Questions
Questions people ask
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- Who can register?
- Anyone aged 15 or over in any African Union country. If you are under 18 a parent or guardian confirms first.
- Does it cost anything?
- No. Registering is free and every programme listed here is free to apply to. There is no membership fee and no charge for a certificate.
- I am 16. What does my parent have to do?
- Give their name and their own email address during registration. They receive a six-digit code, and you enter it to confirm they agree. It has to be their address and a different phone number from yours.
- Which countries is it open in?
- All 54 African Union member states. Individual programmes may be open only to particular countries, and each one says so on its page.
- What happens after I apply?
- The organiser reviews applications after the deadline. You can see the status of every application you have made in your account, and you are told when it changes.
- What is the certificate worth?
- It records that you completed a specific programme with a specific organiser, and it carries a serial number. Anyone can check that number on this site and see the programme, the organiser and the date.
- What do you do with my details?
- They fill in your applications so you do not retype them, and the organiser of a programme you applied to can see your application. You can download or erase everything at any time from your account.
- Why are there no programmes right now?
- Because we have only just opened. Tell us the country and the kind of programme you are looking for and we will write to you when one opens that matches.
- Someone asked me to pay. Is that normal?
- No, and please tell us. No programme on AYC may charge to apply, and nobody from AYC will ever ask you for money.