She Code Africa 2022 Mentoring Program for African Tech Women

The SCA mentoring program (SCAMP) is specifically designed to pair experienced individuals excelling in their specific tech fields with girls/women who identify as beginners or intermediates in tech and in need of a guide and learning path while helping them grow in required ways in their career fields.

Which Fields are Eligible?

BEGINNER:
Software Engineering : Web development (Front end / Back end), Software testing/Quality assurance, Cybersecurity
Product:  Product Design
Data : Data science

INTERMEDIATE:
Software Engineering : Web development (Front end / Back end), Mobile development, Cross platform development,
Product:  Product Design , Product Management
Data : Data science

• Table of Content
• About She Code Africa
• She Code Africa Mentoring Program
• Aim and Benefits of She Code Africa Mentoring Program
• Requirements for She Code Africa Mentoring Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About She Code Africa

She Code Africa is a non-profit organizationfocused on celebrating andempowering young Girls and Womenin Technology across Africa.We provide support through our diverse offline and online communities. With amazing programs and initiatives to always keep you engaged, you never run out of network, resources and mentorship. We provide resources and monitor your growth every step of the way through regular check-ins to ensure you are hitting your personal and career goals.Through our intensive dedicated Mentorship program and various mentors available on our community platform, you are abl...... continue reading

She Code Africa Mentoring Program

Aim and Benefits of She Code Africa Mentoring Program

Get to work with dedicated mentors and a detailed learning curriculum for 3 months virtually on any of these tracks; Software Engineering , Product or Data.

Requirements for She Code Africa Mentoring Program Qualification

Eligible participants must:

1. Be an active member of the She Code Africa Community (sign up here: shecodeafrica.org)
2. Have made some learning progress in their specified field
3. Show proof of already made conscious learning efforts in their specified fields
4. Possess a working Laptop
5. Be willing to commit at least an hour a day to mentee activities

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• Step 1: Indicate interest by confirming eligibility and applying
• Step 2: Scale the application process and get an acceptance / rejection mail
• Step 3: Upon being accepted, pairing list would be shared on the private channel for the program on our slack community (you would be added automatically  to this )
• Step 4: Connect with your assigned mentor and team mates
• Step 5: Work with your assigned mentor’s approved learning path on your field for the next 3 months
• Step 6: Participate in monthly assessments of your mentor and the mentoring program
• Step 7: To complete the SCA mentoring program, you must carry out Item 1 and any of Item 2:
•      – Publish/Push a related project worked on during your mentee program
       – Publish a technical article / Public speaking on a technical talk
• Step 8: Best performing mentee gets awarded  a choice course off our preferred learning platform and placed on Junior mentor roles in SCA.

Before sending in your application, we have created technical assessments for each track which you NEED to submit alongside your application.

Kindly follow the link below to view and carry out your assessment for your track before coming back to complete and submit your application.

Link: https://github.com/she-code-africa/SCAMP-Cohort6-Technical-Assessment

For more details, visit She Code Africa website.