Equatorial Guinea: Dreams Hub Begins Coding Classes for children under 13

Earlier last week, the Hub provided via a release, spoke of its plans and roadmap for the year, 2022, and some of its achievements from the previous year.

Equatorial Guinea: Dreams Hub Begins Coding Classes for children under 13

Dreams Hub Research and Innovation Center Massive Digital Education Program (PEDM) has now extended its reach as it began coding classes for graduates of its Huevos de Cristal program.

A total of 12 children have been selected and enrolled in the program and will be learning programming language as Dreams Hub continues to play a role in the growth of technology professionals in the ecosystem.

READ MORE: Lusaka: Zambia To Host The 2022 AfriLabs Annual Gathering

‘’Seeing how these girls and boys progress, their enthusiasm, their absorption capacity and their desire to come back here every day, when they go home, is priceless. That is what makes us want to offer more to them’’– Amor NCHASO, Executive Secretary, Dreams Hub.

Dreams Hub’s Huevos de Cristal Program is for children between the ages of 7 to 13 from limited economic backgrounds.

Talking about their plans and what the previous year offered, Founder and Director, Oscar Nchaso said:

‘’Among the milestones, our Dreams Hub research and innovation center was designated in 2021 by TotalEnergies as a local partner for the development of the Challenge Startupper of the Year. We highlight having been selected by the US Embassy to host the American Space and, as our center’s own initiative, the expansion of our scholarship program and a strategic alliance for the extension of our Crystal Eggs project, now in Basakato de la Sagrada Family.

READ MORE: Equatorial Guinea: WINNERS EMERGE FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF BANGE IMPULSA

We started the year giving continuity to our flagship Mass Digital Education Program, along with other confirmed new initiatives, which will mark our agenda throughout the year: Training Program for Entrepreneurs, Continuity of the AUTOCLAX Scholarship Program, Exchange Program (Dreams Hub Fellowship), Expansion of the Crystal Eggs program in Rural Areas, Africa Digital, Dreams Master Classes, Citizen Journalism, Soccer for Technology, Dreams Hub membership card.

READ MORE: Finca Sampaka: Equatorial Guinea’s Premier Chocolate Producers

The coding course is combined with English classes so that they not only learn but be able to compete globally in different markets, regions of the world; and transform their passion, ideas into realities by building solutions thanks to the skills learnt.

We are committed to showing them the values of integrity, teamwork, innovation, motivation, confidence, passion, and discipline’’ he concluded.

Dreams Hub Research and Innovation Center is a member of Afrilabs.