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titre: "BRIGHT Technology and Innovation: the BRIGHT Code Lab"
chemin: "/programmes/technology"
type: page
format: blocs
langue: en
groupe_traduction: 01a12936-3c84-7485-b98e-dd540c69b633
description: "BRIGHT Technology and Innovation in Yaoundé: the BRIGHT Code Lab offers coding courses, tech bootcamps and hackathons, with a mentor for each learner, laptops and internet access at our centre."
statut: publie
libelle_de_menu: "Technology and Innovation"
publie_le: 2026-10-11T04:26:24+00:00
version: 7
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- type: departement
  departement: "BRIGHT Technology and Innovation"
  titre: "Coding skills for the digital economy."
  pictogramme: technologie
  accroche: "Technology opens doors that borders close. The BRIGHT Code Lab gives young refugees the skills, the mentors and the equipment to build a future in the digital economy."

- type: programme
  ancre: what-we-offer
  departement: "BRIGHT Technology and Innovation"
  titre: "BRIGHT Code Lab"
  pictogramme: technologie
  accroche: "What we offer."
  offre:
    - "**Coding courses**: computer basics, web development and programming"
    - "**Tech bootcamps**: intensive weeks that end in a portfolio project"
    - "**Hackathons**: youth build digital tools for their communities"
    - "Small cohorts with a mentor for each learner"
    - "Laptops and internet access at our Yaoundé centre"
    - "Certificates, portfolio reviews, internships and support to launch tech ventures"
  responsable: "Josias Aurel Njouondo Djimi, Head of Technology and Innovation"

- type: jalons
  ancre: activities
  surtitre: "What we have done"
  titre: "Our activities."
  entrees:
    - date: "2021"
      titre: "Computer programming and product management"
      texte: "A collaboration with Mentors Without Borders strengthens practical digital skills; it continues in 2022."
    - date: "2025-04"
      titre: "Digital literacy"
      texte: "Twenty new learners, aged 14 to 24, start photography and digital literacy at our centre."

- type: chiffres
  ancre: results
  surtitre: "Results"
  titre: "What it has made possible."
  entrees:
    - { valeur: "2", libelle: "years of programming and product management training with Mentors Without Borders", source: "2021 and 2022" }
    - { valeur: "20", libelle: "learners in photography and digital literacy", source: "2025" }

- type: appel
  surtitre: "Support Technology"
  titre: "Help a young coder get started."
  texte: "A laptop, an internet connection, a mentor: every gift brings a learner closer to the digital economy."
  actions:
    - { libelle: "Donate", href: "/donate/" }
    - { libelle: "All departments", href: "/programmes/" }