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TC connects you with the right person at the right time — for the long haul or for a specific challenge.

Why it exists

The tech ecosystem can be hard to navigate — especially when you're starting out, or hitting a wall you've never faced before. Sometimes you don't need a course or a workshop — you need a person. TC's mentoring and coaching programs make those connections happen: between students figuring out their path, professionals facing a specific challenge, and the people who've been there and come out the other side.

Format 1

Long-term Mentoring

Programme d'Orientation Tech · 12 weeks

Applications open

Cohort 2026 H2 (sample)

July 2026 → December 2026

Who it's for

Terminale & Première students (priority)
First-year university students (accepted)

Objective

Explore 10 tech careers in 12 weeks — with documented research, interviews with real professionals and an informed orientation decision.

How it works

Week 0

Framing session with the mentor — list of 10 careers validated together.

Weeks 1–10

1 career per week — research, interview with a professional, report submitted to the mentor.

Weeks 11–12

Final review, decision matrix, 6-month action plan.

Selection by TC committee. Places are limited.

Format 2

Coaching Xpress

Match within 48h – 1 week

Tech coaching

Stuck on a technical problem? A volunteer is matched by competency and a 1–2h session is booked. We solve it together.

Request a technical coach

Product coaching

Need an expert opinion on your project or idea — architecture, UX, product strategy. Domain professionals are connected with you.

Request a product coach

Career coaching

Doubting your direction, exploring options, need a safe space to talk with someone who understands the ecosystem.

Request a career coach
Voices

What members say

Found a role through Techies Connect
I came to my first TC Brunch as a quiet observer. Six months later I was offered my current role by someone I met there. Techies Connect didn't sell me anything — it just put me in the right room.
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Nadège E.
Product Lead · Yaoundé
Launched a project through The Lab
The Lab gave my project a structure — real critique, real milestones, real community. We shipped in public because the community pushed us to.
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Marc K.
Founder · Douala
Recruited via TC Brunch
Three of our last four engineering hires came through Techies Connect. It's the most credible tech network here — no noise, just people who build.
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Audrey M.
Talent Lead · Douala
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