The #DigitalforAll Challenge was categorized into basic and advanced level skills; training delivered over a 4-month learning period, followed by a 1-month (state, regional and national) competition phase. Through the challenge, over 17,000+ youths have successfully upskilled. Two thousand four hundred ninety (2,490) participants moved on to the competition stage, with the States, Regional, and Grand finale level. Eighty-seven (87) participants moved on to the Regional Level, and eight participants moved on to the grand finale.
The eight participants who moved on to the grand finale were three Basic Level finalists and five advanced-level finalists. The Finalists include Nelson Didam, Ifeoluwa Odewale, Hassan Masharazu from the basic level, and Folaranmi Adeoye, Justin Nworie, Sanni Zainab, Stephanie Agbo, and Folaranmi Adeoye from the advanced level.
The grand finale event was brought to a close by the Co-founder/Executive Director of Tech4Dev who announced the winners of the #Digitalforall Challenge. Nelson Didam won the Basic Digital Skills Challenge, while Theresa Sunday, an Engineering student from the University of Lagos, was named winner of the Advanced Digital Skills Challenge. Both winners went home with 1 million Naira, and 2.5 million Naira, respectively.
Tech4Dev is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating access to decent work, entrepreneurship opportunities, and platforms for Africans through digital skills empowerment and advocacy. Tech4Dev’s vision is to equip Africans with digital and life skills that foster economic prosperity, financial freedom, and sustainable development.