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Startup Kano hosted the first Andela Android Learning Community (ALC) study jam. The ALC program is designed to introduce both beginners and intermediate android developers to become professionals in the field. The programs will last for two months with intensive hands on training.

Kano State and indeed the northern region has been lacking in the advancement of technology and human resources. This is coming at a time when the influence of northern based techies will immensely be felt in the growth and development of the society.

The ALC will continue to use our hub for their training including their meetups. We are glad to be associated with a revolution that seeks to create more human capital that will boosts the national GDP.

Here are some images from the program:

We hosted two tech communities in Kano, Code Pyramid and Google Developers Group Northwest University chapter. Code Pyramid is a community of developers, graphics designers, network engineers and tech enthusiasts. They hold a meetup every last Saturday of the month. This month we hosted them at our hub on Saturday 25^th March.

GDG Northwest university is also a group of developers powered by Google who a clustered in the university. They held their Cloud Next Extended event in our hub on Sunday the 26^th March.

Both events were successful as participants gave positive feedbacks. The highlights of the Code Pyramid were captured in pictures below.

GDG Northwest University also had some highlights.

The International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day set aside worldwide to celebrate women. Women Founders Group (WFG) arm of Startup Kano celebrated this iconic day by recognizing 50 influential women in northern Nigeria.

WFG lead Miss Aysha Tofa said,”Northern women have always been subject of stereotype and this has led to many of them been unrecognized and unappreciated in the society. We want to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day by recognizing this heroines and patriots in the region”

The women were selected on the basis of merit and cut across all industries and professions. One of the criteria is they must have made positive impact towards the growth and development of their society and their contributions must have immensely affected their community.

Some of the notable women include the former first lady Hajiya Maryam Abacha, Kebbi State first lady Dr. Zainab Bagudu, United Nation Deputy Secretary General Hajiya Amina Muhammad and the President of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria Engr. Hauwa Sadique and many other influential women.

The celebration was online through WFG social media handles on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. International Women’s Day is a yearly celebration that will continue to acknowledge the impact of women in the society and in the history of the world.

Here are some eFlyers of the women:

A one day workshop on proposal writing was held on the 8^th March 2017 at Startup Kano Hub. The workshop was organized by the Centre for Enlightenment and Human Development in collaboration with Her Dear Diary Initiative. It was aimed at teaching participants the art of writing proposals.

The event was tailored to engage participants and arm them with firsthand knowledge of how to write a standard fundraising and business partnership proposal. The facilitators were experienced professionals and business consultants who shed more light to their audience on the subject matter.

Women Founders Group lead Miss Aysha Tofa gave a 5 minute speech about the aims and objectives of Startup Kano. The program which lasted for six hours saw an interactive blend between facilitators and audience. The Chief Technical Officer of Startup Kano Mr. Ahmed Idris was also among the facilitators.

The event ended with a group work session and then proceeded by a presentation from each group and then evaluation by the facilitators. It was then followed by a networking session and finally a group picture was taken to officially mark the end of the workshop.

Here some pictures from the event.