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In Partnership with The African Leadership Bridge TekZone is launching a Leadership Development Program tailor-made for young Africans.

Program Overview

At TekZone, we believe that Africa will be lifted into the status of a world leader through its dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial youth. This program is designed to help young Africans turn these qualities into tangible results. This is achieved through the following 3 steps:

• Step 1: set a SMART 2-year goal with measurable impact.
• Step 2: create a precise development plan with milestones and assign an experienced accountability mentor to help ensure we remain on track.
• Step 3: execute on the development plan through a variety of activities including courses, assignments, discussions, events, book groups and others. This includes the possibility of a 1-week trip to the USA for further development.

Watch the video below for more information:

Program Qualification

This program is designed for young Africans living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Here are some high-level qualifications:

• Have a great idea that can result in the creation of jobs, improve work environment or a positive impact in your community.
• Be a resident of one of the participating countries*
• Be between the ages of 18 and 35 when applying, although exceptional applicants outside of this age range will be considered
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English is preferred but not required.
• Fully commit to the program if selected. This include making time for your development and the requirement to reside in Africa for the full length of the program.

Selection Process

If you are interested and meet the qualification criteria, here is how you can get selected for this program:

• Option 1: Signup and take the Leadership Fitness Test on TekZone Academy. We will reach out to you if you are selected after taking the test. Here is how you can take the test
  • Step 1: create an account at TekZone Academy. Go to
    http://tek.zone/academy/ and click on “login” at the top-right of the page. Then click on “Create New Account.”
  • Step 2: login to TekZone Academy and signup for the Leadership Fitness Class.
  • Step 3: use the key below to access the test without paying: “tekzoneldp”.

• Option 2: current staff or alumni or TekZone or one of the participating partners and sponsors can nominate you.
• Option 3: signup for classes at TekZone. This allows our team to get to know you better and increases your chances of being selected.

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About African Leadership Bridge

The African Leadership Bridge is championing the next generation of African leaders through sustainable scholarships and a strong support network to provide the tools and experience needed to drive change in the African continent. Established in 2006, African Leadership Bridge has worked with the African Leadership Academy to identify promising African students with a strong entrepreneurial drive and a dedication to the transformation of the African continent through hard work and leadership.

On June 17, Group TekZone’s founder and CEO Serges Lemo made the trip to personally witness the opening of the first TekZone Center in Douala. Located at Rond Point Maeture in Bonamoussadi, this center is equipped with 3D printer, laser engraver, robotics kits such as Lego EV3, measurement tools such as National Instruments’ MyDAQ . The main objective of this center is to equip local talent to solve problems locally by lowering barrier of access to necessary technologies.

Here are some comments from those present that day:

• “I came just by curiosity because my friend told me. I am staying because of what I saw”
• “It exceeded my wildest expectations”
• “Now I know that I can”

This last comment came from a senior electrical engineering student from a local university. June 17 was the first time in his life that he could touch and experiment with tools he had only learned about in books or simulated in computers. With unprecedented access to tools at the TekZone center, he can now prototype his ideas and create products to solve local problems; now he CAN.

Group TekZone comes with a unique approach in an ecosystem that provides local talent with all the tools necessary to innovate. This ecosystem includes:

An open e-learning platform centered around hands-on and project-based learning. With such an open platform, local entrepreneurs, professors, professionals are encouraged to create and post classes on this platform.

Each class posted on this platform is required to be between 50% and 100% practical. Therefore, student will need access to tools for the lessons. For those who cannot afford the tools, they can access to the tools in their TekZone center.

A network of professional mentors locally, in US and Europe to help guide the participants by sharing best practices and lessons learned from experiences in industry.

Business Services which include project assistance to help get to the first prototype, collaboration with incubation houses to help start a company, investor-project matching.

A network of corporate partners including non-profit organizations that can help by sponsoring various projects.

With this comprehensive approach, local talent in Cameroon can now turn their ideas into solutions and start contributing to the growing list of African innovations impacting the world.

Group TekZone’s goal plans to increase the number of TekZone Centers across Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa to help expand coverage of this unique access to technology. If you are interested in joining this movement, contact us.