I Just Finished Teaching Cybersecurity in Nigeria for 12 Weeks. Here Is What I Learned
What 12 Weeks of Teaching Cybersecurity in Aba Taught Me The people behind the journey — Cybersecurity Class B, TechRise 3.0, Abia Cohort 3.0. A few months ago I stood in front of a room of students in Aba, Abia State, with a whiteboard, a Kali Linux machine, and a plan to teach cybersecurity from zero to DevSecOps in 12 weeks. Some of them had never used a terminal before. By Week 8, they were recovering deleted files from forensic disk images, reading raw memory dumps with Volatility 3, and writing incident reports that referenced NDPC notification timelines. I want to write about what that experience was actually like, because most “I taught a bootcamp” posts are highlight reels. This one is not. The reason I Said Yes When the opportunity came to facilitate TechRise 3.0 for Abia Cohort 3.0, I knew the curriculum was ambitious. Twelve weeks. Three phases. Offensive security, blue team defence, and DevSecOps, delivered to students with varying technical backgrounds, in a city where re...