Equipment and preparation
The programme provides the computers and software on site. An email address is used for the Cisco Networking Academy account; we will help if you do not have one.
Course · Giiyo Tech
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Build a computer network, then learn to defend it in Giiyo CyberBridge, our introductory cybersecurity course.
- Starts 21 November 2026
- Ages 14–19 · no experience needed
- WISE STEM Centre, Mbalngong, Yaoundé · classroom presenter, facilitator abroad
- 10,000 FCFA to register · 5,000 FCFA returned on completion
- 10 sessions of 2 hours. Proposed time: 12:00–14:00 in Cameroon (UTC+1), to be confirmed.
Build a network, then defend it
Across 10 sessions, students build the network of the fictional company CamTech, identify its weaknesses and learn to secure it. Nady Fotie teaches live from the United States, with a Giiyo Tech presenter in the classroom alongside learners.
- What is a network? Build your first one
- Network devices and how to choose them
- IP addresses and how devices find each other
- Automatic addressing, and fixing it when it breaks
- How information travels between networks
- Websites, email and the servers behind them
- Reaching a network from outside it, safely
- Finding the weak points in a network
- Firewalls and locking a network down
- Final project: build and defend CamTech
Before you take part
Schedule and confirmation
The course takes place on 21 November 2026 at WISE STEM Centre, Mbalngong, Yaoundé. The session schedule will be confirmed with registered students. Registration does not guarantee a place.
Register your interest
Giiyo CyberBridge
CyberBridge: build a network. Learn to protect it.
CyberBridge is our introductory cybersecurity course. It will be our first course taught by a facilitator abroad, with a presenter in the classroom alongside learners.
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21 September 2026
Giiyo CyberBridge: Ten Sessions Building a Network, Then Defending It
Giiyo CyberBridge: 10 sessions of 2 hours for ages 14–19. Build a network, then learn to protect it. Check the arrangements and register your interest.