Day One

Where Trust Begins

Some of Nigeria's best quality engineers are sitting in a classroom in Enugu right now. They just don't know it yet.

A morning inside a partner secondary school, where senior secondary students meet software testing as a career for the first time, and a new book is born.

Mon, 19 OctDateEnuguVenue shared privately9AM–1PMWATFreeBy school partnership
Why this day

The first chapter, years earlier than it usually starts.

Most Nigerian students never hear the words "software tester" until they're already in university, if they hear it at all. By the time this career becomes visible to most people, they've already chosen a different path.

Day One exists to move that discovery earlier. Not to a lecture hall years from now, but to a Monday morning, inside a classroom these students already know, where testing a real application, meeting the people who do this for a living, and imagining themselves in it, happens before any decision has closed the door.

It is the opening chapter of Nigeria Software Testing Week 2026, and, for a new book, the opening chapter, full stop.

The morning

How the day unfolds

A focused four-hour morning, built around one real, hands-on experience, not a lecture students sit through.

Launching this morning

One book, one morning

For Students

Coming Soon

Details of the book launching this morning are being finalised, announced soon.

What you take away

Every student leaves with something real.

Not just a morning of talk, concrete things to keep, and a real next step for those ready to take it.

A signed copy of So You Want to Be a Software Tester

Every student leaves with a copy of the launched book.

Real, hands-on testing experience

Students test a live application themselves and find things that don't work, a genuine first experience, not a demonstration watched from a seat.

An official certificate of participation

Every student who takes part leaves with a certificate recognising the day.

A real next step, for those ready

Every student leaves with real, practical software testing knowledge, a foundation they can build an actual career on.

A clear career path.

From a teenager to a globally recognised quality engineer.

Two audiences, two answers

What you need to know.

For Parents & Guardians

  • Free for participating students, no fee, no fundraising ask
  • Runs during normal school hours, on school premises, with school staff present throughout
  • Led by Testify Group, Africa's leading quality engineering institution, convened by Princess Ibironke Yekinni
  • Any photography or media involving students follows the school's and your consent process. Nothing is published without it
  • Every student leaves with a certificate; some receive fully sponsored further training

For Student

  • Free to attend, no cost to you or your family
  • You'll test a real, live application yourself, guided by practising testers
  • Leave with a signed copy of the book launched in your honour, plus a certificate of participation
  • A chance to be selected for a fully sponsored Testify Academy training place
  • No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to try
On stage

Speakers & mentors

Ifunaya

Ifunaya

Enugu Champion

Mary Onuorah

Mary Onuorah

Product Quality Engineer · Moniepoint Inc.

Questions

Before the day

Day One is a collaboration with one partner school; attendance is coordinated through the school itself, not by open public registration.
At the partner school's request, we're holding the name and address privately until final confirmation is complete. This is a timing matter, not a secrecy policy. It will be shared publicly in due course.
No. Day One is entirely free for participating students and their families.
Senior secondary school (SSS) students at the partner school.
Use the registration form below and select "Teacher or School Representative"; the team will follow up directly.
Day One opens a six-day national programme, Nigeria Software Testing Week 2026, running October 19 to 24 across Enugu, Kwara, Abuja, Lagos, and nationwide online.

A partner secondary school, Enugu State

We're keeping the school's name and exact address private for now, out of respect for our partner school's own communications process ahead of final confirmation. Confirmed parents, guardians, press, and partner organisations receive full venue details directly from the team.

Stay informed

For students, parents, teachers & press

Tell us who you are so we can keep you informed and plan the day well. Attendance itself is still coordinated through the partner school; this just keeps you in the loop.