EAC largest telco firm ink deal with Kodris Africa to roll out coding studies in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - East Africa's largest telecommunication firm - Safaricom has partnered with Kodris Africa to offer coding lessons to Kenyans.

The new deal will see both firms promote the study of coding syllabi through the purchase of lessons on an M-Pesa mini App where parents will be able to purchase coding lessons at $ 90 instead of the annual $ 190.

Peter Ndegwa, Safaricom PLC CEO did say that the partnership is aimed at equipping learners with computer programming skills that are needed in a cashless world driven by the fourth industrial revolution.

"Parents are able to buy tokens for a year’s worth of coding lessons through the M-Pesa platform and then activate them on a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer for their children to start learning to code. All you need to do is to go to the M-Pesa App and pay for the license the way you normally pay for other services like purchasing power tokens. Once you get the code, you log onto the Kodris Africa website, paste the code and your account will get activated."

Coding is the process of converting human intentions into commands that computers can comprehend. The lessons will be presented to learners through an interactive online studio.

Ndegwa further added that “One of the Mini-Apps available on the M-Pesa Super App is Kodris Africa, the provider of Kenya’s first-ever government-approved program for teaching coding.”

According to Ndegwa, the online-based syllabus will now be easy to access for millions of learners. At the same time, the telco has launched an app to enable teenagers to enjoy M-Pesa services.

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