Mentoring Program · CSL BRANDS
Training alone.Shipping in a team.
The CSL BRANDS Mentoring Program is a six-month track in Douala where emerging engineers are paired with a working engineer in structured 1:1 sessions every two weeks — and where companies hire juniors who already know how to work in a team.
- Start
- Saturday, 3 October 2026
- Location
- Douala, Cameroon
- Duration
- 6 months
- Seats
- 10 seats
The pipeline, step by step
- 01ApplyRolling apply
- 02Selection2 weeks
- 03Piscine2 weeks
- 04Program4 months
- 05Team project2 months
- 06Internship6 months
The gap
Finishing a course is not the same as being ready for a team.
Many talented learners know the tools but have never shipped inside a real workflow — system thinking, code review, sprint discipline, product decisions, work that others must use and maintain.
Courses alone
Syntax, small apps, solo work. Knowledge without team context.
The missing layer
Reviews, sprints, contracts, trade-offs, communication, delivery.
Team-ready
Contributing to real systems with discipline others can rely on.
- 10
- Seats
- 2
- Wk Piscine
- 4
- Mo mentoring
- 2
- Mo project
The journey
Six months. Real workflows. Small cohort.
Four months of mentored, structured training, then two months shipping a team project — the conditions of a real engineering team, before you join one.
- 01
Discover & select
We look for curiosity, discipline, foundational ability, and the willingness to learn by doing. Small cohorts, deliberate selection.
- 02
Prepare
Selected applicants complete assigned foundational learning and set up the tools and habits the cohort runs on.
- 03
Build foundations
Core engineering, product, and collaboration concepts — from version control to system structure.
- 04
Work in teams
Plan solutions, write user stories, define domains and APIs, work in sprints, review code, respond to feedback.
- 05
Ship projects
Build usable solutions to locally relevant problems. Show the work, the process, and the learning.
- 06
Transition
Move toward an internship, CSL BRANDS work, external employment, further specialization, or a founder path.
What we build
Explore products from CSL BRANDS.
KURSA
A learning platform for launching and selling online courses.
Visit productCSL BRANDS productPrimeCorn
ERP and CRM tools for managing business operations in one place.
Visit productCSL BRANDS productTchopNjoh
Restaurant software for ordering, menus, stock, and customer loyalty.
Visit productMentoring in action
See the program in action.
What mentoring adds
Juniors who arrive already working like a team.
Every mentee completes four months of training with an assigned mentor, then two months of team-based product development on a real project. By the end they have worked in collaborative engineering environments, built production-minded software through Git and Agile workflows, and developed the habits a modern team expects.
Git discipline
Branches, pull requests, and code review as a daily habit — not theory.
Agile delivery
User stories, sprints, stand-ups, and demos across six months.
Team collaboration
Four months mentored, two months shipping together on one product.
A mentor, not an answer key
A working engineer who reviews your work and pushes back on your decisions.
Evidence, not claims
Review the projects, the repos, and how each team actually worked.
We are building
The mentoring program is the operating foundation. CSL BRANDS runs the training next to real product work, in dedicated space in Douala — training rooms, work areas, and events. We announce facilities when they open, not before.
Find your way in
Four ways to join the program.
Apply
Apply to Cohort 01 — starts Saturday, 3 October 2026.
ApplyFor mentorsBecome a mentor
Guide a mentee in 1:1 sessions every two weeks.
Become a mentorFor employersMeet talent
Review real work samples and meet team-ready juniors.
Meet talentFor sponsorsSponsor a cohort
Back ten careers, documented publicly.
Sponsor a cohortNext cohort — Saturday, 3 October 2026
Ten seats. Six months. Your move
Mentoring starts with a conversation. Tell us where you are and what you want to build — we respond to every message.