Code Camp Africa, a technology capacity development company, on Monday, said it would collaborate with Diamond Bank to train 500, 000 coders over the next 10 years.

Edwin Momife, the Co-Founder of Code Camp Africa, said in a statement in Lagos that the training was necessary to ensure that Nigerian youths align with their counterparts in other countries.

Momife said following the success of the first edition of a training programme on computer programming, Diamond Bank Plc had committed to partnership for training teens and other children in coding and technology development.

He said that the vision of the organisation was to train at least 500, 000 youngsters in coding.

”If you learn how to code, you will become a global citizen. We need Nigerians to get to code and use technology to solve problems.

”The training aims to teach teenagers computer programming, coding and app development; we will be grooming manpower for an ICT-rich future in Africa.

”The idea is to equip the participants with skills and cognitive ability to use ICT to solve problems. Digital is the language of today and more so of tomorrow.

”Africans need to be able to solve problems in their environment with modern technology, now epitomized by the computer.

“We believe that when children are taught how to code early in life, the African dream benefits,” Momife said.

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