Launch your
tech career
in a year

Go from beginner to building real products in a year.

//kood is a technology school that prepares you for a real engineering career through project-based learning.

Want to be part of the next cohort?New cohort starting September 2026.

// applyFree of charge

Next Sprint20 July –07 August

Three weeks on-site in Nairobi. Real projects. Real peers.

No CV, no diploma, no prior experience needed — just your time and your curiosity.

Location: Kenyatta University, Nairobi
Duration: 3 weeks on-site
Cost: Free of charge

Bring your own laptop —
required for the sprint.

Apply now →

How to apply — four steps

No CVs. No diplomas. No prior experience needed.

Step 1 · online

Logic game

A short test of logical thinking. No preparation needed. Takes up to one hour.

Step 2 · 1 hour

Pre-Sprint check-in

Mandatory online info session where you'll get an overview of //kood, the study programs, and everything else important so you'll be well prepared before the Selection Sprint. After the info session, you can register for the Selection Sprint.

Step 3 · 3 weeks

Selection Sprint, the admissions test

Bring your own laptop — required for the sprint.

The Selection Sprint is a three-week bootcamp that serves as an admission test for candidates, consisting of three weeks on-site at Kenyatta University.

Step 4 · 1 year

Start studies

Begin your studies in your chosen study programme!

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What is the Selection Sprint?

sprint · learners working sprint floor photo

Three weeks. Real problems. Real peers.

A 3-week intensive admissions test. 3 weeks on-site in Nairobi. Real projects, real peers. This is where you find out if it’s for you.

The study process starts with different topics on our learning platform. The first two weeks will end with an exam and group task. On weekends, there are group projects that reinforce the knowledge from the previous week.

The Selection Sprint serves multiple purposes. As an applicant, it helps you determine whether programming and the //kood learning methodology are the right fit for you.

Free of charge, full time
Three weeks on-site in Nairobi.
You will get stuck. That’s part of it.

// location

kood/Nairobi// cohort #01 starts Sep 2026

Learn by building.
In Nairobi.

No lectures, no teachers — you build real software with your peers from day one.

where: Kenyatta University
contact: nairobi@kood.tech
cohort: #01 Selection Sprint July 2026
language: English

What is //kood?

//kood brings a new type of tech education to Kenya

Be part of the movement where you future-proof your career through collaborative project-based learning. Learn the skills you need to begin your career as a software engineer.

Our programme will prepare you for the real world working environment. Coding is a skill that will give you endless opportunities.

/No Teachers

No teachers — students work collaboratively and learn from each other.

/No Classes

No courses. Only projects with levels of increasing difficulty.

/100% Coding

100% practical and project-based from day one.

/Hybrid Study

Study at the campus and/or remotely.

/Studies in English

Universal working language of the IT world. Open to international students.

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Programme overview

12 months

Product Engineering

Become an AI-ready product engineer who knows what to build, why it matters and how to deliver it.

Who is it for?

This is for you if

—You are curious about tech and want to build real products, even if you're starting from zero.
—You're solution-oriented, self-directed, and ready to take ownership of your work.
—You have grit, are comfortable with ambiguity, and are willing to grow through challenges.

This is not for you if

—You're looking for step-by-step guidance, easy answers, or a comfortable learning path.
—If you expect someone to tell you exactly what to do next, this will quickly become frustrating.

What you’ll learn

The technical layer

—Programming fundamentals, data structures, testing, error handling.
—Database design and safe concurrent access. HTTP, REST APIs, and how the web works under the hood.
—Server-side frameworks, ORMs, authentication and authorisation.
—Frontend frameworks, real-time communication, full-stack architecture.
—Multi-service systems, message queues, third-party integrations, production operations.
—LLM integration, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases.
—Clean architecture, observability, containers, CI/CD, secure-by-default thinking.

The professional layer

—How to decide what's worth building.
—How to receive feedback without taking it personally and give it without softening it into uselessness.
—How to ask a question that someone can actually answer.
—How to decompose ambiguous work, estimate your own time, and flag when you're drifting off course.
—How to explain technical work to people who aren't engineers.

AI literacy

—Using AI to decode errors, accelerate research, draft boilerplate, review your own work.
—Reading AI output with the same scrutiny you'd apply to a teammate's pull request.
—Knowing when AI is reliably strong and when it's reliably dangerous.
—Building the instinct to stop and think when the problem is novel.

These don’t sit in separate courses. They’re woven into projects, because that’s how they’re achieved in real engineering.

What is the studying format?

Hybrid. You can complete the programme on-site at the learning centres or remotely.

You solve tasks and projects at your own pace — you can complete them faster if you wish, but the programme has a max 15-month limit.

Programming languages: Java backend + JavaScript & TypeScript frontend.

What you’ll get

Module 1 · up to 6 months

Fundamentals & Backend

You go from writing simple code to building real applications. First, programs that store data, then services that other systems can use, then systems used by multiple users, with authentication and deployment.

Module 2 · 6 months

Product Engineering

You build and ship real products. First a full-stack app with real-time features, then a more complex platform with multiple services and payments. Then an AI-powered product.

In what roles can you work after graduating?

The programme prepares you for entry-level engineering roles across the full shape of modern software — back-end services, user-facing products, integrated platforms, and AI-powered systems.

The technical skillset means you’re not locked into a single path, the professional layer means you’re ready to contribute from day one, regardless of what the job title on the posting ends up being.

Software Engineer
Product Engineer
AI Engineer
Full-Stack Engineer
Back-end / Platform Engineer

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Join us in building Kenya’s next tech generation

Kenya faces a shortage of 20,000 ICT specialists each year. We are seeking partners to scale tuition-free technical education in Kenya — together we can close the digital skills gap and open opportunities for thousands of talented learners.