About YUX
YUX is a pan-African research and design company founded in 2016 in Senegal. We combine social sciences, design thinking, and technology to co-create services tailored to African communities and their diversity. Today, YUX is a team of 50 full-time behavioral researchers and designers based in Dakar, Accra, Abuja, Lagos, Kigali and Nairobi. We collaborate with global organizations such as the Gates Foundation, UNICEF, Google, Wikipedia, TikTok, Meta, Square/Block, m-Pesa and numerous local startups on projects in health, education, agriculture, and fintech. To inspire and make UX and Human-Centered Design more accessible in Africa, we have created the market research software LOOKA, the Academy, and the gaming studio Kayfo.
Why the Fellowship Program?
Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with incredible consultants on multiple projects. Some of them have become true partners: they know our way of working, share our values, and often go the extra mile. We created the YUX Fellowship Program to:
- Form a local UX “SWAT team”, ready to join projects without lengthy back-and-forth
- Easily include Fellows in commercial proposals (RFPs)
- Offer them recognition, training, and visibility
- Explore annual collaboration frameworks with pre-agreed fixed rates
What’s in it for a YUX Fellow?
✨ Visibility & Recognition
- Mention in our newsletters
- Included in case studies
- Opportunity to co-write articles with project leads
- Guest speaker invitations for YUX internal and public events
📚 Learning & Growth
- Access to YUX Academy internal resources
- Invitations to relevant Academy training cohorts
- Regular 1-on-1s with a manager
- Review and update of their skills map
🛠 Professional Support
- A YUX-formatted CV to include them in RFPs
- A personal folder with portfolio and photo assets
- YUX-branded goodies
- The possibility of joining the YUX team (if mutually aligned and feasible)
How does it work?
- Fellows are not formal employees but join YUX through trusted, flexible, project-based collaborations.
- Once onboarded on a project, they are added directly to the dedicated Slack project channel
- Fellows usually receive a monthly salary during active collaboration on a project
Who can become a YUX Fellow?
If you’ve already worked with YUX and enjoyed the experience, let’s talk. The Fellowship is our way of saying: “We want to keep building with you.”
Even if you’re not interested in joining the Fellowship, we’re always happy to stay in touch with talented experts open to future collaborations. “We’re keen to expand our circle of experts”.
Interested?
Reach out to your YUX contact or send us a message at alexandra@yux.design to know more.