Man Partners With His Friends During Lockdown, Opens Coding School

  • As the Covid-19 pandemic broke, a Nigerian man with his friends came together and started a coding school
  • The Nigerian man said that their main mission is to one day have a university where one can get skilled
  • Many who reacted to his tweets and beautiful pictures of the school commended the efforts.

A Nigerian man with the Twitter handle @Danjo_Oosha has said that as Covid-19 pandemic happened, his friends and him used the opportunity to fill a gap in the Nigerian tech sector. He gave the names of his friends as Olayinka Olaoye, Liasu Akindele, and Omotayo Isreal.

He said that the decision to start the school was borne out of the knowledge that talent could be Africa’s next crude oil. After they had all pooled funds and experience together, the school called Pediforte Coding Academy became a reality.

Located at Akobo in Ibadan, the man noted that the capital city of Oyo state is fast becoming a tax haven for startups. Sharing beautiful pictures of the facility, he said that the longtime dream is to have an unconventional university where people come to learn real-life skills. He added that if everything goes well, they could become a university someday.

In his tweets, he also said the academy is starting with six courses.

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Covid happened, I and my good friends turned business partner Olayinka Olaoye, Liasu Akindele and Omotayo Israel saw a gap in the technology sector. We saw that Talent is Africa's next crude oil. We decided to pull experience, knowledge and funds together to start a coding school, Join us as we unveil Pediforte Coding Academy which is situated at No 20, Okebadan estate, Alao Akala way, Akobo, Ibadan. Startups and SME's are running to Ibadan because of the tax-friendly environment. These startups and SME's will need programmers and technical writers. We will teach beginners and turn them to world class programmers that will be employable by this companies and others in the country and beyond. Our dream is to rethink education and have a university where people learn real life skills. If this works well, Our dream is to have The Pediforte University. I'll enjoin you to patronise us as our courses are affordable. We are starting with 6 major certificate courses for adults. They are Web development, Android development, IOS development, Cross Platform development, Graphics Design, UI/UX. We also have Saturday classes for kids from age 5 to 15. For enquiries visit our website www.pediforte.com or call 09059777095 If you'lld like to partner with us or have any idea on how we can grow, I'll always be available on 07062380867. Thank you.

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