African App Launchpad initiative

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Just in case anyone is interested in taking part....
http://techleaders.eg/aal/

About the Initiative
The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, announced the African App Launchpad initiative within the closing ceremony of the World Youth Forum (WYF) 2018 on Nov 6, 2018 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The African App Launchpad (AAL) initiative is an Africa-wide platform aiming to build capacity of Youth from Egypt and other African States and foster establishment of sustainable startups in the area of the advanced ever-changing app and game technologies.
AAL targets building capacity of ten thousand learners and establishing one hundred startups. AAL works by availing a high-quality, technology-learning online platform through crowd-sourcing top online content developed by prestigious universities and leading companies, and delivered through three leading MOOCs; Coursera, edX, and Udacity.

Eligibility

• Citizens of each officially participating African state can apply through the initiative website.
• Applicants are accepted as learners subject to fulfilling the following criteria: (Updated on 7th of Aug. 2019)
  1. A higher-education college graduate of year 2006 at most or will graduate within 2 years (by 2021). Can access all tracks.
  2. Non-ICT applicants and junior university students are eligible for some introductory tracks. If non-ICT applicants are interested in other ICT tracks, a good knowledge of essential ICT technologies is recommended through the following:
     • Min. 2-years work track in ICT.
     • Min. 6-month international training record in software technologies.