Chuuse, a Nigerian Talent-as-a-Service platform, has partnered with SchoolOnAir to launch Software School, which will train 15 million Africans over the next five years.
According to the Africa Developer Ecosystem 2021 report, Africa now has 716,000 skilled developers, according to Google and Accenture. This represents a 3.8 percent increase from the total population of 700,000 in 2020. Africa has the potential to become the world largest talent source, with a population of 2.4 billion people by 2050, nearly half of whom are under the age of 25.
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Daniel Olowokere, the CEO and Co-Founder of Chuuse, believes that now is the greatest time to upskill and scale African IT talent for global prospects.
“We’re witnessing an increase in international interest in African developer skills, which is driving talent shortages in the local ecosystem.” One of our objectives is to close the talent gap by providing the next generation of technical talent with all of the necessary knowledge to get started.”
Chuuse flagship offering, Software School, now offers two major programs: Android Development and Backend Development, each with approximately 350 expert-led lectures. Lesson Teacher, a SchoolOnAir app, hosts the lectures. By the end of the course, students will have progressed from novices to skilled developers.
Chuuse and SchoolOnAir Partnership
Mr Muyiwa Bamgbose, the Founder and CEO of SchoolOnAir, is ecstatic about the cooperation since it will enable more people, particularly SchoolOnAir over 300,000 students, to gain software development skills. “We ecstatic to be working with Chuuse to set the standard for software education for African talent.” “Together, we’ve created a no-borders solution that allows young people all over Africa to gain the skills they need,” he stated.
Daniel Olowokere also stated that they have a five-year goal of assisting 15 million Africans in learning and earning. “Our collaboration with SchoolOnAir to create Software School is critical to our objective of equipping 15 million Africans with tomorrow digital skills,” he said.
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Software School lectures are only approximately N50 per lecture or N25,000 for the entire program, making it one of the most affordable software training programs available to Africans.
Chuuse says that anyone in Africa, with or without internet access, can learn to code and become a developer in six months through its training program. Chuuse has declared that, in addition to teaching the talent, it plans to the Schoolonair network and infrastructure to connect African digital talent with worldwide possibilities.