{"id":81869,"date":"2026-01-19T05:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81869"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:59:54","slug":"moniepoint-strengthens-africas-tech-talent-pipeline-with-dreamdevs-cohort-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/19\/moniepoint-strengthens-africas-tech-talent-pipeline-with-dreamdevs-cohort-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Moniepoint Strengthens Africa\u2019s Tech Talent Pipeline with DreamDevs Cohort 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moniepoint Inc has reaffirmed its commitment to building Africa\u2019s technology talent pipeline, announcing the opening of applications for the second cohort of its flagship DreamDevs initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Co-Founder and CTO Felix Ike described DreamDevs as a programme that equips recent graduates with industry-ready skills and hands-on experience to bridge the continent\u2019s tech talent gap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of our first cohort validated that Africa\u2019s young tech talent can compete globally. This year, we aim to convert half of our participants into full-time employees,\u201d Ike said, adding that the initiative creates sustainable career pathways that drive Africa\u2019s digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>DreamDevs complements Moniepoint\u2019s other talent development programmes, including HatchDev, in collaboration with NITHub, University of Lagos, which trains about 500 specialised developers annually, and the Women-in-Tech programme, now in its fifth year.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative also aligns with the Federal Government\u2019s 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT), programme, with Moniepoint serving as a key sponsor, offering graduates a specialised pathway from training to employment.<\/p>\n<p>DreamDevs underscores Moniepoint\u2019s broader mission to leverage technology to empower Africa\u2019s youth and advance the continent\u2019s digital economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David Moniepoint Inc has reaffirmed its commitment to building Africa\u2019s technology talent pipeline, announcing the opening of applications for the second cohort of its flagship DreamDevs initiative. Co-Founder and CTO Felix Ike described DreamDevs as a programme that equips recent graduates with industry-ready skills and hands-on experience to bridge the continent\u2019s tech talent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,1756,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81871,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81869\/revisions\/81871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}