Moniepoint has started its second DreamDevs bootcamp in Nigeria, selecting 20 engineering graduates from 9,000+ applicants for a nine-week, job-focused program.
Moniepoint has started the second cohort of its DreamDevs bootcamp in Nigeria, selecting 20 engineering graduates from more than 9,000 applicants for a nine-week training programme with internship and hiring pathways.
Moniepoint says it has commenced the second cohort of DreamDevs, a structured engineering bootcamp for recent graduates.
The company said the selection process drew over 9,000 applications across Nigeria. Candidates were tested on basic web skills like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then filtered through multiple rounds.
According to Moniepoint, applicants completed an online HackerRank assessment, which is a timed coding test used to check programming ability. A shortlist of 50 then took an in-person code challenge, which produced the final 20 participants.
The nine-week programme is delivered with Semicolon Africa. The curriculum covers Java object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, Spring Boot API development (building back-end services that other apps can connect to), and cloud infrastructure (renting computing power and storage online).
Moniepoint said participants will also spend time with its internal engineering teams to learn how large financial systems are built and operated. The company added that top performers will be offered six-month internships, and some may move into full-time roles.
Moniepoint CTO Felix Ike framed DreamDevs as part of its plan to build more industry-ready engineers across Africa. The company also pointed to other talent programmes, including HatchDev and its Women-in-Tech initiative.
African fintechs keep hiring engineers, but many graduates still lack experience shipping production-grade software, meaning software that can handle real users, high traffic, and failures.
By tying training to internships and possible employment, Moniepoint is trying to reduce that gap. For founders and operators, programmes like this can expand the pool of developers who understand APIs, reliability, and systems at scale, which are core needs in payments and banking.
For Nigeria’s ecosystem, the bootcamp also shows how private companies are aligning with wider digital skills efforts, including government-backed talent development initiatives. If more cohorts lead to real hires, it could become a repeatable pipeline for fintech engineering teams.
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