Free coding bootcamp for unemployed black women in West Midlands
Birmingham based Start Ups, Niyo Enterprise and Coding Black Females have announced the Black Codhers’ programme, a free 6-month coding bootcamp funded by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) for underserved black women. This story began at Niyo Enterprise’s annual summit: Beyond Hair Summit 2020, where both founders of black female owned start ups Niyo Enterprise and Coding Black Females decided to extend what was a 1-hour class (at the summit) to a coding bootcamp.
"The Black Codher" is a part time coding bootcamp run twice a week in the evening for 30 weeks between 6pm and 9pm in Birmingham. Learners with little to no tech background will be armed with technical skills, a new way for black women to learn various technical skills such as software programming, data management and analytics, design thinking, Blockchain, AI and Machine Learning and many more.
Deadlines close 12th June 2020 , to Apply go to : www.blackcodher.com
The Black Codher team comprised of the founders of Niyo Enterprise and Coding Black Females won a £250,000 fund to facilitate this coding bootcamp specifically for black females aged 18-35, unemployed or in low skilled employment. The initiative feeds into West Midland Combined Authority’s initiative for economic empowerment for the unemployed and the employed to progress into digital occupations.
40 individuals with an interest in getting into a tech career will develop the skills and knowledge to become web/mobile application developers.
