I’ve watched more than 12 of my friends with 0 connection & 0 rich uncles move from nothing to millionaires in their 20s by learning a tech skill. A lot of them have JAPA’ed using this route. I got into data science & analytics in 200L at FUTA. 👇🏾Thread👇🏾
In 200L, I got a freelance gig from an Indian 🇮🇳 company to collect data in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Before then, I had only read and seen some TED talks about data, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence - they were just exciting buzz words.
My friend @e16sam put together a team of 6 FUTARIANS and we brilliantly executed the project & delivered top quality data. This was the first work experience for some of them. Our client stopped responding afterwards. $0 upfront payment. So I paid the team and moved on.
3 months later, I got a credit alert in $😂. They paid! I honed my skills, learned the biz aspect & started a data company. I found out that 85% of our clients had a problem-TALENT🚀🚀. They were either looking for data analysts, scientists, engineers, or just anything data.
I realized quickly that data is the next big thing and data professionals will be the next most sought-after tech bro/sis. Gold mine for Africa, with 60% of our pop <25yr 🌟🌟. Lot of companies are now mandating applicants to have at least basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
In 2019 we started @zacraclearning to bridge this gap and help more people acquire data skills. We started with physical cohorts at our office in Akure where we’ve graduated over 500 people. Most of whom are now gainfully employed or working as freelance data professionals.
We launched an e-learning platform to offer self-paced recorded courses, & virtual instructor-led cohorts. We also launched career-focused Incubator programs that span 10 months where learners will acquire data skills for 7 months & paired with companies for 3 months internship.
Our goal is to help at least 5,000 Africans acquire data skills and connect them with opportunities in the next 2yrs🏅🎖. Though we are for-profit and our courses are paid, we are optimizing our fees to fit the African market, without lowering content quality.
To start with, we’ve discounted our self-paced courses to $9.99 for 1000 learners starting from today. Courses on Python, SQL, Power BI, R, Excel etc. Take advantage of this and start learning. #NigerianTwitter can also sponsor/gift someone a course to get them started.
Follow @zacraclearning, RT, and TAG anyone you know that’s interested in learning data science & analytics OR that might sponsor people to learn. 🙏 🙏 🙏
@YemorWale Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. Is a laptop compulsory for these courses?