Kabakoo Academies Launched As First No-Code Training In Africa

<p><em>Kabakoo Academies receives funding from Zoom<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has learned that Kabakoo&comma; a leading pan-African learning platform for digital and decentralized manufacturing skills&period; In March 2021 has launched <strong>Kabakoo<&sol;strong> Academies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is the first no-code training in West Africa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The launch&comma; according to a statement from the company&comma; confirms&comma; once again&comma; its leading role in tech education on the continent&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kabakoo is a no-code pioneer&comma; the first EdTech in Africa to join this growing digital trend enabling people to design and deploy apps without coding&period; Dedicated to youth employment and entrepreneurship&comma; Kabakoo bets on no-code skills to allow its learners to succeed on the local job markets&period; A bold approach that earned Kabakoo funding from Zoom via its EdInnovation Award&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to African Media Agency&comma; AMA&rpar;&comma; Kabakoo’s committment to democratizing access to tech education for the African youths&comma; Kabakoo has orchestrated the launch in March 2021 the first no-code training in West Africa for a batch of twenty learners at its Bamako campus&period; This intensive &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;FullStack&&num;8221&semi; program is designed and delivered in partnership with Contournement&comma; the European leader in no-code training&period; Kabakoo bets on no-code skills to supercharge its learners’ employability and their local entrepreneurship projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Coached by word-class mentors&comma; the learners will acquire full proficiency in no-code tools to create websites&comma; mobile apps&comma; automation and data management projects&period; Co-designed with Contournement&comma; the training aims at mastering key tools such as Zapier&comma; Airtable&comma; Adalo&comma; Glide or Dorick&comma; which will help learners to rapidly develop ambitious tech products &lpar;without having to code&rpar; to meet the needs of local communities and markets in the Sahel&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Kabakoo engagement in the no-code segment is catalyzed by strong partnerships with&comma; among others&comma; the current leading no-code app Notion&comma; which supports Kabakoo&&num;8217&semi;s activities through its impact program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By pioneering no-code training in Africa&comma; Kabakoo reaffirms its leading role in the pan-African EdTech space&period; After being praised as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;School of the Future&&num;8221&semi; by the World Economic Forum&comma; Kabakoo has received the Zoom EdInnovation Award on March 1st&comma; 2021&comma; which recognizes &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the boldest and brightest solutions supporting underserved students&&num;8221&semi;&period; Among the six global winners&comma; Kabakoo is the only organization on the African continent and the francophone world&period; This award formalizes the partnership between Kabakoo and Zoom&comma; which becomes a key financial and tech partner for scaling up Kabakoo impact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;