Please ask LEA our Learning Experience Assistant for more information and answers to any additional questions.

The ALX Selection Process is a two-step online process. First applicants will be required to complete a registration form which will take a few minutes to complete. Once this has been submitted, applicants will be directed to our online application platform. The application will take approximately 90 mins to complete and consists of three sections; including an English proficiency test. Applicants will also receive access to the online application via email. Your link to the application is personal and therefore cannot be shared.

ALX programmes have a set number of cohort seats and in order to ensure you stand the best possible chance of getting accepted into the programme we recommend you apply as early as possible. The ALX selection period is split into two halves. Learners who apply before 9th August will receive feedback on their registration by 16th August. Learners who apply later than 9th August will receive feedback by 12th September.

With the support of our partners, ALX is able to offer young African talent access to world-class, high quality programmes to help them build their skills to be successful in the digital workforce of tomorrow. This means that if you meet our eligibility requirements, and if you are able to successfully motivate for the program to be fully sponsored, you will not need to pay the programme costs which range from $7,500 USD to $49,000 USD for African students. You will need to pay our one-off administration fee to enroll into your programme, meaning that once you are accepted into your programme of choice, you are required to pay this one-time fee in order to continue into your course.

Learners will be asked to complete their one-time payment when confirming their enrollment into the programme, no later than two weeks after receiving their confirmation of acceptance.

Learners will be asked to complete their one-time payment when confirming their enrollment into the programme. Learners will receive an email to confirm acceptance into their selected programme from selection@alx.app. From this email you will be able to access our dedicated payment portal to pay your fee. This will be the only time that ALX will request payment for an administration fee from its sponsored learners - if you receive any other communication around selection fees or application fees, please notify us on legal@theroom.com.

ALX does not offer the option to pay for our administration fee in instalments at this time.

ALX has the following payment terms:
For our part time Introduction to Software Engineering, payment will be due from one month before the programme start date, and no later than 5 business days before the programme start date.

For our full time Software Engineering programme, payment will be due after successful completion of month-1 of the programme.

For our Data Analytics, AWS Cloud Computing and Salesforce Administrator programmes, payment is due within two weeks of receiving the notification of acceptance into the programme.


You can either pay for the ALX Administration fee yourself or have someone pay for you on your behalf. We accept all major credit cards, apple and google pay, paypal and mobile payment options. You will have the option to pay in local currency or in USD.

Learners can choose to pay either in their local currency or in USD.

ALX accepts a wide variety of payment providers.

Egypt: Debit and Credit Cards, Applepay, Googlepay, Fawrypay

Ethiopia: Debit and Credit Cards

Ghana: Debit and Credit Cards, Applepay, Googlepay, MTN, Vodafone, Airtel

Kenya: Debit and Credit Cards, mpesa, Airtel

Morocco: Debit and Credit Cards, Applepay, Googlepay

Nigeria: Debit and Credit Cards, Bank Transfer, Applepay, Googlepay, POS, USSD, NQR, Bank transfer, eNaira, PayAttitude, Paga

Rwanda: Debit and Credit Cards, MTN, Airtel

South Africa: Debit and Credit Cards, Nedbank, FNBm Absa, Standard Bank, Investec, African bank, bidvest bank, thymebank, 1voucher, Applepay, Googlepay, Zapper

The registration fee is a non-refundable, one-time fee that is charged prior to starting your programme. You will not receive a refund if you are unable to complete the programme, however you will be able to defer to a later cohort. Please note that the deferment cut off date is at the end of week 2 of your programme. After this date you will not be able to select to defer and will be considered as having dropped out of your programme. If you do decide to defer to another cohort, you will not be required to pay the administration fee again.

You will still be able to defer your participation from one cohort to the next cohort. You have two options:
If you defer BEFORE before confirming your enrollment and completing your registration fee, your fee will roll over to the next cohort and you will need to complete payment prior to starting.

If you defer AFTER you have confirmed enrollment and paid your registration fee, your place will roll over to the next cohort and you will NOT need to pay the registration fee again. Please note that the deferment cut off date is at the end of week 2 of your programme. After this date you will not be able to select to defer and will be considered as having dropped out of your programme.

NB: ALX continuously evolves its programme portfolio and we cannot guarantee that your selected programme will be available in the next cohort.

Learners who do not meet the country of origin or age requirements for sponsored placements have the option to pay for the programme, or apply for our ALX Global programmes. ALX Global programmes are offered at reduced time and rate, however will not include the foundation modules or offer access to any of our in-person, community or hub activations.