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A running record of every event we've held: what happened, who was there, and what came out of it.

  1. Conferences · 2025

    Inaugural Conference

    2025Rivers State University, Port Harcourt

    The first TalentMakers Foundation conference brought secondary school students, teachers and technology practitioners together at Rivers State University, and set the format that TechSpark now follows.

    • Secondary school delegations from across Port Harcourt
    • Practitioner-led sessions on technology career pathways
    • Established the consultation-first approach with school leadership
    Students in the main hall at the inaugural conference, Rivers State University
    A speaker addressing delegates at the inaugural conference
    Students taking part in a session at the inaugural conference
    Group photograph of delegates at the inaugural conference
    Attendees networking at the inaugural conference
  2. Conferences · 2026

    TechSpark Conference 2026, First Edition

    20 June 2026Renaissance Innovations Lab, Port Harcourt

    The first edition of TechSpark: a full day of technology career exposure, hands-on labs and direct conversation between students, teachers and people building in Nigerian technology.

    • 9 local government areas represented
    • 9 schools sent delegations
    • Coverage: The Guardian Nigeria, Ripple Africa, The Impact Lens, The Naija Pulse
    A student listening closely during a session at TechSpark 2026
    Partner and stakeholder engagement at TechSpark 2026
    TalentMakers Foundation team and guests at TechSpark 2026
    Delegates during the afternoon programme at TechSpark 2026
  3. Community · 2025

    First Year Anniversary Get-Together

    2025Port Harcourt, Rivers State

    Staff, volunteers, scholars and partners marked one year of TalentMakers Foundation, with recognition awards for the people and organisations who made the first year possible.

    • Impact Partner Award presented
    • Volunteer of the Year recognised
    Welcome signage at the TalentMakers Foundation one year anniversary get-together
    Guests together at the TalentMakers Foundation anniversary celebration
    Impact Partner Award presented at the anniversary celebration
    Volunteer of the Year recognised at the anniversary celebration
  4. School Visits · 2025

    TechSpark Visits to Schools

    2025 onwardsRivers State

    Between conferences, TMF's work does not pause; it just changes address. Each visit starts the same way: a conversation with the school's own leadership about the one gap most holding their students back, and a session built around that answer, not a fixed script. From Government Secondary School Borokiri to Degema National High School, GSS Usokun, CSS Egbeke Etche, and CSS Rumuekini, the pattern repeats: a packed room, a wall of raised hands, and students meeting the idea that tech is something they can actually build a future in.

    Signpost at Degema National High School ahead of a TechSpark school visit
    Students from several schools lined up outdoors before a TechSpark session
    TalentMakers Foundation staff addressing students from several schools
    A packed assembly of students listening to a TechSpark briefing in a school yard
    Students at EHS Borokiri cheering with TechSpark materials in hand
    Students reading a TechSpark flyer closely during a school visit
    TalentMakers Foundation staff working with students in a classroom
    Students in blue and grey uniform during a classroom session with TMF staff
    A TalentMakers Foundation volunteer and facilitator teaching a RAM upgrade lesson at the whiteboard
    A full classroom of students in blue blazers giving their full attention during a TechSpark session
    A female facilitator leading a TechSpark classroom session at the whiteboard
    Certificate of appreciation from Government Secondary School Usokun, Degema
  5. Scholar Hangouts · 2025

    Scholars Programme Hangouts

    Throughout the programmePort Harcourt, Rivers State

    Skill-building doesn't stop when the session ends. Between cinema afternoons, paint therapy sessions, and shared front-row seats at events like TEDx and WordCamp, TMF Scholars build the thing no curriculum can teach directly: a community that keeps showing up for each other. That's not a break from the programme. It's the part that makes the rest of it last.

    Scholars and staff at the WordCamp welcome backdrop
    Scholars at TEDx Port Harcourt on the red carpet
    Scholars and staff outside the Treasure 98.5FM studio
    Scholars at Box Office Cinema, Garden City Mall
    A scholar painting a portrait during the paint therapy session
    Group selfie with scholars and staff during a park day
    Scholars harnessed and ready for the ropes course
    Scholars and staff grouped in front of a park sculpture
  6. Webinars · 2025

    Teaching the Future: Empowering Educators for the Digital Age

    1 August 2025Online

    A webinar for primary, secondary and tertiary educators on strengthening teaching skills and staying current with today's digital learning environment. Interactive session, panel discussion, Q&A and certificates of participation.

    Flyer for the Teaching the Future educators webinar, 1 August 2025