Stories & updates
More than technical skills: learning to think like an engineer
Ask kood/Nairobi students what they learned and they rarely start with Java or JavaScript. They talk about confidence, collaboration, and discovering that becoming a software engineer is as much about mindset as technology.
Different journeys, one ambition: building a future in technology
There is no typical student at kood/Nairobi. From university graduates to career-changers, they arrive by very different paths — but share one ambition: to build real products and solve meaningful problems.
Shaping tomorrow’s digital talent: insights from the Digital Explorers experience
kood/Nairobi joined the Digital Explorers II Workshop at Kenyatta University, led by ESTDEV — a gathering of educators, policymakers, and tech innovators on how universities and industry can build digital talent together.
Who is a software engineer in 2026?
Before designing our third major curriculum update, we spent months asking one question: who is a software engineer today, and where is the role heading? This is what we found.
"In Kenya, I learned the theory. At //kood, I learned to actually build software."
Three Kenyan engineers spent the spring in Tallinn building an AI-enhanced peer-review prototype as part of the Digital Explorers programme — and changed how they see themselves as engineers.
//kood Brought Estonian Education Innovation to Kenya
From 130 applicants, 13 students earned a place in the first kood/Nairobi cohort — now studying alongside Estonian peers on the same platform, with the same assignments, from across continents.
Jõhvi, Nairobi and Zhytomyr Are Sprinting Into the World of Coding
//kood is running simultaneous Selection Sprints across three international locations. In Nairobi, 32 sprinters were selected from over 130 applicants — with a perfect 50/50 gender split.
What is the Selection Sprint?
A three-week on-site coding bootcamp that serves as the admissions test for //kood. Daily assignments, two exams, weekend group projects — and a real answer to whether this path is for you.
What the world is saying about //kood in Kenya
Code without borders: Estonia’s coding school expands to Ukraine and Kenya
Founded with the ethos “no teachers, no classes but 100% coding” — now this disruptive model is going global, with Ukraine and Kenya as the first two countries.
Code for the future: Estonian IT education reaches Ukraine and Kenya with support from ESTDEV
The official ESTDEV announcement: //kood opens admissions in two new countries. Co-founder Taavet Hinrikus on the vision for Ukraine and Kenya.
Read →Estonian IT school //kood expands to Ukraine and Kenya
From Jõhvi to Nairobi and Zhytomyr — Estonian edtech is exporting world-class IT education. 1,100 students trained, over 300 graduates, nearly two-thirds now in tech.
Read →Estonian programming school //kood opens in Ukraine and Kenya
First cohort: 100 students in a hybrid format. //kood was founded in Estonia in 2021 and trains full-stack software developers.
Read →//kood brings peer-to-peer tech education across borders
Latitude59 on how //kood’s no-lectures, project-based model is crossing borders — from Estonia to Kenya and beyond.
Read →KU expands global edtech collaboration with Estonia
Kenyatta University on its partnership with //kood — bringing peer-to-peer software engineering education to Nairobi.
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