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The training gave me a portfolio, not just a certificate. I was freelancing on Connecta within three months of graduating.
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I'd never touched a laptop before this program. Six months later I run my own small business's entire online presence.
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The mentorship unit took my idea from a notebook sketch to a real product with real users in under a year.
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As a person with a disability, most training programs weren't built with me in mind. This one was, from day one.
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The Founder's Story

From one training room to a national program

Hassan Umar Dankura co-founded Pioneers in 2003 as a small IT training initiative. Two decades on, that same conviction — that IT literacy shouldn't be a privilege — now runs a 120-seat training hall, a Mentorship & Incubation Unit behind six live ventures, and national partnerships spanning IDEAS, TVET, GATEWAY, and JAMB.

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