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HighwaysTunde Okonkwo
Highways Lead, Mott MacDonald
London · From Lagos
14 years
The Network
The Network Is The Product.
Every engineer in BECE is a node. The diaspora pulls the next generation up. The next generation pulls the continent forward. Africa, building Africa.
By The Numbers
The Network, In Numbers.
Every node is an engineer. Every engineer pulls the next one up.
4,200+
Engineers in the network
14
African countries reached
38
Diaspora mentors
11
Languages spoken
Numbers grow every week. The Saturday after launch in 2024 we were eleven engineers in a WhatsApp group. Now we’re building the continent.
Join The Network→Lagos
Nairobi
Johannesburg
Diaspora Mentors
Engineers Who Have Already Made The Climb.
Match with a mentor who works at the kind of firm you want to work at, in a city you want to live in, in the discipline you’re learning.
Tell us your discipline and your destination — we’ll pair you with the right mentor.
Find Your Mentor→AW
BIMAisha Wanjiru
Senior BIM Coordinator, Aecom
Dubai · From Nairobi
11 years
KM
StructuresKwame Mensah
Structural Engineer, Arup
Toronto · From Accra
16 years
ND
WaterNaledi Dlamini
Water Resources Lead
Berlin · From Johannesburg
12 years
CO
Project DeliveryChidi Okafor
Construction Manager, Bouygues
Doha · From Abuja
18 years
LK
GeotechnicsLerato Khumalo
Geotechnical Lead, Golder
Singapore · From Cape Town
13 years
Member Stories
What The Network Built.
These engineers were exactly where you are now. Your story is next.
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JD
I went from sending CVs into the void to leading drainage design on a forty-million-dollar bridge project. BECE gave me a career.
Jane Doe
Drainage Lead · Kigali
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JK
Six months in, I was on an international project. The portfolio I built inside BECE got me hired.
Joseph Kamau
BIM Coordinator · Doha
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FD
BECE rewired how I think about my career. Every mentor review made me sharper.
Fatima Diallo
Highways Engineer · Dakar
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JD
I went from sending CVs into the void to leading drainage design on a forty-million-dollar bridge project. BECE gave me a career.
Jane Doe
Drainage Lead · Kigali
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JK
Six months in, I was on an international project. The portfolio I built inside BECE got me hired.
Joseph Kamau
BIM Coordinator · Doha
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FD
BECE rewired how I think about my career. Every mentor review made me sharper.
Fatima Diallo
Highways Engineer · Dakar
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JD
I went from sending CVs into the void to leading drainage design on a forty-million-dollar bridge project. BECE gave me a career.
Jane Doe
Drainage Lead · Kigali
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JK
Six months in, I was on an international project. The portfolio I built inside BECE got me hired.
Joseph Kamau
BIM Coordinator · Doha
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FD
BECE rewired how I think about my career. Every mentor review made me sharper.
Fatima Diallo
Highways Engineer · Dakar
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JD
I went from sending CVs into the void to leading drainage design on a forty-million-dollar bridge project. BECE gave me a career.
Jane Doe
Drainage Lead · Kigali
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JK
Six months in, I was on an international project. The portfolio I built inside BECE got me hired.
Joseph Kamau
BIM Coordinator · Doha
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FD
BECE rewired how I think about my career. Every mentor review made me sharper.
Fatima Diallo
Highways Engineer · Dakar
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BO
I joined as a junior and within a year I was reviewing other engineers’ designs. The cohort holds you to a higher standard.
Brian Otieno
Structural Engineer · Nairobi
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ZM
The mentor in my Deep-Cube worked at the exact firm I dreamed of. Now I work there too.
Zanele Mokoena
BIM Specialist · Johannesburg
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YM
BECE turned my portfolio into the reason recruiters call me. I stopped chasing jobs.
Yaw Mensah
Highways Engineer · Accra
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BO
I joined as a junior and within a year I was reviewing other engineers’ designs. The cohort holds you to a higher standard.
Brian Otieno
Structural Engineer · Nairobi
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ZM
The mentor in my Deep-Cube worked at the exact firm I dreamed of. Now I work there too.
Zanele Mokoena
BIM Specialist · Johannesburg
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YM
BECE turned my portfolio into the reason recruiters call me. I stopped chasing jobs.
Yaw Mensah
Highways Engineer · Accra
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BO
I joined as a junior and within a year I was reviewing other engineers’ designs. The cohort holds you to a higher standard.
Brian Otieno
Structural Engineer · Nairobi
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ZM
The mentor in my Deep-Cube worked at the exact firm I dreamed of. Now I work there too.
Zanele Mokoena
BIM Specialist · Johannesburg
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YM
BECE turned my portfolio into the reason recruiters call me. I stopped chasing jobs.
Yaw Mensah
Highways Engineer · Accra
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BO
I joined as a junior and within a year I was reviewing other engineers’ designs. The cohort holds you to a higher standard.
Brian Otieno
Structural Engineer · Nairobi
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ZM
The mentor in my Deep-Cube worked at the exact firm I dreamed of. Now I work there too.
Zanele Mokoena
BIM Specialist · Johannesburg
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YM
BECE turned my portfolio into the reason recruiters call me. I stopped chasing jobs.
Yaw Mensah
Highways Engineer · Accra