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Not every project survives. Every skill does.

Behind every number is a developer trained, a product shipped, and a paycheck earned closer to home.

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65 graduated, 14 in 2026 cohort

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Impact story

ACA Engineering Residency Program trains and employs students

This past year, we worked with our partners, Botho University and the Botswana government investment and trade agency, BITC, to offer free remote hands-on training for software engineering in a real-world startup company setting.

We are excited to report that we ran a successful remote cohort with 16 students for the fall semester of 2021 in Botho. It started with a month of classroom onboarding to teach areas like coding standards, communication skills, and continuous learning techniques.

It was followed by Startup Week, a week of developing, pitching, and presenting startup ideas. Finally, students spent the remaining months guided through multiple coding sprints to deliver a real-live product by the end of the program.

Testimonials

Success Stories

Read how ACA programs and internships are enabling underserved students to find gainful employment. Thank you to Botho University for providing many of these testimonials.

Tito Mike Mmokele

Alumni · Quality Assurance Engineer

"The experience molded me as I advanced in my engineering career. It helped me do things I did not know I could do."

Amogelang Tshukudu

Alumni · UI / UX Designer

"The program gave me ultimate hands-on training, supportive mentors, and standards that go beyond design, code, and tests."

Gakegakwe Kgojwa

Alumni · Front End Engineer

"ACA introduced me to high standards of software development and helped me master practices used worldwide."

Dr. Srinath Doss

Dean of Computer Science · Botho University

"The internship helped students gain confidence, new technical skills, articulation, critical thinking, and teamwork."

Alumni

Our impact is visible through our graduates.

ACA alumni carry the program into jobs, product teams, and local startup work across Botswana, Lesotho, and the broader region.

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2021 · Botswana

Amogelang Tshukudu

UI / UX Designer

"Planning is great, doing is the best part."

2021 · Lesotho

Bulane Naeo

Graduate

"Believe in yourself and hang on to your dream."

2021 · Botswana

Gakegakwe Kgojwa

Front End Engineer

"Consistency is key."

2021 · Botswana

Katlego Gaebolae

Graduate

"Elegance in code is not just about efficiency, it is about making it clear for the next developer."

2021 · Lesotho

Lereko Foloko

Graduate

2021 · Lesotho

Mafusi Mashaile

Graduate

"Software comes from heaven when you have the right resources."

2021 · Lesotho

Majoro Futhoane

Graduate

2021 · Botswana

Tito Mike Mmokele

Quality Assurance Engineer

"I am not lazy, I am on energy-saving mode."

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Student stories remain part of the impact narrative.

Student and partner stories help show the human side of program outcomes.

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