Programs
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.
A full-immersion AI-native engineering program. Ship real products from week one alongside senior mentors.
An in-house startup studio where ACA devs build real products with shared technical, product, and operational resources.
Graduates build companies that hire locally, strengthen the economy, and seed a startup ecosystem where there was not one.
Cohorts
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
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
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
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
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
Applications for the current Engineering Residency Program cycle are closed. The next public application window is expected next year.