Train local talent with new skills

Start an business incubator

Encourage businesses to hire local people.

Advantages

• Businesses create jobs.
• Students learn best when teaching each other.

Disadvantages

• It takes work to attract businesses to use the space for the right reasons.

Run a bootcamp and follow-up

Run a one week bootcamp. Students organize into teams. Mentors train teams as they work on prototypes. At the end of the bootcamp, the team with the best prototype wins a prize. Teams receive guidance on how to expand their prototypes into applications.

Advantages

• Students learn best when teaching each other.

Disadvantages

• Cost

Start a course in a local school

Fund a course and provide instructors.

Advantages

• Easier to find students

Disadvantages

• People not in the school will not have access to the course.
• Students may have difficulty applying their skills in real life.