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 on 18 and 19 August, 2016 at the Microsoft
office in Lagos.

Aiki Nigeria and its development partners has, since inception, reached
over 60,000 youth 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
value, and grow the economy.”

The ‘Code2Earn’ workshop has gone across several states in Nigeria
upskilling and developing youth.

Some of the course participants learnt were:

· Mobile app development for business
· Mobile store management
· ‎ Mobile marketing
· Introduction to Microsoft 365

Aiki Nigeria is brought to you by Microsoft and The Future Project.