is the bridge between Africa’s top talent and global business.

Africa has never lacked talent, just opportunity.

We offer global companies the ability to access an untapped talent pool: African Data Scientists. Ishango.ai run a fully-funded Data Science Fellowship Program: we take masters graduates from across Africa and give them the skills required by global business.

What We Do

Ishango is an innovative social enterprise bringing high skill data science jobs to Africa, and demonstrating the wealth of talent available on the continent.

We run a fully-funded, residential data science fellowship lasting 8 weeks. Along the way, we ensure fellows have the opportunity to expand their existing soft-skills and technical skills.

Fellows gain real world experience whilst working remotely, delivering value adding projects for global host organisations.

2022 Fellowships

Ghana Fellowship

June - July 2022

Apply now for our June – July 2022 Fellowship in Ghana! It is an 8-week residential programme. You will have the opportunity to work with major international companies on real projects that make an impact. Just fill out our application form below.

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Rwanda Fellowship

September - November 2022

Apply now for our September – November 2022 Fellowship in Rwanda! It is an 8-week residential programme. You will have the opportunity to work with major international companies on real projects that make an impact. Just fill out our application form below.

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Fellowship Highlights 2021

In September 2021, Ishango working in partnership with the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), hosted our first cohort of 14 Fellows in Kigali, Rwanda. The Fellows, 50% of whom were women, delivered projects for 6 international partner companies, contributing to a diverse set of business solutions within areas of financial services, healthcare, agriculture & marketing. The work of the fellows resulted in tangible and actionable contributions with some partner companies implementing their work into the production line and other partner companies opting to extend the contract with their Ishango fellows.

Get Involved

Fellows

Want to become a data scientist and get real world experience? Our programs are fully funded and completely free!

We are always looking for the best graduates to join our fellowship programme.

Partners

Want to collaborate with Ishango? Help us train future Data Science Leaders in Africa.

We are looking for the best people and institutions to help create a thriving data science ecosystem.