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Amara Okafor🇳🇬 NigeriaProduct Design Foundations
A hands-on course that takes you from zero to shipping real product designs.
4.9 rating3.2k learners
Paynow Zimbabwe integratedPay in USD with EcoCash, OneMoney, InnBucks or card
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Featured creators
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From $79Amara Okafor
🇳🇬 NigeriaHelping African designers ship world-class products
Product Design Foundations
25k followers3.2k students
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From $45Yasin Osman
🇰🇪 KenyaMusic Producer & Sound Engineer
Producing Afrobeats: Studio to Stream
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From $29Zanele Mthembu
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Money Basics: Zero to Investor
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From $149Thabo Mokoena
🇿🇦 South AfricaTurning junior devs into senior shippers
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From $59Tendai Chikafu
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Applaya Dev Community
Daily coding discussion, code review swaps, and job referrals for African developers.
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by Tendai Chikafu6.7k members · EngineeringJoin
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Beat Makers Lounge
Share beats, get feedback, trade sample packs, and find collaborators.
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by Yasin Osman5.1k members · MusicJoin
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Design Lagos
West Africa's product design circle. Weekly critiques, mentorship, job board.
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by Amara Okafor4.8k members · DesignJoin
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Money Moves Circle
Weekly accountability, budgeting templates, and real talk about building wealth on an African salary.
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by Zanele Mthembu4.7k members · Business Monthly
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Design Guild
Portfolio reviews, Figma files, and job leads for product designers.
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by Naledi Dube3.4k members · DesignJoin
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Data Diaspora
Data & ML practitioners building for African markets.
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by Chiamaka Eze3.2k members · Data Monthly
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I went from struggling with Figma to landing a remote design role in six months. Applaya changed my career.
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Ifeoma A.
Junior Designer, Lagos
Finally, a platform where the mentors actually understand the African market. The community alone is worth 10x the price.
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Sipho M.
Founder, Cape Town
Live sessions, real feedback, real accountability. It's like having a bootcamp in my pocket.
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Software Engineer, Nairobi
Who is Applaya for?
African creators who teach and African learners who want to grow. But everyone is welcome — our creators reach students in over 40 countries.
How do creators get paid?
We support cards and local African payment providers via Paynow. Creators receive payouts minus a transparent platform fee.
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Do you support offline learning?
The mobile experience is fully responsive today, with native apps and offline downloads on the roadmap.