The Bulb Africa Fellowship 2022 for Tech Creatives in Africa

The Bulb Africa is now accepting applications from young tech enthusiasts across Africa for its 2022 Fellowship. 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. The fellowship program offers a fulfilling experience for those looking to launch a career in tech. Participants simply need to pick a course, join a cohort, complete projects and gain real experience by building products! Since its inception, the fellowship has offered in-demand courses providing training in programming languages like JavaScript, .NET, and DevOps Engineering. 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 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 Product Management Fast track your understanding of bringing new products to market, developing existing ones, and managing launch features at all stages of the product development lifecycle. This 4-month course covers: Creating and identifying opportunities Market research and competitor analysis Product development lifecycle Defining 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 Acquire complete knowledge on making sense of data by building algorithms and adopting diverse techniques to discover trends that may get lost in the mass of information. 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 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