Giiyo CyberBridge: Ten Sessions Building a Network, Then Defending It

Most people meet cybersecurity as a list of warnings: pick a better password, do not click that link. It is hard to care about defending something you have never built.

Across 10 sessions, students build the network of the fictional company CamTech, identify its weaknesses and learn to secure it. A certificate is given at the end of the programme.

What students actually do

Each session ends with something working that did not work before. Students start by asking what a network even is and building a first one, then move through the equipment that carries traffic, the addresses that let devices find each other, and what to do when none of it behaves as expected.

From there the course turns outward: how data moves between networks, how websites, email and servers fit together, and how someone reaches a network safely from outside it. Only then does it turn to defence — spotting where a network is weak, putting a firewall in the right place, and finishing by building and protecting CamTech end to end.

The order is deliberate. A student who has wired the thing together has somewhere to put the security lesson.

Who teaches it

Nady Fotie teaches the sessions live. Online learners join remotely with their own laptop and internet connection. On-site learners attend in person.

The course uses the Cisco Networking Academy, so students also come away with an account and a track they can keep following on their own.

The practical details

• Ages 14–19 · no experience needed
• 10 sessions of 2 hours. Proposed time: 12:00–14:00 in Cameroon (UTC+1), to be confirmed. The course starts on Saturday 21 November 2026, with 10 two-hour sessions.
• On-site venue details are confirmed to registered learners Online learners need their own laptop and an internet or data connection for each 2-hour live session. An email address is used for the Cisco Networking Academy account; we will help if you do not have one.
• The course is free. A registration fee secures your place: 5,000 FCFA online (non-refundable), or 10,000 FCFA on-site, with 5,000 FCFA returned at the end of the programme.

Registration fee

Registrations decide which track runs. If both get enough registrations, it runs as a hybrid: one on-site class, with online learners joining live. You join the live sessions remotely, with your own laptop and an internet or data connection that can hold a 2-hour session. You attend the sessions in person. On-site venue details are confirmed to registered learners. At registration you only confirm that you can pay your track's fee. No payment is taken through this form. Payment is collected after registration closes on Sunday 15 November 2026, once we know which track runs.

The course starts on Saturday 21 November 2026, with 10 two-hour sessions. Later session dates are arranged with registered learners. Registration does not guarantee a place.

Register a place

Registering does not guarantee a place. The team confirms each place and which track will run. At registration you only confirm that you can pay your track's fee. No payment is taken through this form. Payment is collected after registration closes on Sunday 15 November 2026, once we know which track runs.

See the full course outline and register for CyberBridge.

Questions, or want to bring CyberBridge to your school? Write to hello@giiyotech.com or call +237 674 028 515.