Yango Fellowship brings together tech talent from six African countries to build locally rooted solutions
Yango Group has concluded the Pan-African Yango Fellowship 2026 programme with a two-day Graduation programme and Pitch Day in Abidjan, bringing together 24 Fellows from six African countries to present the tech projects they developed over the course of the programme. The cohort included fellows from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Ethiopia and Mozambique, selected […]
The Pan-African Yango Fellowship 2026 concluded in Abidjan with a graduation ceremony and Pitch Day, gathering 24 Fellows from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Mozambique. Over a 12-week programme, the fellows collaborated in six mixed-country teams to develop tech solutions for African challenges, ranging from cashless payments for informal transport to low-cost water quality testing for rural communities.
The projects included Africoded's AI-assisted platform connecting African job seekers with cross-border employment, Harambee's smart waste collection and recycling platform, and Bloom's African Transit Payment Revolution - a cashless fare-collection system for informal public transport. Individual award winners included Zambian Fredrick Mwepu for his RoboCore Zambia robotics platform, Ghana's Meshack Kwame Nartey for Shuttle Smart Ghana, and Oulimata Rose Dia for Smart Bin Collection.
The closing programme featured sessions with technology and business leaders, including Celina Lee, co-founder of Zindi, and Yango Group leaders from various African markets. The event concluded with an awards ceremony and a total prize fund of USD12,000. Yango Group's Director of Operations, Shashi Singh, emphasized the importance of mentorship and structured access to opportunity in supporting Africa's talent pipeline.
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