Are you a developer or do you aspire to become one? A young African techie or enthusiast? Then you're invited to apply for the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2022.
The programme aims to engage with existing and aspiring programmers to help them build the skills they need to get a job in IT.
The programme gives participants free access to selected courses, projects, embedded labs (powered by Qwiklabs) and skills assessments; it also offers the support of the Google developer community. The resources available in the Google Africa Scholarship will help developers build the skills they need to obtain their Google certification.
Grow with Google and Pluralsight have partnered for the third year running to provide a support programme for software developers across Africa in three different roles:
- Android Associate Developer and Cloud Associate Engineer. Previous participants have gone on to build impactful projects for their communities, made incredible strides in their careers and even become Google-certified developers and engineers.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2022, candidates must fulfil the following criteria:
- Be an existing or aspiring software developer
- Be at least 18 years old and a resident of a country in Africa
- Demonstrate excellent leadership and problem-solving skills
Scholarship benefits
- Master Google developer skills with Pluralsight content authored by experts.
- Skills development in preparation for the Android Associate Developer Certification exam.
- Mentoring support from the GADS programme and Google's community of programmers.
Application procedures
- Candidates interested in the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2022 must complete an onboarding enquiry.
- Candidates will then proceed to fill in the application form (available after submitting the onboarding enquiry). View any of the available Pluralsight Skills content or complete your Associate Android Developer Skill IQ.
- Google Cloud candidates can follow the same procedures (complete an onboarding enquiry and then fill in the registration form).
Application deadline: Not specified
