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I am not a Futurama fan .
I was browsing the nation.co.ke website and stumbled on this article . Nowadays I am sceptical of this success stories that later turn to be a scam . Most of this innovators /inventors some months later turn out to be con .They will hype the idea mint money then varnish .
Anyway here is the article .
I have no coding skills but I develop better apps than established developers
SATURDAY APRIL 18 2020
Maureen Ochieng displays an app she created on her phone within 40 minutes during an interview with the Nation at Nation Centre in Nairobi. PHOTO | FAUSTINE NGILA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The necessity by nations across the globe to implement total and partial lockdowns has opened new opportunities in the digital arena to innovate solutions that will adapt to future economic shutdowns once coronavirus is controlled.
One area that is seeing thousands of innovations around a number of challenges to enable companies survive in the current recession is the mobile app development field.
No-code and low-code app and website creation have been birthed in Kenya during the Covid-19 period, and a lady is leading the way to prepare the IT industry for the next wave of coding disruption.
World over, traditional modes of creating an app are now being trashed to the bin because they rely on hard core coding that take longer for a project to be delivered, in a new global order where solutions are needed as soon as challenges arise.
"It is not only slow, it is more expensive, less mobile responsive and tiresome. People must abandon all traditional mind sets in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including coding," Maureen Achieng, who is in the process of creating an online varsity to train Africans on no-code app development dynamics, tells Business Daily.
In the past four months, she has been holed up in her house at Westlands, Nairobi training Kenyans on how to create apps of better quality, faster and with less strain.
"I train them remotely from 9pm to 10pm from Monday to Sunday for four weeks. I also give an extension of one week for slower learners," says the 30-year-old, revealing that she makes good money from the venture.
MASTER
But how did she become an authority and a master of such a new field that is not taught in any Kenyan or global university?
Necessity is the mother of invention, and just like any other Kenyan youth, being cash strapped places you in a difficult financial situation, where you have to think on how to survive.
"I thought of an app to sell new quality bags. But then I did not know how to code. I started researching online and luckily I met a friend in the United Sates who taught me how to make apps without coding," Ms Ochieng narrates, recalling that she had to let her apartment via Airbnb to raise Sh250,000 to pay for the training.
She signed up for a six-month online course, waking up for the lessons at 3am and concentrating till 7.30am every Tuesday and 1pm to 1am every Saturday.
"Seventy of us learning were different app tools, and they were very engaging. I was the only one from Africa. We were trained on how to use tools like Bubble, Appsheet, Mighty Networks, Cloud Match, Sharetribe, Glide, Spark AR and Zapier," she explains.
She says that depending on the complexity of an idea to create an app, it only takes between 20 minutes and two hours for the simple ones and upto to seven days for complicated solutions that need more integration.
"With no-code development, we have ready templates, where you only drag and drop, copy and paste. With low-code, there is some little coding to polish the projects but most of it requires no code."
For her to train you, she says, you pay a one-off fee of Sh100,000 for the entire period. She also develops apps and websites for Sh350,000 which she says is more affordable.
To sign up to the platform, you are required to purchase an e-book worth Sh1,500. This, she, explains is prove your commitment and learn the tenets of no-code development.
"For integrated solutions, most developers charge upto Sh1 million and that takes them months to justify the price. Sadly, quality is not quaranteed," Ms Ochieng says.
AVAILABILITY
Mr Savio Wambugu, founder of Mount Kenya Hub, says that low-code and no-code technology will make software itself even more ubiquitous in this decade.
"Every business that is interested in solving business problems, improving productivity and making impact will need these platforms in customizing and tailor making their own efficient business applications in the last innovation curve," he told Digital Business.
He adds that businesses have been forced to fit into the expensive system they are purchasing. They have had to pay a lot of money for customization for the system to fit them.
"These softwares will close the existing gap between the available applications and the recommended applications by just giving the user the power to customize processes without coding skills," he says.
Mr Harry Mwailengo, the manager at Sote Hub in Voi expounds that no-code and low-code mostly uses visual development environments for beginners to quickly learn how to create apps and websites without having technical knowledge of coding.
"This has proven to the world that everyone can code. Hence disrupting the industry that was dominated by geeks by reducing the cost of hiring developers. It has allowed many apps and websites to be developed and rapidly deployed. This should be scaled up in Kenya to boost innovation and creativity among the youth," he explains.
According to Kesholabs chief marketing officer Ms Roselyne Wanjiru, no-code skills will bridge the gap in mobile programming, a field dominated by men.
"It is motivating to see a woman leading in a new disruption phase of computer programming. While the gender gap wherE only 30 per cent of women are in technical careers, various milestones must be appreciated for their contribution to attracting more women to the tech industry," she says.
