Heritage bank, a leading financial institution in Nigeria has partnered Ha-Shem Academy to organise Summer Technology Bootcamp Programme, a summer holiday programme for children and teens focused on equipping children.

This programme is said to be targeted at children and teens because they are the future with relevant creative and technological skills needed to excel in this fast-growing and ever-evolving technology world.

To show support to this cause, Heritage Bank Nigeria, set out to sponsor 20 children from Lagos State Government Schools in District One, to attend the 2019 Ha-Shem Academy Summer Technology Bootcamp Programme.

In a statement by the academy, it stressed that Heritage Bank Nigeria holds a vision to deliver distinctive financial services, building on its legacy of innovation and partnership to create, preserve, and transfer wealth across generations, and this vision is highly reflected in its partnership with Ha-Shem Academy to invest in the younger generation ensuring that they have equal opportunity to learn and develop innovative solutions that solve problems and build a better nation.

“In addition to the massive sponsorship received from Heritage Bank Nigeria, Ha-Shem Academy Limited also received sponsorship from various corporate organisations and individuals that tapped into the vision to impart creative and technology knowledge in the younger generation who do not have the means to such resources.

“The students selected as recipients of the sponsorship award went through a three-stage shortlisting process, which include nomination by their school based on grades, assessment organised by Ha-Shem Academy Limited and one-on-one interview by Ha-Shem Academy Limited,” the statement explained.

The statement further hinted that the number of selected students totalled 28, and they were all excited to be availed the opportunity to acquire skills in Robotics Engineering and Lego Building, 3D Game Design, Mobile Application Development, and 3D Animation.

The summer programme which began on Thursday, 1st of August 2019, and is to end on Friday, 30th of August 2019 comprise of hands-on classes for all courses, excursions to technology companies, an exhibition of projects they will work on during the programme, amongst other extra-curricular activities.

“The Management and staff of Ha-Shem Academy Limited appreciate the joint effort of all individuals and corporate bodies that showed commitment towards enriching the lives of many young bright minds from Lagos State Government Schools in District One.

“It is their belief that they will continually see to the development of a more robust and well-equipped future generation of Nigeria especially as it concerns creativity and technology,” the statement added.

Ha-Shem Academy Limited founded in the year 2015, is a training and development centre focused on imparting individuals and corporate organisations with relevant and valuable knowledge ensuring that they have enough industry knowledge to deliver excellent result in their field while stirring them towards career success and promoting organisation-wide growth.

The academy offers certifications in various areas such as I.T, Project Management, Programming, Digital Marketing, amongst others.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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