The Bulb™ is a tech talent incubator and a platform that addresses the shortage of African tech talents. Our platform helps creatives learn the skills to start a thriving career in tech as well as help turn tech ideas into business realities. We run a training institute, a startup engine and multiple communities in the tech space. We are a social enterprise with alignment with several United Nations SDG Goals.
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Here is what The Bulb Africa does:
TECH EDUCATION (Known as The Bulb Institute)
A. Fellowship At The Bulb Program
The Bulb’s fellowship program, called Fellowship at The Bulb Africa, trains and empowers its Fellows using an excellent curriculum that offers real-world experience. The program is a six-month hands-on paid training that certifies African youths interested in software engineering careers.
Fellows are given the opportunity to build solutions for clients and provide managed services through outsourcing. The program is run by several dedicated and professional program managers that ensure its continuity, find partnerships, and build a community of alumni after the program.
B. NextGen
NextGen is a 6-week virtual training program that unlocks creativity and innovation in pre-teens and teens. The program provides a personalized and gamified learning experience using a tailored syllabus for young learners that allows them to learn what they need at their own pace in a fun manner.
NextGen uses a project-based learning experience that provides the opportunity for learners to develop ways to solve real-world problems by building useful products. Taught by seasoned facilitators, the program covers courses like website design, product design, programming in python, etc.
C. IT Professional Training, also known as Paid Training
The Bulb Africa conducts extensive and professional training for individuals, businesses, and organizations on Blockchain, Data, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Engineering (AWS/Azure), SSP, CISCO, GISM, CompTIA (A+, Network+, Security+), Scrum Master, Ethical Hacking, Business Analytics (PowerBI, Tableau), Digital Transformation (Automation & Emerging Markets), Global Business, 360 Degree Marketing, building a Tech Startup, Doing Business across Emerging Markets, Finance & Accounting and Harvard iLab (Building Next Products).
STARTUP ENGINE
The Startup Engine is an initiative by The Bulb Africa geared towards startups with the goal of sourcing for early-stage tech startups that The Bulb can invest in. The Startup Engine is subdivided into three platforms — The Incubator, Accelerate by The Bulb and Illuminate by The Bulb.
a. The Incubator
The incubator is a program that takes ideas and turns them into business realities. The program finds some of the best ideas that will solve African challenges at an infancy stage and invest cash and time into the idea and the founders.
The incubator program allows The Bulb to nurture and mentor startups over extended periods (2–3 years). They provide ad-hoc help with legal and business services, as well as help turn a concept into something with a product-market fit.
b. Accelerate by The Bulb
Accelerate by The Bulb Africa is a platform that focuses on equipping founders and budding entrepreneurs with the knowledge and experience that’s required to successfully navigate the tasks of building a valuable company. It includes:
- 90-Day Academy for early-stage tech founders
- Experienced Training Faculty
- Tailored Mentoring from Industry Experts
- Access to a global network of mentors, corporate partners, industry experts, and investors
- Inclusive training model
- Courses cover Leadership, Go to Market Strategy, Branding, Startup Launch, and more.
c. Illuminate by The Bulb
Illuminate is a co-investment company that syndicates funds from angel investors, venture capital funds and large corporates to co-invest in remarkable early-stage tech businesses founded by quality founders that are solving Africa’s most critical problems.
Illuminate will leverage the unique and exclusive partnership of The Bulb Africa’s Accelerate Program to invest in capital-efficient technology-focused startups.
Talent-As-A-Service (Tech Talent Placement)
This platform provides insights, data, and career opportunities for technology professionals while putting state-of-the-art tools in the hands of recruiters and employers seeking tech talents.
The recruitment solution makes the process of job search and talent hiring easy for both job seekers and employers. The Bulb Africa connects tech talents with rewarding local and international opportunities in the tech ecosystem.
Employers using The Bulb Africa recruitment engine can complete the entire recruitment process, post vacancies, source for CVs, and conduct voice and video-enabled interviews.
Talent-As-A-Service (Product Development)
We design, build, and launch effective digital solutions.
Get efficient software built on cutting-edge technology by elite talents on the continent. From strategy to deployment and support, we provide everything you need to own the best digital product in the market.
Workspace For Tech Talents (Desk At The Bulb)
The Desk at The Bulb is a comfortable and functional shared office space at The Bulb’s Jibowu facility in Yaba, Lagos. It consists of a co-working space, shared office, virtual office, meeting rooms and events space for creatives and businesses.
It provides necessities like fibre-optic Wi-Fi, an uninterrupted power supply, complimentary coffee, board rooms, mail management, kitchen space and lounge areas. The Desk is an ideal space for conferences and training sessions.
Tech Communities
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Tech Jewel
Tech Jewel is a non-profit African Women in Tech Community that encourages girls and young ladies to get involved in technology as a means of economic emancipation and an opportunity to compete on a global stage.
Through The Bulb’s 5-year goal to support African startups, the company is committed to empowering 50 women-led startups through grants, co-working/virtual offices, training, investments, and access to external investors.
Tech Jewel is a growing community of about 500 women, developing new skillsets and facilitating access to capital for their business. With Tech Jewel, The Bulb aims to ensure that each of its programs will have at least 40% female participation.
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African Founders Link
Founder’s link is a tech community that provides a support system for African tech founders to share their wins, progress and experiences. The platform offers a community for founders to share and learn efficiencies and strategies from each other, helping them grow and scale their businesses.
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Leverage
Leverage is a platform for tech experts and startup owners to pitch innovative ideas and/or discuss relevant technological issues to a global audience. The platform creates and analyses innovative solutions to problems with a global audience, creating a community of tech experts who exchange knowledge and elevate each other.
Leverage tells real-life stories of female tech founders in Africa, inspiring new generations of women leaders in real-time. It connects female tech founders to a global audience (including investors), driving social impact, community engagement, business, and career growth.
