The Co-Creation Hub is officially launching TechSQUAD this week.
TechSquad is a platform which connects Nigerian organisations that operate without a dedicated technical team to vetted local technologists to work on their digital technology projects.
TechSquad provides organisations with access to pre-qualified Project Managers as well as software developers and designers who form adhoc teams from the SQUAD, to work on their projects at reasonable rates. Through TechSQUAD CcHub wants to enable 200 Nigerian businesses to deepen their use of digital technology over the next 1 year.
TechSQUAD is launching with 81 technologists shortlisted from 247 that applied. In this group, we have 14 senior developers and project managers and 67 software developers and designers to work in their teams.
A pilot of TechSQUAD was deployed in the run up to the 2015 general elections and they supported civil sociaty organisations to build technology platforms that played a significant role in the success of the elections. Some of the projects that were developed by TechSQUAD include Nigeria Elections (by Wangonet), ReVoDa (by EiE Nigeria) , ThumbPower (by ThumbPower) and NgManifesto (by CDD West Africa). A feature of the TechSQUAD was done by CNN on March 26, 2015.
The hub believes TechSQUAD will revolutionise the local technology industry as a whole, by providing a seamless way for Nigerian technologists to service local companies, NGOs and government agencies.
