Digital Marketing Bootcamp 2026 – Free Training in Ghana and Nigeria for Career Launch

Overview

Generation Ghana and its partners run a fully sponsored Digital Marketing Bootcamp for young people in Ghana and Nigeria. The training lasts 13 weeks in person or 14 weeks online, and runs full-time from Monday to Friday, with in-person days from 9 am to 4 pm and online days from 9 am to 5 pm. Locations are Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi in Ghana and Abuja in Nigeria, with online cohorts available for Accra, Takoradi and Abuja. There is no tuition fee.

Participants learn digital marketing strategy, SEO and SEM, content creation with Canva and WordPress, email marketing with Mailchimp and social media marketing on Facebook and Instagram. The curriculum also covers behavioural skills such as persistence, communication and time management, and employability skills including CV and LinkedIn preparation, interview technique, pitching and portfolio building. After training comes a placement phase with employer engagement, a structured job search, interview simulations and alumni community support. Graduates are prepared for roles such as Digital Marketer, Digital Marketing Associate, Executive or Officer, and for freelance work.

Who can apply

Applicants must be aged 18 to 35, live in one of the listed Ghanaian cities or in Abuja, and have the right to work and live in Ghana or Nigeria. They should be looking for work or planning a move into tech, be detail-oriented and open to learning new software. People who completed earlier Generation Ghana programmes are not eligible.

Requirements

Applicants need either a Senior High School Diploma plus three years of relevant work experience, such as design, social media, content writing, photo or video work, or sales content creation, or a university, college or vocational degree or technical training, including Cisco certifications with completed National Service. They must be free full-time on weekdays and cannot hold a full-time job or a part-time job above 25 hours a week. No prior digital marketing experience is needed.

How to apply

The process is an online sign-up of about 10 minutes, online tests of about 30 minutes, an interview of about 40 minutes, then enrolment.

Key dates

Cohorts start on 14 September in Accra, Takoradi and Abuja (online, 14 weeks) and in Greater Accra (hybrid, 14 weeks), and on 28 September in Greater Accra (in person, 13 weeks).