TESTIFY GROUP · PRE-NSTW 2026 · FOUNDING COHORT

QUALITY
LEADERSHIP DAY

One day. One regulatory framework. No theoretical scenarios, your
own company's systems, classified and audited under real compliance
pressure.

1 Day · Standalone ProgrammePre-NSTW 2026 · Date to be confirmedSponsored Seats · Product, Engineering & Testing
TESTIFYFOUNDING
COHORT
2026

Seats Confirmed
on Sponsorship

Q2 2027Mandatory Compliance Deadline
56%FEDERAL IT PROJECT FAILURE RATE
3Risk Classes Every System Now Faces

What Makes This Different

Not a workshop. A clearance process.

01 / REAL STAKES

Your Own Systems

Not a hypothetical case study. You bring a real system from your own company, and it gets classified and audited against the actual National SQA Framework, the same standard NITDA will hold you to.

02 / DIRECT ACCESS

Practitioners, Not Slides

Learn from people who understand this Framework at the source, not a summary built after the fact, filtered through three layers of interpretation.

03 / THE PRESENTATION

Walk Out With a Roadmap Outline

The day doesn't end with a graduation ceremony. It ends with you presenting the roadmap outline you built, to peers, to mentors, and to whoever you answer to back at the office.

"This is a career-defining single day. It's the difference between hearing about the Framework and being the person your company trusts to actually implement it."

The Programme

One day, six clearance stages

Standalone, running ahead of NSTW 2026 — not folded into the conference week itself. 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with a lunch break at 1:00 PM.

9:00

Intake

Understanding the Framework

The three regulatory instruments behind the National SQA Framework, and the Q2 2027 compliance timeline in full — what it actually requires, not the headline version.

9:45

Classification

Risk Classification Workshop

Classify your own company's systems into Class A, B, and C, and understand exactly what scrutiny each tier actually demands in practice.

11:15

Implementation

Practical Implementation & Roadmap Outline

Hands-on: audit a real system against the Framework, and leave with the first draft of your own compliance roadmap outline — not a template, your own starting document.

2:00

Readiness

LSTO Readiness Briefing

What a Licensed Software Testing Organisation application will require, and the documentation standards behind it.

2:45

Leadership

Leadership & the Business Case

How to sell this upward — the case for selling this to your own leadership, built before you leave the room.

3:45

Clearance

Roadmap Presentations & Certification

Present your roadmap outline. Defend it. Leave with Founding Cohort certification, done by 5:00 PM.

Program Benefits

Preparing the people who make quality real

Not compliance theatre. The actual mindset shift a company's leadership needs to carry this Framework back into their own organisation.

The Compliance Mindshift

Move from "did we test it" to "can we prove it, to a regulator, on the Framework's own terms." That shift is the whole point of the day.

Direct Practitioner Access

Faculty drawn from regulatory practice and enterprise quality leadership confirmed names published as each is finalised, not before.

Immediate, Usable Output

Beyond a certificate: a compliance roadmap specific to your own company, built and defended within the programme itself.

Framework Fluency

Genuine command of the Class A/B/C system and LSTO readiness not a summary, the actual working knowledge NITDA's Framework demands.

Program Outcomes

What you'll walk away with

Founding Cohort Certificate

Recognition tied to the programme's first-ever cohort, not a generic attendance credential.

Your Own Roadmap

A compliance roadmap built for your company specifically, ready to take back to leadership.

The Leadership Network

Direct peer access to product, engineering, and testing leaders from every other sponsoring company in the cohort.

LSTO Positioning

A genuine head start on what your company's future licensing application will require.

The Ideal Leadership Team

Who this is for

Not limited to testers. Built for any quality-focused leader — product, engineering, test, or tech leadership more broadly — not one nominated attendee. Each function carries a different piece of this Framework.

The Testing & Quality Leader

Owns the Deadline

You already know Q2 2027 is coming. You don't yet have a company-wide plan for it — and "we'll figure it out later" stopped being a real option this week.

The Engineering Leader

Owns How It Gets Built

Risk classification isn't a QA problem alone — it's an architecture problem. Someone has to decide how systems get built to withstand this level of scrutiny, and it needs to be someone in the room.

The Product Leader

Owns What Gets Shipped

Every roadmap decision now has a compliance weight attached to it. The Framework doesn't just change how engineering builds — it changes what product can responsibly ship, and when.

The Investment

Priced against what this replaces

Not conference-ticket pricing. A compliance and leadership investment, itemised against what a company would otherwise pay for external consulting and executive training separately.

Standalone Value

1 full day of expert-led instruction on the Framework₦180,000
A first-draft compliance roadmap outline for your own company₦120,000
Founding Cohort certificate, presented at NSTW 2026₦70,000
Direct access to Framework specifics, ahead of the industry₦150,000
Cross-functional peer network — product, engineering & testing leaders₦130,000
Positioning for your company's future LSTO application₦150,000
Executive Attendee status at the Abuja or Lagos Summit of NSTW 2026₦300,000
Total Standalone Value₦1,100,000

Per Sponsored Seat

₦350,000

Against ₦1,100,000 in standalone value

3.1× return

Seats are limited by design — this is a leadership day, not a mass workshop. No cap on how many leaders a company sends; bring your product, engineering, and testing leadership together. Every attendee also becomes an Executive Attendee at either the Abuja or Lagos Summit of NSTW 2026 itself.

Faculty & Speakers

To be announced

We are confirming faculty across regulatory practice and enterprise quality leadership. We are also in active discussion with NITDA's Digital Literacy and Capacity Building Department about their direct involvement in delivering this curriculum.

Nothing here should be read as confirmed until it is. No name appears on this page until it is real — we update this the moment any of it is.

Frequently Asked Questions

Got questions?

What is the Quality Leadership Day?

A one-day, cohort-based programme preparing product, engineering, and testing leaders to actually implement NITDA's National Software Quality Assurance Framework not survey it. It runs standalone, ahead of NSTW 2026.

Is this only for software testers?

No. This Framework doesn't just change how testing gets done — it changes what product can responsibly ship and how engineering builds. It's built for any quality-focused leader: Product, Engineering, Test, or tech leadership more broadly. Companies get the most out of it by sending more than one function together, not testing alone.

Is this online or in person?

In person, in Abuja. The programme is built around hands-on classification and audit work best done together in the room, culminating in a live roadmap outline presentation before the day closes.

Do companies have to sponsor a seat?

Yes. Each seat is sponsored by a company for one nominated leader — but there's no cap on how many. Send your Head of Product, your Engineering Lead, and your Testing Lead together if that's the right room for your company. This isn't an individual application programme — it's built for companies serious enough about compliance readiness to send their leadership.

What happens after the day?

Founding Cohort graduates carry that standing into NSTW 2026 itself, and leave with a roadmap outline their company can act on immediately — not a slide deck that sits in a drive.

What does "Executive Attendee" at the Summit actually mean?

By attending the Quality Leadership Day, you're registered as an Executive Attendee at either the Abuja Summit or the Lagos Summit of NSTW 2026 — your choice of city. That's premium seating, executive-tier access, and a seat at the national stage where this Framework gets discussed publicly, not just a general delegate pass.

How is this different from the Testify Academy 12-week programme?

They're separate. This is a focused, one-day, pre-NSTW leadership day built specifically around the Framework. The 12-week programme is a different, longer Testify Academy offering, running after NSTW — details on that separately.