Aiki Nigeria trains youths on coding, entrepreneurship

As part of its vision to get one million fingers coding by 2017, Aiki Nigeria
stepped up its training on coding and entrepreneurship with a master class which took place recently at the Microsoft office in Lagos.
Aiki Nigeria and its development partners has, since inception, reached over 60,000 youths in training and mentorship sessions (online and offline) such as entrepreneurship, basic ICT, human resources and more.
The online portal which aggregates opportunities and provides mentorship, maintains high level partnerships with international e-learning platforms like Allison, Udemy, and Jobberman.
Technology has played a role in raising income and driving employment opportunities in developing countries, and there is a huge demand for IT programmers in a rapidly growing economy.
“In line with Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, Microsoft aims to enable entrepreneurs take ideas to market by providing the right tools and mentorship,” said Sola Amusan, Philanthropies Lead, Microsoft Nigeria.
“In our journey to create a sustainable ecosystem of cloud driven SMEs, we are making a long-term commitment to
seeing youth-owned companies using technology to do business better, scale more quickly, create
alue, and grow the economy.”
The ‘Code2Earn’ workshop has gone across several states in Nigeria upskilling and developing youths. Some of the course participants learnt were: Mobile app development for business, Mobile store management, Mobile marketing, Introduction to Microsoft 365.
Aiki Nigeria by Microsoft and  The Future Project, is a national platform for youth in Nigeria to access relevant services for employability and entrepreneurship, including career planning, online courses, support for entrepreneurs, open job vacancies and information about relevant on-the ground activities and youth centres.
They are committed to helping youth realize their potential and are constantly working on expanding Aiki’s offering by
partnering with the best players in all sectors of the country’s emerging economy.