Supporting the Next Gen of African Data Engineers

This project aims to create 30,000-35,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2030. Our goal is to stimulate a culture of entrepreneurship and strengthen a pipeline of talents. The pilot is expected to start in November 2022. We expect a cohort of 30 trainees from around Africa to come to EcoFarm, a 10,000 m2 space located in Fimela, a village which is 150km from Dakar, the capital. It's the perfect venue for training. They will be immersed in nature in a place we have been promoting eco-agriculture and aquaculture (check out the video).

This request seed funding is to pilot a comprehensive big data accelerator program including Data Engineering Certification to train and equip young people with the needed expertise to manage large-scale big data projects within organizations and create in Africa and also remote jobs for EU, and US based companies from Africa.

There is a clear shortage of data engineers in both private and public sectors. To solve this problem, a tailored program will be designed and delivered by experts either on site or online. Candidates will be coached towards gaining the CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer (CCA175) certification.

Being emotionally fluent and social savy is just as important as technical skills. This is why at EcoFarm we foster a learning experience to enhance soft skills within a stem ecosystem. In fact, there is a high demand for tech talent whose combined skills allow for effective liaising with a diverse set of stakeholders. Resilience, empathy and leadership are key to monitor process changes, facilitate communication and improve performance.

Application form : https://www.innov.house/resident-application-data-engineering-senegal/

EcoFarm : https://twitter.com/ecofarmf

Operations

Flights for students for 10 people (allowance 10 * 500$)

Feeding 25 students (180$*25*6 months)

Visiting experts fees (3 experts * 500$)

Internet - Technical equipments - Electricity 6* $1 500

Programme manager ( 1000$ * 6 months)

Data engineering certification

Big Data Learning platform (Hadoop, NiFI, Elastic) 6* $ 600

Support & maintenance platform 6* $ 150

Curriculum - SPARK $ 1 875 (5h GIT. 10h Scala. 20H Spark. 15h Spark streaming)

Curriculum - KAFKA $ 940

Curriculum - NIFI 1 $ 570

Curriculum - Hadoop (HIVE, HDFS) $ 940

Curriculum - Linux & containers $ 750

Curriculum - SGBD (Mongo DB, Postgress) $ 375

Curriculum - ELK $ 940

Certification preparation DATABRICKS 1 $ 1 200

Certification DATABRICKS $ -

Certification Microsoft Azure $ -

Total $ 60 590

About Moussa Traoré

Innovation House and EcoFarm are the brainchild of Moussa Traore,

Moussa was previously Chief Digital, Data & AI Officer of Orange Sonatel for 5 years.

He is building the most inviting eco-spaces in (West) Africa to help train the next generation of African Data Engineers for Impact, smart Impact Sourcing solutions for organizations worldwide and overall, to serve as a catalyst for change.