Following the growing number of incubates at Co-creation Hub Nigeria, the centre said it had expanded the space for more, just as the centre commenced the 2013 CodeCamp for start-ups.
In a statement made available to Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, the prominent software incubation centre in Nigeria stated that it added a new floor to cater to the needs of start-ups community.
“We added a new floor to cater to the increasing needs of start-ups from the CcHUB community. The ground floor is home to BudgIT, Traclist, Efiko, Jobs In Nigeria, WeCyclers, Genii Games and Maliyo Games,” Tunji Eleso, director, Business Advisory, CcHub.
The CcHUB Incubation space provides access to office space via key cards, meeting rooms, dedicated work tables among other services provided by CcHUB aimed at helping these incubatees scale and includes provisions for short-term use of facilities by ventures/ businesses who may occupy table space in conduct of technology development activities.
Similarly, the centre has commenced its CodeCamp for year 2013, a 4-week intensive residential training programme for 15 top Nigerian students/early stage software developers focused on mobile application design and development.
The course will see participants work in teams as part of its completion to build app solutions to real world challenges in sectors such as Education, Health, Agriculture, Disaster Management, Financial Services and Governance.
Through the camp holding from June 27th to 2013, July 29th, 2013, participants shall be equipped with essential skills required to work with this rapidly evolving technology (mobile) by focusing on: Foundation of Software Quality and Engineering; Understanding the Mobile Ecosystem; Conceptional Design for Mobile; Introduction to JAVA, Objective C and HTML 5; Going Cross-Platform; Hands on Development for HTML5 (comprehensive); Mobile Analytics and Implementing Location-Based Services; Implementing Augmented Reality.
Others are Application Security; Testing Your Application and Monetization.
Cchub also advised companies to sponsor a challenge where the trainees will work in teams to build real world app solutions as part of the completion of the course.
“You can sponsor a challenge on which 1 or more teams will spend their time during the camp,” the statement read.
Apart from that, corporation can adopt an Intern. Thus, trainees will be encouraged to embark on an internship programme to practice their newly acquired knowledge within a start-up or an established organization. “You can host one of our trainees for a maximum period of 3 months or minimum 1 month”.