Programs

Three surfaces.One mission.

Experience our graduation events where cohorts showcase semester-long projects, joined by alumni, culminating in an ACA dinner, all in a playful yet professional atmosphere, organized separately in Botswana and Lesotho.

Maseru, Lesotho

Cohorts

Engineering Residency Program history

Cohorts are organized as working software teams. The public archive keeps the cohort descriptions and removes the repeated page-builder gallery noise.

Engineering Residency Program cohorts present semester-long product work, graduate with their teams, and join the ACA alumni network.

Gaborone / Maseru

Engineering Residency Program 2023-2

June-Nov 2023 · Universities in Botswana and Lesotho

Software Engineering Internship Program in Botswana and Lesotho. The session for the second half of 2023 welcomed students from universities in Gaborone, Botswana and Maseru, Lesotho.

The goal remains the same: to bring real-world software engineering experience to those who most need it in Southern Africa.

Please consider supporting the next cohort by donating.

Gaborone / Maseru

Engineering Residency Program 2022-2

June-Nov 2022 · Botho University and regional universities

Software Engineering Internship Program in Botswana and Lesotho. The second session for 2022 included students from different universities in Gaborone, Botswana and Maseru, Lesotho.

In addition to students from Botho University, the program continued its goal to bring real-world software engineering experience to those who most need it in Southern Africa.

Please consider supporting the next cohort by donating.

Southern Africa

Engineering Residency Program 2022-1

Jan-May 2022 · Botho University and other leading universities

Software Engineering Internship Program across Southern Africa. Expanding from the successful pilot launch in 2021, enrollment expanded for candidates from more campuses across Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini.

ACA continued to work with Botho University as well as other leading universities in the region.

The goal remained to bring real-world software engineering experience to those who most need it in Southern Africa.

Gaborone / Maseru

Engineering Residency Internship Program

Jul-Nov 2021 · Botho University

Software Engineering Internship Program for Botho University Computer Science students. For Botho University, practical experience through their internship program is a key component in the Computer Science degree program.

The COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced viable internship opportunities for university students because of lockdowns and lack of remote work support at corporate partners.

ACA partnered with Botho to provide students with experience working in a software startup environment where they could develop real-world software.

The first run targeted two cohorts of 25 students each at the Gaborone, Botswana and Maseru, Lesotho campuses, with internet connectivity support as necessary for fully remote participation.

Action

The current cohort is underway.

Applications for the current Engineering Residency Program cycle are closed. The next public application window is expected next year.

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