Scholar's Path Africa
Scholar's Path Africa

Studying Computer Science in Algeria | Elly's Story

20 December 2025 58:16 Scholar's Path Africa

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Welcome back to SPA!

In this episode, weโ€™re joined by ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚, a ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ graduate and newly minted Masterโ€™s degree holder, who walks us through his long but rewarding journey under the ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ โ€” from a hopeful high school student to a specialist in ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€.

Elly opens up about the realities behind;

โ€ข ๐ŸŒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ early

โ€ข ๐Ÿง  ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ and why research before applying can change everything

โ€ข โ„๏ธ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ โ€” culture shock, winter struggles, and settling in

โ€ข ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต and why it became one of his biggest assets

โ€ข ๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: surviving tough modules, and mastering first principles

โ€ข ๐Ÿ”Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ including networking, AI, data science, robotics, and web/mobile development

โ€ข ๐Ÿš€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€, and ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ and ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต

โ€ข ๐Ÿ“š ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, and ๐—–๐—ฉ-๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด while still a student

โ€ข ๐Ÿงฉ Lessons on ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, and ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

โ€ข ๐Ÿ’ก Practical advice on ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, for new scholarship recipients

This episode is packed with ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, and ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ for anyone considering international study โ€” especially in STEM fields

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