Across emerging markets, entrepreneurship continues to expand at a remarkable pace. Young founders are building solutions in education, finance, healthcare, agriculture, climate innovation, and digital services. However, while ideas are abundant, the journey from concept to sustainable enterprise...
In many developing communities, talent is everywhere — but opportunity is not.
Young people are curious, ambitious, and eager to learn. They want to build apps, create solutions, start tech businesses, and solve real problems. However, limited access to resources, mentorship, and stru...
In today’s digital world, work no longer happens only within four walls. Businesses operate online, teams collaborate remotely, and sensitive information is shared across multiple platforms daily. While technology has increased productivity and flexibility, it has also introduced significant cy...
Aba, Abia State — October 6, 2025.
The first-ever EdTech Indaba 2025, themed “Smart Learning for a Smart Future,” successfully held in Aba, Abia State, bringing together Nigeria’s brightest minds in education, technology, and innovation to...
We’re excited to announce the official launch of EdTech Pulse — your go-to online destination for all things education technology. Visit us now at edtechpulseonline.com!
Welcome to the inaugural Edtech Indaba 2025 — a dynamic gathering of Africa’s brightest minds in education and technology, shaping the next frontier of learning. (“Indaba” meaning a gathering or conference for serious discussion gives it a culturally rich and powerful fe...
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The past two days have been truly inspiring for the abia tech community, the journey began with a significant visit from the abia state commissioner for information technology, alongside top dignitaries and notable media houses such as Arisetv, Tvc news, and others. this visit was p...
Penetration testing (pentesting) is an essential practice in cybersecurity, allowing security professionals to identify vulnerabilities within a system. Metasploitable is a deliberately vulnerable virtual machine used for penetration testing and ethical h...
In today’s fast-paced digital world, continuous learning is essential for staying competitive. Technology evolves rapidly, and professionals must constantly upskill to remain relevant. Whether you're an aspiring developer, a cybersecuri...
In today’s interconnected world, where digital transformation drives businesses forward, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. As small businesses embrace technology to streamline operations and reach a broader audience, they also become potential targets for cyberattacks. A sin...
In the 21st century, technology has emerged as a powerful catalyst for transformation across industries, and education is no exception. The integration of educational technology (EdTech) is reshaping how teachers teach, how students learn, and how schools operate. For educators and institutions, ...
In the rapidly evolving tech landscape, staying relevant means constantly upgrading your skill set. As we step into 2025, the demand for professionals with cutting-edge technology expertise continues to grow. For students, job seekers, and professionals alike, knowing which skills to focus on can...
EMPOWERING WOMEN IN TECH:(building Robust web application with Django)
The tech industry's pervasive gender gap continues to pose a significant challenge in our digitally driven world. Aba city took a bold stride towards equality with the launch of the ...
In the dynamic world of children's entertainment, technology plays an increasing pivotal role.
On the 27th May, 2024 a trans-formative Kids Tech Party was held at Ashpot Aba, Abia State. It was a day filled with joy, the event began at 10am which involved registering of kids and confi...
Are you ready to take your startup/business to the next level? The wait is over because applications for our highly anticipated Startup Accelerator Program are now OPEN!
Here's what you can expect:
1. Business and Financial Training: Gain invaluable insights and expertise from...
This year 2023, Ashpot’s annual Summer Code Camp for kids and teens once again provided an enriching educational experience for children aged 6 to 13, and those ages between 14 to 18 years. This specialized camp, designed to introduce youngsters to fundamental programming languages, took p...
Web development has seen a remarkable evolution from its humble beginnings with HTML to the sophisticated Jamstack architecture we have today. Let's take a more detailed journey through the history of web development, highlighting significant milestones and transitions with examples of how they h...
In a world driven by technology, the gender gap in the tech industry remains a persistent challenge. The city of Aba took a historic step towards shattering this glass ceiling with the first-ever Django Girls workshop, organized by the Python Abia Community and proudly sponsored by the Python Sof...
Python is a versatile and expressive programming language known for its simplicity and readability. One of its most intriguing features is decorators, which are like little bits of magic that can transform your functions and methods. In this article, we'll take a deep dive into Python decorators,...
In today's fast-paced world, technology and innovation are driving forces that shape the future. To stay competitive and thrive, it's crucial for students to acquire tech skills from an early age. That's why we're excited to announce a significant expansion of our EarlyStart Program, aimed at p...
Hello guys, we have certainly entered the last quarter of the year, and it's not late to achieve your dream of acquiring a tech skill. This remaining four months of the year can be all you need to turn your life around. In a world driven by innovation and rapid digital transformation, acquiring...
Artificial intelligence is the biggest buzzword these days, and it's affecting every industry in the world. AI could be considered a process of collecting knowledge, acting as a human being, and using that literacy to acclimate to new surroundings and scripts. Artificial Intelligence could acclim...
