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We carefully match college students in Africa with verified well-educated African professionals and their allies for long-term mentoring that lasts the entire duration of a student’s college journey and often beyond. Through strategic mentoring, we guide our students to learn from the experiences of those before them as a way to empower their future.
Read MoreWe run monthly and quarterly workshops and hands-on training programs to equip our students with a self-help mindset and demand-driven skills that lead to world-class success. Our training focuses on both technical and soft skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century workplace.
Read MoreWe partner with industry-leading companies within and outside Africa to develop and match students to internship programs and work opportunities. Through our Pathway to a Career program, we offer insights and support to empower the students to develop methods and habits that lead to professional and leadership growth.
Read MoreWe sponsor our students to work on collaborative projects for social impact and innovation. Through our Community Innovation program, we support them to design and implement solutions to problems in their local communities, which is geared to equip them to become change makers, expand economic opportunities, and contribute toward a more resilient future for Africa and the world.
Read MoreAre you too looking for an opportunity to make a difference? You can share your career experiences to inspire and help another person succeed in life. Your experience and advice could be the only career guide a university student in Africa might have at this moment.
Become a MentorAs an African, the most basic aspect of your education must be “Africa 101." You must ensure that it empowers you to understand how a world system that has fed you, the African eagle, with chicken feed works, and then change it for a better world for all. Without Africa 101, no Harvard, Oxford or MIT-level education can save you from the “shackles of the mind holding us back as a people. Learn more
Under the Community Innovation program, we sponsor our students to select social innovation projects that seek to make life better for their communities and for the world. Students work in teams on the projects throughout their university journeys. Do you want to suggest projects? Learn more
Register for our 2025 Career Exposure Summit coming up in April 2025 at Google Android Development Center, Nairobi. The event will bring together students, university partners, the business sector, and other stakeholders to discuss the future of work for university students in Africa and expose them to opportunities in the tech industry. Do you want to find out what a rewarding career looks like or start one? Learn more
The experience I had at the VarsityMentor conference was life and mindset changing. I saw things from different perspectives and how to bring about a change in my community through technology. My resolutions were to look for problems to solve in the pursuit of my career goal in Artificial Intelligence..
A heartfelt shoutout to the brilliant minds behind this event and the insightful speakers who shared their knowledge, making it a truly enriching experience. Being part of this dynamic community, exchanging ideas, and exploring the limitless possibilities that technology offers was a privilege.
An amazing experience, a rare opportunity. Thank you VarsityMentor for the opportunity to be part of this. My entire perspective about the next step has gained a whole upgrade and I'm ready to take steps towards achieving greater goals this year.
As a department, we can say that the conference was indeed a great experience and exposure for our students. Many who did not have the privilege of attending physically are still itching for when such opportunity will be created for them to take advantage of it.
Venue: Google Meet | Topic: Learning through Biographical Analysis of Virtual Mentors
Venue: Google Product Development Centre, Nairobi, Kenya | Theme: AI, Android & Languages: Building a Tech Career in the Age of AI
Join with us to equip students in Africa for this future. Through our programs, we challenge and support our students to rediscover themselves, and equip and guide them to grasp employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for world-class success. We strongly promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDGs 4 and 8, and the Africa Agenda 2063, especially Goals, 2, 4 and 6
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