If you have been berating yourself for not learning how to code when you had the chance, you shouldn’t despair just yet because an opportunity has come a-knocking. A company called
NESA says it exists to help people acquire new economy skills and then build a bridge between those skills and relevant opportunities in the $2 billion Nigerian tech industry.
Its first course will be on full stack web development (FSWD) and is positioned as an intensive, full-time, six-month introduction to designing and building web applications.
In the first three months of the training period, focused will be placed on project-based academic experience designed to get students up to speed while the last three months will encompass a work period where students work on real projects for real companies and have an opportunity to earn as a developer before graduating from NESA.
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Founded by Obinna J. Ukwuani and Lotte Elsa Goos, NESA expects that at the end of the programme, participants will be proficient in languages such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP/SQL, and frameworks such as ReactJS, Laravel, and Bootstrap.
At the end of the six-month period, NESA says it will work with the most proficient students to secure full-time or contract-based employment and project opportunities. The first cohort will resume at the end of May 2017 and applications will close over the same period.
The program comes with a fee and two payment options with the low upfront payment option (#2) letting you pay N100, 000 per month over three months. More details on the NESA website.