Young Entrepreneurs Programme: Launch Requirements
- Must be between 18-34 years of age
- Must be a founder or co-founder of a business in Africa
- Must be ready to go to market in less than 1 month.
- Must be able to commit to 4 weeks, 10 hours/week
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Offered to nationals of all countries in Africa only.
How To Apply
To apply for any of these skills click here
Note: You will also learn other skills like Virtual Assistant and Financial Analyst. These two courses are closed for now, register here to know when they launch.
In case, the course you want to apply for is closed, keep checking the platform because the portal will soon be reopened for admission.
FAQs
Is the ALX-Africa Program Virtual?
The ALX-Africa program is hosted remotely and gives you access to learn at your own time from any place. It is also delivered in a Live Online format which enables real-time interaction with program mentors and a community of global peers.
Is the ALX-Africa Program Strictly for those Between the Ages of 18-34 Years?
Part of the requirements for the alx program is that for candidates to apply they must be between the ages of 18-34 years
Who founded the ALX-Africa Program?
AllAfrica is part of the Africa Leadership Group program. The Africa Leadership Group (ALG) is designed to transform Africa by developing 3 million ethical and entrepreneurial leaders by 2035.
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