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence is a strategy for making a PC, a PC-controlled robot, or a product think brilliantly like the human psyche. Artificial Intelligence is achieved by concentrating on the examples of the human cerebrum a...
Is Technology Advancing Too Quickly🤷♀️?
The majority of individuals concur that technology is developing quickly, yet others feel that it is moving too quickly. 61% of respondents to Edelman's research said that the rate of technological progress is too rapid....
The highly anticipated Leverage Conference, organized by Ashpot, took place on Friday, June 23rd, 2023, marking its inaugural edition. Levarage Conference (LevCon, for short) is an event aimed at bringing together developers, entrepreneurs, business owners, undergraduates and tech ent...
Are you ready to dive into the exciting world of learning? We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand new YouTube channel called "Learn With Ashpot." Our mission is to provide engaging and educational tutorials that will help you master the art of [relevant topic or field]. Whether you'r...
If you’re looking for a way to improve your customer service experience, then chat-GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) could be the answer. This artificial intelligence technology allows businesses to communicate with customers in a more human-like way. Here ar...
Python is one of the most popular programming languages used by developers today. It’s easy to learn, versatile, and powerful, making it a valuable tool for many different applications. Whether you’re just starting out in the world of programming or you’re a sea...
At Ashpot, we believe in recognizing and celebrating the hard work and achievements of our students. That's why every month, we choose a student who has shown exceptional dedication, creativity, and excellence, and we honor them as by...
We were at Ohafia to onboard Miraplus Montessori onto our #Schoolzy - automated school management platform The training sessions with the staff and admins were exceptional. This is the first school in the rural area to join our Schoolzy family. Dear school owner, let's partner with you to achi...
Over a three year period of working with schools to adopt information technology, we have come to identify what challenges school owners face when it comes to adopting educational technology (edtech) solutions.
One of the...
The year 2020 was a shocker. But the effect was felt globally. Lots of businesses were affected by the pandemic that hit the whole world and brought about a total lockdown on our social and economic activities.
Here in Ashpot, we were equally hit, perhaps very badly by the lockdown owin...
The 2020 PyCon Nigeria Conference will be going virtual for the first time because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The event is billed to hold on Tuesday 8th - Wednesday 9th December 2020. Time is 10:00am - 4:00pm daily.
Despite being an online/virtual event, the Python Nigeria communi...
It's #BackToSchool. It seems like the pandemic and its effects are slowly getting behind us, and schools are resuming. We hope you have learnt a thing or two through this pandemic. One of the basic lessons we all have learnt is that the business of this century is no business if it is not digital...
Open source is changing the world - one pull request at a time. We are Ashpot are helping to pioneer that change through Hacktoberfest 2020 Aba
Hacktoberfest — by DigitalOcean in partnership with Dev & Intel — is a month-long celebr...
Machine learning is generally defined as the process of giving computers the ability to solve problems without being explicitly programmed to do so. A few years back, computers could only do things if and only if they have been programmed to do so. Series of decision-making proce...
In time past, small, medium, and large organizations handle their customer services on a one-on-one basis; this can be very daunting for both staff and clients, as there is usually a long queue of clients to attend to and too many questions/requests to handle. But with the emergence of technology...
Running a school can be stressful, time-consuming, strenuous and often prone to mistakes, let's make it easy for you. Our premium school management system for nursery, primary and secondary schools, Schoolzy now offers full support for online learning including sharing of lesson materials, crea...
Today, Children's day comes in a special way - without all the usual match pass, fun fare and partying as our children are all locked away safely in our homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also a blessing in disguise as we all get to spend family time with our children. Children are s...
The world over, physical learning has been halted and most schools switched to e-learning platforms and systems to enable them keep running their education system and keep their students learning.
The situation in Africa
Africa is worst hit by this developmen...
Following a decision to better connect with the community and to encourage maximum interaction and communication during and after the lock down period, the Ashpot Community has moved operations fully to Slack. The Ashpot community is an Ashpot-powered global interactive community dedicated to lea...
Today we wish to celebrate a true pacesetter and an unflinching agent of change in the person of Omaka Samuel Dike - a former intern at our great company. News of his various accomplishment and laudable feat during his one year national youth service at Kwara state hit the social media air space and...
The first Digital Week was held in December 2018 and featured a one-week skill acquisition programme on Wordpress web development and Graphics Designing attended by 12 persons. It was a celebration for the impact of IT education in our host community and sorrrounding cities. We were full of joy to h...
Last year 2018, we held the first ever digital week. In that one week long event, participants were trained on Two tech skills - Web Development using Wordpress and Graphics Design. But this year we are expanding the event from a mere skill acquisition event to a full scale one-week tech fair in cel...
Earlier this month we made the unfortunate but necessary decision to postpone the Ashpot Leverage Conference LevCon scheduled for October, 26th 2019. We know you have been looking forward to this event, and we have too. But the decision to postpone this event was in line with the determination to ma...
