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The day started like any other day, I woke up got dressed and made my way to work went through my day just like I always do and at the end of the day I quit my job. Now you must be wondering why? Ronnie one of the boot camp students who recently concluded a project with Laboremus shares his journey with Refactory and the man he is today.

When I was at the University, the thought of leaving the comfort of my tiny hostel room to engage in anything on a Saturday was unbearable. That wasn’t the case for the students of the Developer Students Club at Uganda Christian University.

Wednesday 29th January was no ordinary day at Refactory, it was the day we hosted our first-ever career day with the aim of creating a platform where students that are part of the refactory program who are job-ready and are looking to enter employment get to interface with the game-changers in the tech industry and safe to say it was a success.

“The launch of a website used to be an event.” Program Director Michael spreads his arms and looks at the 70 students and staff assembled in a computer lab at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST).

Refactory, a tech skilling program founded by Fontes Foundation and technology company Laboremus Uganda, has officially launched from the home of fellow founding partner Clarke International University in Muyenga hills on Wednesday.

Want to work for the most forward-thinking tech program in the country? We are looking to hire a new tech facilitator.

Exciting times ahead as Clarke International University, tech company Laboremus Uganda Ltd, and NGO Fontes Foundation partner to bring Uganda a program to develop software development skills tailored to make youth job-ready.

Jumia recently got listed in the New York stock exchange market as the pioneer tech product from Africa to do so and discussions sprung up on various social media platforms debating whether Jumia is really an African startup with its headquarters in Dubai and developer team in Portugal.

“How hard is it to learn code at my big age?”