CyberGirls Fellowship is a free 1-year fellowship program that equips girls and women aged 18-28 years old with globally sought-after cybersecurity skills, positioning them to start a career in cybersecurity and helping them to seize decent work opportunities within Africa and across the world.
The fellowship is designed to improve the socio-economic well-being of girls in Africa through training, mentorship and placement. During the one-year duration of this fellowship, you will be given hands-on cybersecurity training, become certification-ready, and possibly get paid internship/job shadowing opportunities.
Program Details
The learning journey begins with cybersecurity fundamentals and moves on to more specialised niche cybersecurity learning paths which fellows will decide on midway through the fellowship.
Cloud SecurityCritical Infrastructure SecurityDevSecOpsDigital Forensics and Threat IntelligenceGovernance Risk and ComplianceIncident Analysis/Response (SOC Analyst Level 1)Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
Eligibility Requirements
You can be a part of the fellowship if you;
are a Female aged 18 – 28 years old as of the commencement of the fellowship (25th March 2024)are a citizen and resident of an African country and passionate about (starting a career in) cybersecurityare proficient in English and have completed High school/Secondary schoolcan withstand the pressures of an intensive hands-on technical traininghave access to the internet and are willing to devote fully to 8 months of intensive trainingdo not have a job in cybersecurity or possess a major cybersecurity certification that can land you oneare not participating in any similarly timed tech fellowship or boot camp.
Please note: Individuals living with disabilities that do not impede their ability to use a computer are welcome to apply.https://www.youtube.com/embed/yBlhZ4wj4Zs?feature=oembed
For More Information,
Visit the Official Webpage
Application Deadline: 11th December 2023, 12 pm (WAT).