The event was named Abia MeetPy, an acronym coined from the phrase, "Hello Abia, meet Python". This grand event was first suggested by the Python Nigeria lead Kelvin Oyanna, as a way to whip up interest for the upcoming PyCon Nigeria. It was aimed at making peop...
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Title: How to run your python program on the command prompt
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Approach: Hands-on
Introduction
If you starting out in Python programming, the first thing you will li...
What is Data Science? Data science is a multi-disciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. Simply put, if you are naturally intrigued by the mathematical and statistical side of programing,...
Thank you for supporting us over the years. Ashpot has grown and evolved in recent times and we realized you have a right to know what is going on in the company which you helped build and grow. Your patronage and referrals kept our lights on for these 9 years. That is why every Sunday evening we sh...
In 2010, Ashpot made a bold move by becoming the sole sponsor of the NACOSS SouthEast Conference at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) when very few companies had faith in a "students" conference. The rapport between NACOSS and Ashpot was born out of the vision of our CEO, Psalms Kalu who believes ...
Last year 2018, Ashpot captured the hearts of Tech Enthusiasts within the Abia Community by the introduction of the IT & Self Development Seminar. The event took place three times last year in February, May and November. But this year, the programme was repackaged and rebranded as TechTalk ... an...
Python Abia is the official tech support community for Python developers in Abia State. Python has become a leading language in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning programming, and has garnered several international recognition and support as the lanuguage continues to revolutionalized n...
I believe that the future of any nation's economy lies in technology. Unfortunately, the government here pays little attention to it. I cherish all the emphasis on agro-business, and agropreneurship, shoe making, farming and the rest of it; but we must never give a permanent solution to a tempora...
Towards the end of last year, 2018; we introduced the #DigitalWeek - which is poised to hold every last week of the month. This will be a week we will devote to celebrating the impact of IT education on individuals and societies. It is our intention to use this special sensitization and emphasis te...
Ask yourself these questions Are you looking for an IT skill that is sure to earn you money? Do you want to acquire a skill that can be easily converted to earning power? Then learn Android Mobile App development. Now consider this, do you know that Facebook has a website and a mobile app? ...
Earlier this year 2018, Ashpot kicked off a new revolution in their educational program by introducing a new seminar event captioned IT Development Seminar. The seminar event premiered for the first time in February 5th 2018 and witnessed a huge embrace by customers and target gr...
Anybody who has ever gone through our tertiary education system will attest to the fact that it is a mockery of what a real education should be. Don't get me wrong. The courses are great! The lecturers are wonderful (some of the time), but the system itself... Oh boy. There is something terribly ...
According to Ashpot CEO, Psalms Kalu in a statement made in his official keynote opening address "From Skill to Commerce" made on the previous day, Sunday 30th July 2018 during the Official Kick-off opening ceremony of Traincamp 2018, the objectove of this year's training evet is to produce the n...
"Your future starts now!"
That statement was one of the statements that jump-started my IT career. It is easy to keep thinking of the future as some distant time that has little or no relation with what is happening to you now. But the truth is if you look very well at your today, you c...
Programming is one of the most versatile skills on the market in this age. From being able to create company websites to knowing how to easily fix a redirecting error, these skills can be invaluable to an employer and yourself in many ways. However, staying the way you are will never let you be t...
What makes an app successful can seem mysterious at first. Here are some strategies that you can employ in order to increase your chances of success.
Have a paid version of your app with exclusive conten...
Edited: 3rd August, 2018
Every web developer knows that most times you have the need to store numbers in your database. This could be price of goods, large numbers of inventory or just about anything that requires a numerical value. While you may feel comfortable to store thirty million...
For this tutiorial, we are going to learn how to create a simple text file. Before learning this lesson, it is assumed that you are not entirely new to Java programming. At least you should know the concepts of classes, exceptions and the basic use of Java language element.
Tutorial ...
Welcome to the concluding part of the article, Learning Computer Networking Could Be Your Way Out of the Recession. If you did not read the first part of this article feel free to go back and read: Introduction Network administrators install, support and manage the networks and computer systems that keep information flowing. They implement and maintain network hardware and software, troubleshoot network problems, and ensure network securi...
If you are like me, you probably started a career in Computer Science or ICT without actually knowing the area of specialization to choose. Later on, you realized there are so many fields and areas of specialization such as web design, programming, software developmen...
We are in an era where Google’s Android operating system has penetrated the nook and corner of the world. So what does this mean for developers? Why should you blearn Android development and why have we dedicated this year's Java Summer Training to teaching Android development? Here are six sou...
Software development is one of the hottest areas for outsourcing, with businesses realizing that they can easily assign projects to workers in remote areas and save money. Programming talent is not limited to any geographic area, especially now that so many organizations have dedicated themselves t...
For many technologies, the time to die will be 2016. That doesn't mean there won't be people still using the deceased technologies. After all, at least one company is still using an Apple IIe for accounting. But these dying technologie...
