2026 cohort in session

Learn to Ship. Change the World.

AI-native or obsolete.

There is no middle ground. We train African developers to ship with the tools of the next decade, then build the companies that hire them.

Maseru, Lesotho
/thesis

We believe the next great software companies will be built in Africa, by Africans. Our job is simple: train the engineers, back the founders, and help build that future.

/stack

Industry tools, from day one.

Our devs ship with the same stack used at the world's best companies, from Silicon Valley to Gaborone.

/impact

Real people. Real skills. Real jobs.

Behind every number is a name: a developer trained, a product shipped, a paycheck earned at home. Not every project survives; every skill does. That is how lasting change gets built, one engineer at a time.

79
Developers trained
65 graduates and 14 devs in the 2026 cohort
28
Jobs created
Through the Academy and Foundry
27
Products built
Across Academy cohorts from 2021 through 2025
9/10
Rate ACA's impact highly
Participants call it significant or exceptional for their careers
/partners

Backed by the best in the business.

AWS
Microsoft Azure
GitHub
Google
Slack
Salesforce
Intuit
Algorand Foundation