Tech and Africa -Northen Nigeria

This is a submission for the WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience My cradle in Tech was inspired by my lovely Mom when she sent my younger brother to learn basic computer knowledge in a local learning center where the just teach computer appreaciation (computer usage and basic application software like office package). The first day my brother my brother resumed the learning center he came home and suggested that he can not continue, that the training is for people like me. That was how I replaced him. That was how I fell in Love with computer machine from the first day I resumed. Even to learn something as basic as computer appreciation was a challenge due to lack of resources and power supply. It reach a point that almost all the students could not continue with the training due to the aforementioned challeges. By then what drives was the passion to learn, therefore, I and one of my friend had to be buying fuel using our own money to fuel the generator just for to use the computers. Right after then I only confined myself within the realm of Computer appreciation, using typesetting to earn money to cater for myself, conducting research work for graduating students. Coding Journey... Before 2019 I dont even know what is the full meaning of HTML in fact I don't even know that such term exist talkless of know how to write Hello World using any programming language, do I even know what is programming alnguage by then? Growing up I wanted to be a Medical Doctor, but one thing lead to another I am now a graduate of computer science. I developed passion for programming right from school. I always stands out within my classmate when it comes to coding. Then, my classmates used to ask me, how will that brings me money, because when you start learning coding, money should not be your drive because you wont find yourself doing anythin lucreative with it. Passion brought me to this level that many look up to me to learn coding skills even though I did not reach the level I wanted to reach up to now. I always what my people to have quality tech skills. Because people around here are yet to see the full picture of potentials that tech industry holds I do offer free trainings to my immediate community with the little I had, limited resources and support mingled with economic hardship. Africa is Underrepresented well, I don't know whether I am speaking for the rest of African Countries but surely, I am Speaking for Nigeria especially northen part of Nigeria where the population is congested, women are under-informed and lack of resource persons to take tech education to the next level and the opportunities available for in the global space comes with marginalization, tell me why I should present an English proficiency test before I can be able to study in UK or USA and this test is not affordable to many of us. We are trying to talk to the women folk to get involve in tech in dialy basis, but talking is not enough if they did not see us giving them something practically. I just hope we get the resources needed to make tech education accessible and affordable. Finally, I am open for questions and partnership

Apr 4, 2025 - 21:10

This is a submission for the WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience

My cradle in Tech was inspired by my lovely Mom when she sent my younger brother to learn basic computer knowledge in a local learning center where the just teach computer appreaciation (computer usage and basic application software like office package). The first day my brother my brother resumed the learning center he came home and suggested that he can not continue, that the training is for people like me. That was how I replaced him. That was how I fell in Love with computer machine from the first day I resumed.
Even to learn something as basic as computer appreciation was a challenge due to lack of resources and power supply. It reach a point that almost all the students could not continue with the training due to the aforementioned challeges. By then what drives was the passion to learn, therefore, I and one of my friend had to be buying fuel using our own money to fuel the generator just for to use the computers.
Right after then I only confined myself within the realm of Computer appreciation, using typesetting to earn money to cater for myself, conducting research work for graduating students.

Coding Journey...

Before 2019 I dont even know what is the full meaning of HTML in fact I don't even know that such term exist talkless of know how to write Hello World using any programming language, do I even know what is programming alnguage by then?
Growing up I wanted to be a Medical Doctor, but one thing lead to another I am now a graduate of computer science. I developed passion for programming right from school. I always stands out within my classmate when it comes to coding. Then, my classmates used to ask me, how will that brings me money, because when you start learning coding, money should not be your drive because you wont find yourself doing anythin lucreative with it.
Passion brought me to this level that many look up to me to learn coding skills even though I did not reach the level I wanted to reach up to now.
I always what my people to have quality tech skills. Because people around here are yet to see the full picture of potentials that tech industry holds I do offer free trainings to my immediate community with the little I had, limited resources and support mingled with economic hardship.

Africa is Underrepresented

well, I don't know whether I am speaking for the rest of African Countries but surely, I am Speaking for Nigeria especially northen part of Nigeria where the population is congested, women are under-informed and lack of resource persons to take tech education to the next level and the opportunities available for in the global space comes with marginalization, tell me why I should present an English proficiency test before I can be able to study in UK or USA and this test is not affordable to many of us.
We are trying to talk to the women folk to get involve in tech in dialy basis, but talking is not enough if they did not see us giving them something practically. I just hope we get the resources needed to make tech education accessible and affordable.
Finally, I am open for questions and partnership