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FinTech Builders Cohort

Bring finance, accounting or economics knowledge together with technology in live Zoom classes. Identify real financial-access and workflow problems and build practical FinTech prototypes — not regulated financial products.

For: Accounting, finance, economics and banking participants exploring FinTech innovation.

Build: A demonstrable FinTech prototype addressing a clearly defined finance or payments problem.

Dates:
Dec 1, 2026 → Jan 25, 2027
Duration:
8 weeks
Delivery:
Live Zoom classes · recordings for every member
Starts when:
100+ learners enrolled
Price:
₦100,000 ₦50,000 (early price until Dec)

Live Zoom + recordings

Classes run live on Zoom. Every cohort member also gets access to the class recordings — so if you miss a session, or want to revise, you can catch up anytime.

Enroll — ₦50,000 Create account

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Curriculum

Assigned Academy courses for this programme.

  • Product Building for African Builders

    Required

  • Shipping Fintech KYC Flows Safely

    Required

  • AI Foundations

    Required

  • Data Analytics Foundations

    Required

  • Software Engineering Foundations

    Required

Missions

LEARN → TRY → APPLY → BUILD → PROVE progression for this programme.

  • LEARN

    DISCOVER — Identify a real finance or payments problem

    DISCOVER mission for FinTech Builders Cohort: Identify a real finance or payments problem.

  • TRY

    RESEARCH — Understand users, trust and workflow constraints

    RESEARCH mission for FinTech Builders Cohort: Understand users, trust and workflow constraints.

  • APPLY

    DESIGN — Design a practical FinTech solution

    DESIGN mission for FinTech Builders Cohort: Design a practical FinTech solution.

  • BUILD

    BUILD — Build a prototype with a multidisciplinary team

    BUILD mission for FinTech Builders Cohort: Build a prototype with a multidisciplinary team.

  • PROVE

    PROVE — Demonstrate the solution and its usefulness

    PROVE mission for FinTech Builders Cohort: Demonstrate the solution and its usefulness.

Programme milestones

Current: M1 — Orientation — Join the cohort and review the programme.

  1. M1 — Orientation

    Join the cohort and review the programme.

    in progress
  2. M2 — Learn

    Complete LEARN/TRY missions and assigned courses.

    pending
  3. M3 — Team Formation

    Create or join a team and add it to this cohort.

    pending
  4. M4 — Build

    Create your team project.

    pending
  5. M5 — Final Challenge

    Prepare your team demo and project submission.

    pending
  6. M6 — Demo & Grow

    Present your work and explore Opportunities.

    pending

Schedule

  • Orientation

    orientation · Tue, Dec 1, 2026 12:00 AM

  • Team Formation

    workshop · Tue, Dec 15, 2026 12:00 AM

  • Build Sprint

    workshop · Tue, Dec 22, 2026 12:00 AM

  • Final Challenge

    deadline · Tue, Jan 12, 2027 12:00 AM

  • Demo Day

    demo · Mon, Jan 25, 2027 11:59 PM

Teams

Durable builder teams participating in this programme.

  • No teams are participating yet.