Computer Science Innovation and New Technologies

The route

Lessons are in the order that makes each one easier than the last. Each unit ends with a short quiz.

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   Unit 1

   Innovation and Technology

   Why the company that invented the digital camera went bankrupt, and what separates a clever idea from an innovation people actually use.
   1. Innovation and InventionFree Nigerian fintechs did not invent the internet or the bank transfer. So why do we call them innovators? 11 min
   3. Types of Innovation A new phone model, a new way of running a bank and a new kind of market are all innovations, but not the same kind. 12 min
   4. Models of the Innovation Process Good ideas rarely arrive in a flash. They travel through a process, and the process can be designed. 12 min
   5. Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations Why your uncle started using bank transfers years after you did, and what that pattern teaches every startup. 13 min
   6. Unit 1 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min
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   Unit 2 Full plan

   Innovation in Computer Science and Emerging Technologies

   One tap on a phone, five fields of computer science. A tour of the technologies reshaping Nigeria and the world, with their real limits.
   1. Key Areas of Innovation in Computer Science Banking, health, farming, entertainment: behind almost every modern innovation sits a computer scientist's toolkit. 13 min
   2. Emerging Technologies: IoT, Blockchain, Extended Reality, 5G, Quantum Computing and Robotics Six technologies that keep appearing in headlines, what each really does, and where each runs out of road. 14 min
   3. Digital Transformation in Nigeria From POS stands under umbrellas to registering for national exams online, Nigeria's sectors are being rebuilt in code. 13 min
   4. Global Perspectives on Technology Innovation What Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, Bengaluru, Nairobi and Tallinn can teach a developer in Lagos or Kano. 12 min
   5. Unit 2 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min
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   Unit 3 Full plan

   Entrepreneurship and Business Opportunities in IT

   From an everyday frustration to a funded startup. How opportunities are spotted, tested and turned into new ventures in a tough environment.
   1. Entrepreneurship and IT Entrepreneurship A laptop, a data bundle and a real problem: why a computer science student may be one of the best-equipped entrepreneurs in Nigeria. 12 min
   2. Opportunity Identification and Sources of Business Ideas In Nigeria, frustration is often an opportunity wearing a disguise. 12 min
   3. The Nigerian Technology Ecosystem and Its Challenges Funding, power, data costs and changing rules: the obstacles every Nigerian tech founder learns to plan around. 12 min
   4. Startup and New Venture Creation Build a little, measure what people do, learn, and repeat. How new ventures find their footing before the money runs out. 14 min
   5. Unit 3 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 4 Full plan

   Business Models, Business Plans and Business Strategy

   Same features, different futures. How a venture makes money, writes down its plan and stays ahead of competitors.
   1. Business Models Two apps can have the same features and very different futures. The difference is often how they make money. 12 min
   2. The Business Model Canvas A whole business on one page, in nine boxes you can fill with sticky notes in an afternoon. 12 min
   3. The Business Plan The document that turns "trust me, it will work" into evidence a bank, an investor or a co-founder can check. 12 min
   4. Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage A good idea tells customers what you sell. A strategy tells competitors why they will struggle to take your customers. 14 min
   5. Unit 4 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 5 Full plan

   Market Research, Feasibility Analysis, Product Development and Digital Marketing

   Ask the customers, run the numbers, build in loops and tell the world, without wasting money on any step.
   1. Market Research Instead of guessing what customers want, ask them, watch them and count them. 13 min
   2. Business Feasibility Analysis Before spending a kobo on building it, find out whether it can be built, sold, run and allowed. 14 min
   3. Product Development and the Product Life Cycle Products are not built once. They are designed, built, tested, shipped, listened to and rebuilt, and one day retired. 13 min
   4. Digital Marketing A billboard on Third Mainland Bridge reaches everyone stuck in traffic. A targeted post reaches exactly the people who need you, and tells you who clicked. 13 min
   5. Unit 5 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 6 Full plan

   Business Leadership, Ethics, Legal Issues and Professional Communication

   The people side and the rules side of a tech business, from leading a team at 2 a.m. to protecting your code and pitching your work.
   1. Business Leadership and Leadership Styles In a five-person startup at 2 a.m. with the server down, everyone looks at one person. What that person does next is leadership. 12 min
   2. Business Ethics in Information Technology Just because the code can do it, and the law has not caught up yet, does not mean the business should do it. 13 min
   3. Legal and Regulatory Issues in IT Businesses Registration, data protection, cybercrime, consumer rights and licences, the rules every Nigerian tech business lives inside. 13 min
   4. Intellectual Property Rights Your code, your logo, your invention and your secret recipe are all property, but each is protected in a different way. 13 min
   5. Technical Presentations and Entrepreneurial Case Study Reports Ten minutes in front of investors, or ten pages on how a great company was built. Both reward the same clear structure. 14 min
   6. Unit 6 quiz8 questions on this unit 10 min

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