Coders4Africa is an initiative to give African developers training in relevant industry technologies, at no cost to them.

In partnership with Audax Solutions, they have just announced a free 3-month Practical Project Based training and incubation programme for passionate self-taught software developers and technopreneurs in Nigeria.

They are looking for 30 individuals who will be taught hardcore software development principles following modern (SDLC,) methodologies, how to understand/translate technical writings in order to effectively communicate with stakeholders and other developers, engineers and most importantly clients. These individuals will work in groups of 4 or 5, on real projects for real clients while receiving the fundamental experience only gained by working in the software industry. Software products will be built and delivered to their respective clients who are involved in every step of the training program (following an Agile SCRUM methodology). Trainees approach stakeholders for requirements, User Stories, acceptance criteria etc. and will keep them updated throughout the whole development process. Trainees should have some prior experience with software development to be able to keep up with the lessons.

Upon completion of the programme, trainees stand a chance of being hired by the clients they worked with. Coders4Africa will also hire some of the brightest students upon graduation.

Applications are now open. You can apply by filling and submitting this form before the 10th of August, 2014.
https://docs.google.com/a/audax.com.ng/forms/d/1qQfGsrQmLrXmmPl786_0bCth87JjO5mZXG5fL24G3Lg/viewform

Training commences on the 1st of September. Training schedule is as follows:

Thursdays: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm;

Saturdays: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Venue: AUDAX center, Plot 24 Adebisi Ogunniyi Crescent, By Ikate 3rd roundabout, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.