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Official Red Hat Taste Training · Virtual · 17 African Countries

Your Safe
Space to
Learn
Red Hat.

You're busy. The internet is overwhelming. There's no shame in not knowing — yet. Every month, West Africa's only Red Hat Certified Training Partner opens a judgment-free virtual room for professionals across Africa to taste official Red Hat, OpenShift AI, and Ansible training. Two hours. Three days. Zero cost.

100% Virtual 17 African Countries OEM-Led Sessions Corporate Email Required
Monthly · Last 3 Working Days
A taste. Not
the full course.
Registrations open — spots limited
Linux Admin & Engineering RHCSA
OpenShift AI Platform EX280
Ansible Automation RHCE
🗓 11 AM – 1 PM WAT · 3 Days · Focus announced via email
₦0Completely free — corporate email required
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Important This is a taste of official Red Hat training — not the full paid course. The goal is to get you genuinely started, comfortable, and ready for what's next.
💼 Corporate Professionals Only — Register with your work email (you@company.com). Personal emails (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.  |  Students & NYSC: see our other programmes →
3
Days per month
2 hrs
Per day
11 AM
Start — WAT
Last 3
Working days of month
Let's be clear

A Taste. Not the
Full Red Hat Course.

We're not giving away Red Hat's paid training for free. We're giving you something equally valuable — a real, structured start.

This IS
What this bootcamp delivers
  • Real Red Hat curriculum content
  • Hands-on lab activities, not just slides
  • Live OEM participation — Red Hat, Datadog
  • Certified Red Hat instructors
  • Genuine command-line foundation
  • Exposure to AI-powered Red Hat tools
  • Certificate of Participation
  • Feedback shared with your organisation
This is NOT
What this bootcamp is not
  • The full RHCSA / RHCE paid course
  • A Red Hat certification exam
  • For students or non-working professionals
  • For Red Hat partners (separate programme)
  • A passive YouTube-style watch experience
What you GAIN
After 6 hours with us
  • Genuine comfort on the command line
  • Clarity on your certification path
  • Ability to have real technical conversations
  • Network across 17 African countries
  • Headstart on your next career step
  • Direct answers from OEM engineers
  • Chance to win the session prize
The Philosophy

No judgment.
No shame.
Just learning.

We know you're good at your job. But there are things you've been meaning to learn — and never found the right space. Stack Overflow judges you. Your colleagues expect you to already know. The internet has too much content and not enough signal.

This bootcamp exists as a safe space for working professionals to ask the questions they'd never ask in front of their team, to fill the gaps they've been carrying for years, and to come out the other side genuinely prepared.

You work round the clock. When you finally get time to study, there's too much noise to focus on what actually matters. We cut through that. Six hours a month. Official content. Zero embarrassment.

Safe Space Young African professional woman with natural hair smiling warmly — safe, welcoming learning space
Zero Judgment, Always
Every question is valid here. There are no basic questions — only knowledge you haven't needed yet. Come as you are.
Schedule Creative African man working focused at his computer in Nigeria — built around your schedule
Built for Busy Professionals
2 hours a day, 3 days a month. Designed around your schedule, not the other way around.
Curated AfricaNXT Lagos tech conference — African professionals receiving curated, high-signal content
Signal Over Noise
Official Red Hat content, curated for your level, delivered by certified professionals. No fluff.
Pan-African Nigerian group of professionals smiling together at a tech meetup — you're in good company
You're in Good Company
Colleagues from your firm and peer companies across 17 African countries are in the same room.
Pan-African Reach

You're Not Alone
in the Room.

Every month, professionals from your firm and peer organisations across 17 African countries join the same virtual room. The conversations, connections, and competitive awareness you build here are real career assets.

Join the Network — Register Free
🇳🇬 Nigeria🇬🇭 Ghana🇰🇪 Kenya🇿🇦 South Africa🇸🇳 Senegal🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇹🇿 Tanzania🇺🇬 Uganda🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇲 Cameroon🇷🇼 Rwanda🇿🇲 Zambia🇿🇼 Zimbabwe🇲🇿 Mozambique🇦🇴 Angola🇲🇦 Morocco🇪🇬 Egypt
Monthly Rotation · Technology Announced Each Cohort

Three Technologies.
Announced Monthly.

Each month we go deep on one technology. Not a survey — a real, structured taste. The focus is announced to registered participants via their corporate email before each cohort.

Technology A · Foundation

Red Hat Linux Administration & Engineering

Get genuinely comfortable on the command line. File systems, networking, process management, and automation on RHEL. The foundation of everything in enterprise IT.

RHEL 9Shell ScriptingSystemdSELinux
Headstart for: RHCSA (EX200) · RHCE (EX294)
Technology B · Containers & AI

Red Hat OpenShift AI Container Platform

Deploy containerised workloads and AI models on OpenShift — the world's leading enterprise Kubernetes platform. Understand pods, deployments, and OpenShift AI intelligent operations.

OpenShift 4KubernetesOpenShift AIAIOps
Headstart for: OpenShift Admin (EX280)
Technology C · Automation & AI

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Stop doing things manually. Automate infrastructure, configuration, and deployment at enterprise scale — including AI-driven automation workflows transforming enterprise IT operations.

