PORTHARCOURT TECH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOTCAMP
As technology becomes an inevitable part of our lives, tech expertise is being increasingly sought after by companies and individuals around the world. There has been an astronomical increase in the need for more digital products, services, experiences, and conveniences. As the world moves in this direction, employment and businesses in tech-related occupations will continue to grow and emerge, to suit this rapid change.
Learning the skill sets necessary to create and manage these technologies has become crucial to enable one thrive amidst these radically transformative changes.
The PORTHARCOURT TECH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOT CAMP is a free and practical training programme, designed to train youths in Portharcourt in different areas of tech, with a compulsory entrepreneurship module.
The bootcamp aims to span across every major city in Nigeria.
The programme will help develop and cultivate strong Tech and Entrepreneurial skills among participants, and also provide them with both the confidence and opportunities required to launch an entry level career in the tech world.
Each participant would be required to select one course from the following courses to be trained in:
| COURSE | DESCRIPTION | NATURE OF TRAINING |
| DATA ANALYSIS | Teach participants the necessary skills and knowledge to work with data, including data manipulation and visualization. | Classroom work, field work, projects |
| WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT | Trains participants to develop modern, responsive and functional websites. | Classroom work, field work, webserver management, Project |
| DIGITAL MARKETING | Trains participants to plan, create and deploy top notch digital marketing campaigns across multiple platforms. | Classroom work, field work, an assigned marketing campaign, Project |
| UI/UX DESIGN | Trains participants to on design–centric approach to user interface and user experience design, and develop practical skill centered around visual communications perspectives for real world situations. | Classroom work, case studies, live projects |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | Trains participants on photographic skills and using photo editing tools. | Classroom work, field work, projects and exams. |
| CODING/ PROGRAMMING | Trains participants to codes, analyzing and implementing algorithms, understanding data structure and solving problem. | Classroom work, practical case studies, projects, exams. |
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | Trains participants on programming languages, algorithms and data structures, databases, software engineering principles etc | Classroom work, practical case studies, projects, exams. |
| GRAPHICS DESIGN | Trains participants on design principles, design software, image editing, branding, UI design etc | Classroom work, practical case studies, projects, exams. |
| ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Trains participants on how to use AI in various industries | Classroom work, practical case studies, projects. |
| ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Trains participants on business planning, marketing, sales, leadership and team building, networking etc | Classroom work, practical case studies, projects, exams. |
ADMISSION
Admission into the programme is FREE, as no form of payment is expected from participants. However, a screening exercise will be conducted and only qualified applicants will be selected to participate in the bootcamp.
All Participants are required to conduct themselves with utmost decorum, self-discipline and commitment to learning, as the training will be intense and accelerated.
A COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS
The trainers for this bootcamp are practicing professionals with a wealth of experience across various industries. This will give the participants the opportunity to build a strong network of skilled people in the same industry.
LEARNING BY DOING
The principle of learning by doing is what drives all our programmes. We believe strongly that the best way to teach is by demonstrating and then asking the students to replicate. All programmes in the course of this boot camp will be fully practical. Students are therefore, advised to come to the camp with a laptop.
PROJECT-FOCUSED/ RESULTS-ORIENTED
At the end of the training, participants will be required to identify a key challenge and solve it, either as a group or as individuals. Participants will present their solutions and receive specific, and actionable feedback. This is the hallmark of the boot camp.
RESOURCE MATERIALS
A standard comprehensive manual will be given to all students before commencement of classes. This will be mailed to participants upon confirmation of registration and hardcopies may also be made available.
CERTIFICATE
At the end of the bootcamp, certificates will be awarded to participants who attend all the modules and fulfill all requirements of the bootcamp.
MENTORING
At the end of the training, all participants will be assigned to experts in the Tech field, for mentoring purposes and some will be placed on internship.
TRAINING, DURATION AND TIME
Full course contents and lesson plans will be issued alongside materials. The programme would last for about 6 weeks depending on the course.
TRAINING STARTS July 2023.
Mondays – Fridays
First Batch: 9am- 12pm
Second Batch: 1pm-4pm
TRAINING VENUE
Dline, Port-Harcourt.
Please note however that the venue or date of commencement of the boot camp may change. Rest assured, if such changes occur, we would correspond via email.
VOLUNTEER YOUR SKILL
Are you an expert in Tech and Entrepreneurship? Do you have what it takes to train participants in any of the tech courses outlined for the bootcamp?
Have you been looking for an opportunity to give back?
Then you can join our team of volunteers, get hands-on experience and make an impact.
Click the link below to apply!!