Codemanship 2018

Could you spare some moments to imagine a nation with a generation of code masters? Students; mostly teenagers and youths, using core analytical skills to solve problems, build industry, reduce the scourge of unemployment and develop the economy in Nigeria. The future of Nigeria depends on the young people of today, and it is important that we develop this talent while it is young to ensure that we do not lose it to terrorism, hooliganism, cultism or cyber crime later. We have a solution that can effectively address and radically change the current education system in Nigeria through enabling our students to become part of a global campaign that will see them being able to compete with the best of the best around the world. Access for Youth to Information Technology Initiative (AYITI) is dedicated to offering this kind of solution and as of this year, CODEMANSHIP is the official project targeted towards training 52 students how to code for 52 weeks (Saturdays only) in Nigeria.

The Nigerian education system currently does not actively promote innovation at a young age, and a key subject that can address this, Computer Science is often highly neglected even though Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills are highly sought after in the current job market. We are therefore faced with a situation where there is a mismatch between the employment opportunities available and the skills that our students possess. CODEMANSHIP is an opportunity to bring Coding to Classrooms in a fun and immersive manner. It also has the capacity to do more for education in Nigeria than any other single movement and this is because the effective learning environment of the 21 century is based in access to Information Technology and the efficiencies in learning it brings.

AYITI is not just like any other projects that teach the youths how to use the computer software programs that are already written by programmers, it is the first project in Nigeria that gives the Nigerian students the opportunity to learn how to create and develop software applications on their own in other to solve real life problems.

The main objective of AYITI is to groom, motivate and maintain a strong force of African computer programming developers right from the grassroots.