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The six-month data science internship for the global market

Africa's accountability-driven data science accelerator. Weekly check‑ins, weekly submissions, and a record employers can verify.

DataraFlow 2026Week 9 of 24
Month 1Foundations and Python
Month 2Data analysis and visualisation
Month 3 · nowPresentation and algorithms
Month 4Web scraping and regression
Month 5Machine learning and NLP
Month 6Publishing and generative AI

Six months, and what graduates leave with

At DataraFlow, the work is public, reviewed and visible. By the end, each graduate has projects, articles and a portfolio that can get them hired.

Read the published work

24 Published articles

One a week, under your own name.

Graded projects

Real datasets, reviewed by a mentor.

1 Research paper

Supervised, then published as a preprint.

Hours logged

Weekly check-ins, all timestamped.

1 Removal policy, survived

Miss the bar and you leave.

Our six-month curriculum

One skill a month, each built on the last.

The full programme
Month 1

Foundations and Python

Setup, programming in Python, and how to do research.

Month 2

Data analysis and visualisation

NumPy and Pandas, from first tables to advanced analysis and charts.

Month 3

Presentation and algorithms

Presenting your analysis as a team, then data structures and algorithms.

Month 4

Web scraping and regression

Collecting data from the web and building first models.

Month 5

Machine learning and NLP

Classification, clustering, and natural language processing.

Month 6

Publishing and generative AI

A preprint of your research, agentic AI, and graduation.

A DataraFlow certificate is hard to earn

Getting in is competitive and finishing is harder. Every certificate here was earned over a 24-week period of intensive learning and building.

1,830projects gradedand950articles published

2,078applications

269interns on the recordon the programme, finished or graduated

13graduates certified

13 certificates issued. Every one carries a number employers can check.

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Published by interns

Every week, each intern writes up what they built and publishes it under their own name.

950 articles, written up in public All published work
Who DataraFlow is for

Four ways to be part of DataraFlow

Apply

Applicants

Six months of weekly work, reviewed, and a record you can show anyone.

Apply to the next cohort

Hire

Employers

Every certificate has a number. Check it, then read the work behind it.

Verify a certificate

Fund

Donors

The programme is free. Gifts buy laptops and pay school fees, and every gift is listed.

See our impact and donors

Mentor

Mentors

Interns submit every week. Mentors grade it and write back.

Apply to be a mentor