Apply Now! Facebook/Andela #BuildforSDG Challenge 2020 for Developers in Africa

Facebook and Andela have partnered to up-skill developers across all countries in Africa through a seven-weeks immersive program where selected developers will work as full-stack developers or in agile remote teams to innovate industry led projects or SDGs.

The #BuildforSDG program is committed to helping empower you to build real-world, locally and relevant solutions focused on the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) while gaining skills you need to advance your career.

With a goal to engage 7.5k developers, 2,565k developer so far have contributed to building projects that could impact their communities through the first Cohort of the #BuildforSDG challenge– Applicants participating in Cohort 2 wiil focus on industry-led projects that would give them real-world experience working on high-value, high-impact projects, improve their market-readiness and possibly kick-start an entrepreneurial journey through their projects.

Eligibility

This program is open to developers with at least one year of technical experience.
If you have a working knowledge of front-end, back-end, or full-stack development and are looking to level up in web development skills, you are we highly encouraged to apply.
To apply you must be excited to learn with fellow developers through a community and be a strong team player.
You must be 18 years and above by January 2020 to be eligible for participation.

Requirements

You should be able to commit 15+ hours per week.
You must have at least one year of technical experience and have a working knowledge of front-end, back-end, or full-stack development.
You must be a member of a Facebook Developer Circle.
You should be based in a country from Africa.
You should have reliable access to a functional work tool.
You should be excited to work as an individual or with a distributed team.
You have a strong passion for innovation technology.

Benefits

The top five(5) performing teams will be invited to a one-day pitch-a-thon event; to present their innovative solutions to a panel of expert judges and receive the following:

Access to Facebook engineering mentorship.
Access to an entrepreneurial starter kit to launch your tech products.
Opportunity to join Andela or other hiring professionals through the Andela Talent Market-Place.
Invitation to a Facebook Regional Event.
Certificate of Participation (All participants).
Access to a local hub with a functional workspace.
Access to learning opportunities through an all-expense -paid training course.
Access to an exclusive “Build your portfolio” Webinar.
Schwag Pack.
Add a high value and high impact project to your portfolio.