Call For Applications: NITDA Tech4Dev Digital Skills Training 2024(FREE digital skills training & up to N150 Million prize rewards)
FREE digital skills training & up to N150 Million prize rewards! Level up your career in Digital Marketing, Software Development, Product design, Data Analysis & more. Open to K12, Youth & Civil Servants.
The Tech4Dev DigitalforAllChallenge is Africa’s largest digital skilling competition, designed to reward self-development and encourage the acquisition and use of digital skills through competitive incentives.
It is a free digital skill-building competition and program to increase digital literacy in Nigeria and ignite interest in obtaining digital skills and certifications using online platforms.
Available Stack
- Digital Marketing
- Software Development
- Product design
- Data Analysis
Categories of the Training
There are three categories of training
1) Young Learners Category
To participate in this category:
- You must be between the ages of 8 – 18 years.
- You must be a student in either primary or secondary school.
- You must complete the training in your school and pass the basic digital literacy assessment to qualify for the competition.
- Your school and teacher must be registered on the platform.
- Note: Only teachers actively employed with a primary or secondary school is allowed to register on behalf of their school and students
2) Youth Category
To participate in this category:
- You must be between the ages of 19 – 45 years.
- You must complete training and receive a certificate from the challenge’s basic or advanced digital skilling program.
3) Civil Servants Category
To participate in this category:
- You must be a civil servant.
- You must complete training and receive a certificate from the challenge’s basic digital skilling program.
How to Register
For Young Learners:
- Register – As a teacher register on the Digital for All Challenge Website, verify your email and create a unique password. You will need your login details to access the learning platform.
- Complete the basic digital literacy assessment to certify your digital literacy
- If you qualify, you will receive an email on how to access the learning content needed to train your students and prepare them for the basic digital literacy assessment to qualify them for the competition
- Trained students must compete at the state and regional levels to qualify for the grand finale
For Youth:
- Register – Register on the Digital for All Challenge website, verify your email and create a unique password. You will need your login details to access the learning platform, so keep it safe.
- Complete Training – Complete either the basic or advanced learning program to qualify for the competition.
- Compete at the state and regional levels to qualify for the grand finale.
For Civil Servant
- Register – Register on the Digital for All Challenge website, verify your email and create a unique password. You will need your login details to access the learning platform, so keep it safe.
- Complete Training – Complete the basic learning program to qualify for the competition.
- Compete at the state and regional levels to qualify for the grand finale.
In its second year, the challenge will run in two phases: the training phase and the competition phase. After the training phase, beneficiaries will be required to take an assessment to qualify for the competition phase. The competition phase will run in three stages: state, regional, and national (grand finale).
All learning will end in July 2024 and competition will commence in August 2024.