Nigerians can earn while learning to code via gaming, claims website

by Piyush Mathur

Using the French innovator Nicolas Sadirac’s 01 Edu System, a Nigeria-based online training platform called Learn2Earn claims to let Nigerians acquire software coding skills through gaming while also getting paid for what they accomplish as learners/coders.

The platform currently has a call out for Nigerians residing in Lagos (Lagos State), Ilorin (Kwara State), and Otukpo (Benue State). However, the process to get into the game—so to say—appears to be competitive.

The applicant would have to play a so-called ‘Selection Game’ in order for a chance to win her or his slot; there is no charge of any kind for this process or what follows it.

Learn2Earn’s website claims that it was ‘co-founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Kesiah Valkin’ in association with several global veterans of the software industry. The website makes specific mentions of the New York-based Andela, Florida-based TECKpert, London-based 01Founders, and Lagos-based Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) as part of its co-founding network.

Aboyeji’s LinkedIn post

Reflecting upon Learn2Earn as an enterprise, Aboyeji indicated in a LinkedIn post he made on November 5, 2025, that it seeks to target Africa’s ‘young people who want to learn how to be world class technology talent’. However, in response to a comment on his post, he clarified that one has to be physically located in Nigeria specifically to get into Learn2Earn’s gamified coding (learning) programme.

Describing the general structure of the platform’s screening and training process, Aboyeji’s post noted that it ‘starts with a 90-minute game’ testing the candidate’s way of thinking, followed by a so-called Piscine phase—'a one-month immersion that tests’ the candidate’s approach to learning.

It is in response to the results of the above two types of screening processes that the system lets the individual embark upon a ‘two-year journey that tests’ the extent of his or her potential within the field of software.

Learn2Earn can afford to be clearer on some crucial aspects

Aboyeji’s post omits any mention of whether a candidate is screened out or eliminated at any point; however, web searches indicate that Piscine is generally supposed to be a 4-week boot camp for coding learners—and that their level of success through that determines whether they would be allowed to go further within the learning process. In other words, there is a stage comprising failure, apparently, that shows up for many candidates as the outcome of Piscine that the 01 Edu System (or its implementation) might be a bit too polite about. It is not necessarily clear from Aboyeji’s post whether Learn2Earn adheres to the foregoing conception of Piscine anyway.

This is a partial screenshot of Learn2Earn's call to Nigerians to enroll in its programme to become a programmer as an earning trainee.
(Credit: Learn2Earn.ng)

What is also not clear is the business status of Learn2Earn, given that there is no indication that it is registered as an entity with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Learn2Earn’s website describes the outfit as ‘a zero-tuition, peer-to-peer, gamified tech training platform’—but it omits any details regarding its official status: be it as a non-profit organisation, an educational institution, or a for-profit entity. There is no registration number of any kind mentioned on the website, either.

Also, there is no mention on Learn2Earn’s website whether it gives out any type of certificates or not; however, it does guarantee support for industry placements for a candidate after her or his successful completion of its overall 18-month long training process.

Reading closely this latter aspect of the website, however, suggests that the support is for only 2 years and is meant for ‘remote tech jobs globally’.

Thoughtfox has sent an electronic query to Learn2Earn in relation to the above points. This report will be update if and when any response from Learn2Earn is received.

Aboyeji’s post on LinkedIn can be accessed via this URL—or through this pdf:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eaboyeji_the-biggest-lesson-ive-learned-building-activity-7391810481637859328-vN7s