Online
You join the live sessions remotely, with your own laptop and an internet or data connection that can hold a 2-hour session.
Registration fee: 5,000 FCFA, non-refundable.
Course · Giiyo Tech
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Build a computer network, then learn to defend it in Giiyo CyberBridge, our introductory cybersecurity course. A certificate is given at the end of the programme.
- The course starts on Saturday 21 November 2026, with 10 two-hour sessions.
- Proposed time: 12:00–14:00 in Cameroon (UTC+1), to be confirmed.
- A certificate is given at the end of the programme.
- Ages 14–19 · no experience needed
- On-site venue details are confirmed to registered learners
- 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.
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. A certificate is given at the end of the programme. Nady Fotie teaches the sessions live. Online learners join remotely with their own laptop and internet connection. On-site learners attend in person.
- 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
Two tracks
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.
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.
On-site
You attend the sessions in person. On-site venue details are confirmed to registered learners.
Registration fee: 10,000 FCFA, with 5,000 FCFA returned at the end of the programme.
Registrations decide which track runs. If both get enough registrations, it runs as a hybrid: one on-site class, with online learners joining live.
A certificate is given at the end of the programme.
Before you take part
Equipment and preparation
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.
Schedule and confirmation
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.
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Giiyo CyberBridge
CyberBridge: build a network. Learn to protect it.
CyberBridge is our introductory cybersecurity course. Learners choose an online track or an on-site track. Registrations decide which track runs. If both get enough registrations, the course runs as a hybrid: one on-site class, with online learners joining the same live sessions. A certificate is given at the end of the programme.
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21 September 2026
Giiyo CyberBridge: Ten Sessions Building a Network, Then Defending It
CyberBridge starts on Saturday 21 November 2026: 10 sessions for ages 14–19, online or on-site. The course is free; a registration fee secures your place. A certificate is given at the end of the programme.