Building great software starts with building great people.
StackForgeNext is the community initiative of StackForgeAI. We partner with schools, universities and community organizations across Africa to deliver free tech training and digital skills development to young people.
100%
Always free
ALL
All countries
2050
Vision 2050
An initiative of StackForgeAI
About StackForgeNext
Building the next generation of young people who will shape Africa's future.
StackForgeAI builds AI powered systems and digital infrastructure for governments, universities and businesses across Africa. StackForgeNext channels that same expertise into training young people, not for certificates, but for real work in real teams.
Why Africa
Our commitment to Africa is not incidental.
Africa's growing digital economy, its young population and the push for homegrown innovation align directly with what we are building from our HQ in Kigali.
Continental opportunity
Africa's youth population is the world's largest. Practical digital skills unlock employment and entrepreneurship at scale.
Pan-African collaboration
We partner across borders — schools, universities and community organizations from Kigali to Lagos to Nairobi.
Skills for the future
AI, web development and career readiness prepare young people for the jobs and businesses of the next decade.
Training tracks
What young people actually learn.
AI & Automation
Practical AI literacy: prompting, tooling and automating everyday work.
Web development
HTML, CSS, JavaScript and shipping a first real project to the web.
Web design
Layout, typography, colour and building interfaces people enjoy using.
Career readiness
Portfolios, CVs, interviews and pathways into the local tech ecosystem.
How partnership with us works
It takes just four steps.
- 01
Fill the partners form
Share your organization, location and how you would like to work with us.
- 02
We get on a short call with you
A short call to understand the partnership scope, timing and everything in-between.
- 03
We hold the training
Our trainers deliver the curriculum on site or hybrid, with all materials provided.
- 04
Join our network
Learners join the alumni community, with mentorship and internship pathways.
Impact
The ecosystem grows when everyone can build.
For learners
A first real skill, a first real project, and a route into paid technical work.
For partners
A trusted digital skills programme you can run at your institution.
For Africa
A deeper local talent pool feeding the knowledge economies rising across the continent.
Partner with us
Train the next generation with us.
Schools, universities and community organizations can partner with StackForgeNext in any capacity: a room, a lab, a cohort of learners, mentors or sponsorship. Every programme stays free for the youth who attend.