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Sponsored Tuition
Be job-ready and gain worldwide employability
Access to an exclusive career incubator
Develop your tech and professional skills with our world-class programmes,and be part of a community that will accelerate your career.
8 weeks / 30-40 per week / online
Virtual Assistant
Start Your Career as a Virtual Assistant with ALX. Gain essential skills to launch your career as a VA. Gain hands-on projects to refine your skills. Build your professional network and understand how to maintain clients.
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6 weeks, 20h per week, online
Ai Career Essentials
This fully funded 6 weeks programme combines an introduction to various AI tools with key features of the ALX foundations module. The soft skills and practical skills you will learn will help you leverage advanced AI tools. In the end of this part time programme, you will walk away with a winning CV and upgraded personal portfolio. You will understand how to ace interviews, use AI tools to excel at tasks, and lead in the workplace. All this and more to prepare you for a fruitful career ahead. No admin fee required.
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Global Quality, African Accessibility.
Our partnership with Mastercard Foundation
allows us to offer eligible candidates access
to world-class programme training at low cost.
Each candidate has the opportunity
to apply for a sponsored placement
during the application process.
The ALX Experience
Learners in our programmes don’t just learn new skills, they enjoy the experience too.
Simphiwe Mogale
Virtual Assistant
Stewart Nyaruwata
Software Engineering
We’ve Helped
Thousands Of Graduates
Start Rewarding Careers.
“With no prior experience,
I was still able to find success.”
After completing the Software Engineering Programme,
Yosef now works as a project control officer for New York based
tech start up from Addis, Ethiopia.
Yosef Ayele
ALX SE Graduate ‘22
Starting his own fintech company
Learn from tech
experts
Our programmes are taught by highly-qualified, fully-vetted instructors with extensive industry experience.
Exceptional Programmes
The Foundations Module
Essential professional skills training that will help you succeed in your ALX specialisation and throughout your career.
Future-First Content
Learn from the cutting-edge of tech innovation
with hands-on projects that teach real-world skills built to last.
The ALX Fellowship And Community
ALX is built on the power of life-long relationships. Upon completing your programme, you will gain access to our rich alumni community, where you can access global networking opportunities that can take your tech career to the next level.
We help you find success at all stages of your career journey.
Graduate with ALX and find worldwide job opportunities via The ROOM.
We placed many of our graduates in leading companies around the world via our career incubator The ROOM.
From idea to impact
ALX Ventures partners with African tech talent to tackle the world's greatest challenges through business.
Our ALX Hubs
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ALX offers job-ready training in the tech fields employers need most. ALX, in partnership with The ROOM, is brought to you by the organisation that leads African Leadership Academy, African Leadership University, and Anzisha Prize Foundation.
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.
The low-cost, one-time administration fee helps ALX as we continue to grow our robust online and in-person infrastructure for learners. Our city Hubs can continue to provide learners with access to state-of-the-art tech and infrastructure, providing a space for collaboration and study that is unmatched. We can also maintain our online portal to make it easier for students to access our vast tech community. The administration fee helps us keep our online portal, modern infrastructure, and career network up and running.
Attending the in-person hubs is a benefit of the ALX learning experience. The in-person co-working spaces are designed to provide accountability, peer support, and the opportunity for face-to-face interaction and networking. This is intended to boost productivity and help individuals achieve their goals.
Our partnership with the Mastercard Foundation means that we can offer eligible African learners sponsored access to our world-class training programmes. If you meet our eligibility criteria and pass the admission test you will not be required to pay the programme costs, but only an admin fee. 2024 Program administration fees will be published in January 2024.
The perfect programme for you really depends on your own interests. Our Tech Lite programmes are a great starting point to figure out your next career move. If you’re interested in coding and building websites, Front-End Web Development or Back-End Development might be for you. For those interested in manipulating large data sets or working with customer data, Data Analytics or Salesforce might be a good choice.
By enrolling in one of our programmes, you gain access to a world of opportunity. This includes access to our local Tech Hubs situated in 8 cities across the African continent. There, you can attend lectures and masterclasses, network with other tech professionals, and co-work in a state-of-the-art space. After completing your course, you will still be able to access these perks, as you will automatically be part of the ALX Fellowship, which helps learners further their career after completing their programme.
Our Tech Lite programmes are designed for absolute beginners. Our Intro to Software Engineering programme, for example, will teach you the basics of coding and programming, starting from the ground up. All Tech Lite programmes are beginner-friendly and do not require any previous tech knowledge.
After completing our Tech Lite programmes, you will receive a certificate from our issuing partner. Upon successful completion of AWS Cloud Computing, you will receive a Cloud Practitioner certificate, issued by Amazon Web Services. After completing the Salesforce Administrator programme, you will receive a Salesforce Administrator certificate directly from Salesforce. ExploreAI will also issue you a Data certificate after you successfully complete the Data Analytics programme. Last, on completion of Intro to Software Engineering, you will receive a certificate of completion from ALX.
Our various programmes require different time commitments to complete. Our Tech Lite programmes are designed specifically to cater to learners who might have other commitments – like school or a job – to tend to. So long as you are dedicated to the programme, you can make it work.
Additionally, there are no live lectures or classes to attend. Instead, programmes consist of recorded lectures, chats in online forums, and milestone-led coursework. This means that you can choose to learn at your own pace and a time that suits your schedule best.