# Developer Training Fellowships The Global Talent Acceleration Program Pays You to Learn to Code By Alyson Wyers | Published 2015-03-12 | Social Good Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/talent-acceleration References: [springwise](http://www.springwise.com/africa-promising-students-paid-remote-software-developers/) & [andela.co](http://www.andela.co/) This talent acceleration program pays students in Africa to become software developers who work remotely. Andela offers [paid training](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/free-tech-training) to young people and then find them [remote jobs in developing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/devpilot) in an effort to empower the disadvantaged with educational resources. Students can apply for the four year paid fellowship at the Lagos, Nigeria Andela campus. The global talent accelerator involves a free two week boot camp and rigorous screening process. Not even 1% get in, but those who do receive full-time training that lasts three to five months (1000 hours). They learn about HTML, CSS, JavaScript and similar technologies, obtaining enough coding experience that they could work remotely for a global company. After four years in the talent acceleration program, they can stay on with Andela or apply elsewhere. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 14% | Activity: 15% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Good](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialgood) > [Education](https://www.trendhunter.com/education) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Remote Software Development:** Andela's talent acceleration program provides a disruptive innovation opportunity to enable remote software development by training students in Africa. - **Paid Fellowship Programs:** Andela's talent acceleration program offers a disruptive innovation opportunity to create paid fellowship programs promoting skill-building and job creation in disadvantaged areas. - **Global Talent Acceleration:** Andela's talent acceleration program provides a disruptive innovation opportunity to enable global talent acceleration by training underprivileged youth in Africa as software developers. ### Where This Applies - **Education:** Andela's talent acceleration program provides a disruptive innovation opportunity in the education industry to offer free training and skill-building opportunities to underprivileged youth in Africa. - **Technology:** Andela's talent acceleration program provides a disruptive innovation opportunity in the technology industry by enabling the creation of a remote workforce of skilled software developers from underprivileged communities in Africa. - **Employment:** Andela's talent acceleration program provides a disruptive innovation opportunity in the employment industry to create job opportunities for talented individuals in Africa by connecting them with global companies looking for remote software developers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Student-Targeted Tech Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jump-start-your-career.md) - [App Developer Academies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/developer-academy.md) - [Accelerated Coding Courses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/codefast1.md) - [Student-Specific Real-World Freelance Projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/podium-education.md) - [Practical Practice Coding Projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skillreactor.md) - [Connective Student Grad Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/devgrads.md) - [US Student Esports Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-next-gen-fellowship.md) - [Helpful Digital Workforce Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-workforce.md) - [Affordable Developer Networks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rocketdevs.md)