Day Two

Trust, Applied

Your degree got you this far. This day gets you the rest of the way.

A full career and skills day at Ilorin Innovation Hub — built so every hour earns its place. Real testing skills, an alumni panel, direct employer access, and your first step into the country's talent pipeline.

Tue, 20 OctDateIlorinVenue9AM–2PMWATFreeOpen Entry
Why this day matters

You have a finite number of days left on this campus. Spend one of them here.

Most computing graduates leave university having written code — but never having tested it the way a company will expect them to on day one. That gap is exactly where employers hesitate to hire, and exactly where this day closes it.

Day Two is not a lecture about the industry. It is five hours inside it — learning to test, then testing a real product, hearing from people who sat exactly where you're sitting a few years ago, and leaving with your name in front of the companies actually hiring.

Every session on this page had to justify its place on the agenda. None of them are filler.

The speakers

People worth rearranging your day for

Confirmations are in progress — names and companies are announced as they lock in, and what they'll speak to.

Coming Soon

Speakers for this day will be announced soon.

This day

Nine sessions. Zero filler.

Tuesday, 20 October, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Every block below does work — nothing repeats, nothing pads.

Live Nationwide: The FinTech & Payments Quality Track

QE 300 carries the themes of NSTW 2026's national FinTech and Payments Quality track directly into the room — how Nigeria's largest tech employer sector actually hires, trains, and promotes junior testers.

Meet the Author

Books, launching and signing.

Copies available on the day, with signing during the lunch break.

For Beginners

Software Testing For Newbies

A beginner's guide to Africa's fastest-growing tech career, for students just discovering testing as a path.

Foundations

ABC of Software Testing

Africa's founding software testing text — the fundamentals every practising tester should know cold.

Career Guide

Building Your Career Like A Product

A practical guide to treating your own career like something you design, ship, and iterate on.

The Talent Bridge

This is where the day pays off.

Campus Career Day is not a networking mixer. It's the mechanism.

The NSTW CV Book

Opt in and your profile joins the directory sponsor companies draw from when hiring — the single most valuable outcome of the day.

Face Time, Not Just a Form

Structured time with company representatives on site during lunch — not a booth you walk past, a conversation you have.

What you take away

Five hours. Five things you keep.

A place in the NSTW CV Book

Your profile, opted in, in front of the sponsor companies hiring testers this year — the single most valuable outcome of the day.

Real testing experience

You tested a live product yourself — something to speak to concretely in any interview.

A certificate of participation

Official recognition of the day, for your CV and your portfolio.

Signed books from the author

Three titles on site, including Africa's founding software testing text, with signing during the lunch break.

Direct answers from people who hire

Not general advice — specific, current answers from the alumni panel and the hiring leads in the room.

Who should attend

Open to students across Ilorin

Students at any university in IlorinFirst and second year students welcome tooComputer Science & related departmentsAnyone curious about a testing careerIn person only, at Ilorin Innovation Hub
Questions

Before the day

Yes. Day Two is in person only, at Ilorin Innovation Hub, for students at universities across Ilorin. If you're not based in Ilorin, you can still experience NSTW as a student by registering for Day 5 in Abuja or Day 6 in Lagos.
No prior testing experience is required. If you're comfortable with the basics of how software works, you're ready for this day.
No. Day Two is free.
Names are confirmed and announced as speakers lock in — see the Speakers section above for who's being invited and what they'll cover.
A directory of vetted NSTW attendees, joined by choice, that partner companies draw from when hiring quality engineers. Joining is optional and happens during the Talent Bridge session.
Day Two is the second day of a national programme spanning six days, Nigeria Software Testing Week 2026, running October 19 to 24 across Enugu, Ilorin, Abuja, Lagos, and nationwide online.

Reserve your seat

Five hours you won't get back — spend them here

Free, in-person, at Ilorin Innovation Hub — open to students at any university in Ilorin.