Community based initiatives in Kenya such as Akirachix and Tunapanda have worked to inspire, train and empower a new generation of students with technical and entrepreneurial skills, thereby increasing the number of role models for young women aspiring towards tech careers.
Anyway here is the article .
I have no coding skills but I develop better apps than established developers
SATURDAY APRIL 18 2020
Maureen Ochieng displays an app she created on her phone within 40 minutes during an interview with the Nation at Nation Centre in Nairobi. PHOTO | FAUSTINE NGILA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The necessity by nations across the globe to implement total and partial lockdowns has opened new opportunities in the digital arena to innovate solutions that will adapt to future economic shutdowns once coronavirus is controlled.
One area that is seeing thousands of innovations around a number of challenges to enable companies survive in the current recession is the mobile app development field.
No-code and low-code app and website creation have been birthed in Kenya during the Covid-19 period, and a lady is leading the way to prepare the IT industry for the next wave of coding disruption.
World over, traditional modes of creating an app are now being trashed to the bin because they rely on hard core coding that take longer for a project to be delivered, in a new global order where solutions are needed as soon as challenges arise.
"It is not only slow, it is more expensive, less mobile responsive and tiresome. People must abandon all traditional mind sets in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including coding," Maureen Achieng, who is in the process of creating an online varsity to train Africans on no-code app development dynamics, tells Business Daily.
In the past four months, she has been holed up in her house at Westlands, Nairobi training Kenyans on how to create apps of better quality, faster and with less strain.
"I train them remotely from 9pm to 10pm from Monday to Sunday for four weeks. I also give an extension of one week for slower learners," says the 30-year-old, revealing that she makes good money from the venture.
MASTER
But how did she become an authority and a master of such a new field that is not taught in any Kenyan or global university?
Necessity is the mother of invention, and just like any other Kenyan youth, being cash strapped places you in a difficult financial situation, where you have to think on how to survive.
"I thought of an app to sell new quality bags. But then I did not know how to code. I started researching online and luckily I met a friend in the United Sates who taught me how to make apps without coding," Ms Ochieng narrates, recalling that she had to let her apartment via Airbnb to raise Sh250,000 to pay for the training.
She signed up for a six-month online course, waking up for the lessons at 3am and concentrating till 7.30am every Tuesday and 1pm to 1am every Saturday.
"Seventy of us learning were different app tools, and they were very engaging. I was the only one from Africa. We were trained on how to use tools like Bubble, Appsheet, Mighty Networks, Cloud Match, Sharetribe, Glide, Spark AR and Zapier," she explains.
She says that depending on the complexity of an idea to create an app, it only takes between 20 minutes and two hours for the simple ones and upto to seven days for complicated solutions that need more integration.
"With no-code development, we have ready templates, where you only drag and drop, copy and paste. With low-code, there is some little coding to polish the projects but most of it requires no code."
For her to train you, she says, you pay a one-off fee of Sh100,000 for the entire period. She also develops apps and websites for Sh350,000 which she says is more affordable.
To sign up to the platform, you are required to purchase an e-book worth Sh1,500. This, she, explains is prove your commitment and learn the tenets of no-code development.
"For integrated solutions, most developers charge upto Sh1 million and that takes them months to justify the price. Sadly, quality is not quaranteed," Ms Ochieng says.
AVAILABILITY
Mr Savio Wambugu, founder of Mount Kenya Hub, says that low-code and no-code technology will make software itself even more ubiquitous in this decade.
"Every business that is interested in solving business problems, improving productivity and making impact will need these platforms in customizing and tailor making their own efficient business applications in the last innovation curve," he told Digital Business.
He adds that businesses have been forced to fit into the expensive system they are purchasing. They have had to pay a lot of money for customization for the system to fit them.
"These softwares will close the existing gap between the available applications and the recommended applications by just giving the user the power to customize processes without coding skills," he says.
Mr Harry Mwailengo, the manager at Sote Hub in Voi expounds that no-code and low-code mostly uses visual development environments for beginners to quickly learn how to create apps and websites without having technical knowledge of coding.
"This has proven to the world that everyone can code. Hence disrupting the industry that was dominated by geeks by reducing the cost of hiring developers. It has allowed many apps and websites to be developed and rapidly deployed. This should be scaled up in Kenya to boost innovation and creativity among the youth," he explains.
According to Kesholabs chief marketing officer Ms Roselyne Wanjiru, no-code skills will bridge the gap in mobile programming, a field dominated by men.
"It is motivating to see a woman leading in a new disruption phase of computer programming. While the gender gap wherE only 30 per cent of women are in technical careers, various milestones must be appreciated for their contribution to attracting more women to the tech industry," she says.
Community based initiatives in Kenya such as Akirachix and Tunapanda have worked to inspire, train and empower a new generation of students with technical and entrepreneurial skills, thereby increasing the number of role models for young women aspiring towards tech careers.
