Startup teaches young Nigerians to code on smartphones


People use their phones during a coding training class in Lagos, Nigeria, May 19, 2021. Picture taken May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Seun Sanni

LAGOS (Reuters) - Samuel Anyaele regularly tells his students that everything they need to write a software code can be found on their mobile phones.

He writes HTML codes on his phone, which are displayed on a monitor in a tiny classroom in Lagos, Nigeria's megacity. His students look up at the big screen and down at the smaller one in their hands.

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