Yango’s 2026 Pan-African fellowship puts local talent behind local problems
The company selected 24 fellows from more than 600 applicants across Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.
In Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, six groups of young technologists pitched their solutions to address local problems during the final Pitch Day of the 2026 Pan-African Yango Fellowship on September 19. The fellowship, run by Dubai-based company Yango Group, selected 24 fellows from over 600 applicants across six countries. The 12-week program focused on identifying problems, researching, designing, developing, and prototyping solutions.
Yango Group aims to close the gap between the labour market and the skills required for digital jobs, as only 25% of African higher-education students study STEM fields. The fellowship emphasizes local talent and AI, with the 2026 cohort placing a greater emphasis on artificial intelligence. Yango Group plans to invest $150 million in African expansion in 2026 and aims to create one unicorn from the fellowship in the next three to five years.
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