Call for Applications: Code Hive Free Software Course for Young African Women 2024 – 2025

AkiraChix signature program | Call for Applications: Code Hive Free Software Course for Young African Women 2024 – 2025

CodeHive is the AkiraChix signature program. It is a one-year fully sponsored residential hands-on technical training program. It provides education and economic opportunity to young women between 19 and 24 years from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who have completed high school but are unable to further their education due to financial constraints.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet these minimum requirements after completing high school:

• Be a young women between the ages of 19 and 24 years.
• Completed High School no later than Dec 2023.
• Possess a high school results slip (KCSE, CSEE, UACE, ESSLCE, MSCE, GCE, & Rwanda Advanced Certificate of Education).
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Be a citizen of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia or come from the refugee communities in Kenya.
• Have either a National ID or Alien ID of your respective country of origin.
• A recommendation letter from an authority figure, known to you who is not a relative.
• Available full-time to live and learn in the AkiraChix Campus from January to December 2025
• Do not possess a diploma, degree or enrolled in a tertiary institution.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

• Scored a mean grade of C+ and above in KCSE and the equivalent CSEE, UACE, ESSLCE, MSCE, GCE, & Rwanda National Examination
• Scored at least a C+ and above in Maths, English, Chemistry and/or Physics. Use the grade checker to find out if you meet the required points.

Country	Exam	Minimum
Kenya	KCSE	C+ (55-59.99)
Tanzania	CSEE/ACSEE	Division III (13 -17)
Uganda	UACE	15pts (Science Combination)
Ethiopia	ESSLCE	350 pts
Malawi	MSCE	Credit (3.0 – 6.0)
Zambia	GCE	Credit (5.0 – 6.0)
Rwanda	Rwanda Advanced Certificate of Education	45pts (Science Combination)

APPLICATION

There are 5 stages in the application process. Candidates who successfully complete each stage will proceed with the application process. After every stage, you will receive a message notifying you if you are successful or not.

Stage 1: Demographic evaluation

This is the first screening stage. All applicants’ documents are verified. This stage also contains 3 essay questions that evaluate the applicant’s motivation for joining the codeHive program. Any applicant whose responses are plagiarized is disqualified from the application process.

Stage 2: Academic screening

All applicants are evaluated based on their academic eligibility. Please read the academic requirements before beginning the application process.

Stage 3: General Aptitude Test

• The test is 60 mins. Once you start, you have to complete in one sitting
• The test evaluates problem solving and critical thinking
• Each link is unique. You cannot use the link more than once or share it with another person
• The test is graded and determines whether you proceed to the next stage.
• The test is automated to detect plagiarism or any form of cheating.

Stage 4: Interview stage

This is the last stage in the application process. All applicants who successfully complete stage 4 are invited for a one on one interview with the recruitment committee.

For More Information about CODE HIVE Applications, Visit AkiraChix Official website