PlaybooksRolesAI AutomationAWX
Headstart for: RHCE (EX294)
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This month's technology is announced after you register.
Register now and you'll receive the upcoming focus, prep materials, and your virtual session link — sent to your corporate email within 24 hours.
OEM Partners in the Room

You Hear From
the People Who Built It.

We bring OEM partners into each session. Not just instructors who teach the technology — the engineers and representatives from the companies that make it.

Red Hat
Official Red Hat engineers participate directly in sessions — providing deep product insight, roadmap visibility, and direct answers you won't find on YouTube.
Official Partner
Datadog
Datadog brings AI-powered observability expertise directly to participants. Learn from the team behind one of the world's leading cloud monitoring platforms.
Observability Partner
More OEMs Coming
We are onboarding additional OEM technology partners. Register now to be first in line when new partners join.
Coming Soon
More Reasons to Engage

Show Up. Stay Active.
Win Something.

Every Session Young African man from Lagos energetically engaged and participating — show up and win

Most Interactive Wins a Gift

You don't have to be the smartest person in the room. The most interactive participant — the one who asks questions, engages with instructors, and participates actively — wins a gift at the end of each session. Show up. Stay curious. Win.

Awarded every cohort
With Your Consent African professionals at a formal Lagos tech event — structured reporting back to your organisation

We Report Back to Your Organisation

Virtual Nigeria can share structured participation feedback with your organisation — showing how engaged you were and how you progressed. A powerful way to start meaningful conversations with management about your technical development and growth path.

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Certified & Recognised By
Red Hat Certified Training Partner
Red Hat Premier Business Partner
Datadog Partner
Container Management Specialist
⚠️
For Customers Only — Not for Red Hat Partners
This programme is exclusively for Red Hat customers and enterprise technology teams. It is not for Red Hat partners, resellers, or VAR organisations. Virtual Nigeria is building a separate dedicated programme for partner organisations. Contact info@vnigeria.com to be notified when the partner programme launches.
3,000+
Professionals Trained
17
African Countries
10+
Years of Excellence
3
OEM Partners in Sessions
Why Trust Virtual Nigeria

The Only One
Certified to Do This.

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Official Red Hat Curriculum

The exact content Red Hat delivers globally to enterprise clients — including OpenShift AI and Ansible AI automation. Not a summary. The real thing, curated for a focused taste session.

Red Hat Authorized
02

Certified Instructors + Live OEMs

Led by Red Hat Certified Professionals. Joined by Red Hat and Datadog representatives. You get the instructor's knowledge and the OEM's direct insight in the same session.

Industry Respected Instructors
03

Hands-On. Not Passive.

Lab activities designed to make learning stick. You'll leave each session with something you can actually do in your environment. That's the point of a safe space.

Practical Labs
Free · Virtual · Corporate Email Required

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Real Graduates · Real Results

They Came.
They Levelled Up.

★★★★★

"I'd been embarrassed for years that I didn't understand OpenShift. No one to ask at work. This bootcamp was literally the safe space I needed. Nobody judged me. I asked every basic question and left with real confidence."

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Adebayo Ogunleye
IT Admin, Lagos Fintech · Now RHCSA Certified
Linux Track
★★★★★

"The Red Hat engineer was IN the session answering questions. I've never experienced anything like it in a free training. I left with a clear picture of our OpenShift AI migration and presented it to my CTO the same week."

CI
Chidinma Ihejirika
DevOps Engineer, Multinational Bank Nigeria
OpenShift AI
★★★★★

"My manager sent me. Two hours in, I understood why. The Ansible session completely changed how we think about automation. I won the most interactive prize and my team won't stop asking what I learned."

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Emmanuel Madu
Infrastructure Engineer, Abuja · Won Session Prize
Ansible Track
Questions

Everything You
Need to Know.

This is a structured taste — not the full paid Red Hat training. You get real curriculum, real labs, and OEM instructors in the room. The goal is to get you genuinely started and comfortable. Full certification programmes (RHCSA, RHCE, EX280) are available through Virtual Nigeria's paid courses.
Every month on the last 3 working days of the month. Each day is 2 hours: 11 AM – 1 PM West African Time (WAT). 100% virtual. After you register, the exact dates, joining link, and prep materials are sent to your corporate email within 24 hours.
17 African countries. Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Morocco, and Egypt. No geographical restrictions — the session is virtual.
Yes. Red Hat and Datadog actively participate in sessions — not as passive sponsors, but as direct contributors. You get answers from the engineers who built the technology. More OEM partners are being onboarded as the programme expands.
No. This programme is exclusively for customers and enterprise technology teams — not for Red Hat partners, resellers, or distributors. Virtual Nigeria is building a separate dedicated programme for partner organisations. Contact info@vnigeria.com to join the partner waitlist.
Each session, the most interactive participant wins a gift. You don't need to be the most technically advanced — just show up, stay curious, ask questions, and engage. The prize is announced at the end of each session.
With your consent, Virtual Nigeria can share a structured participation report with your organisation. A great opportunity to demonstrate technical initiative to your management — and a groundbreaking start to meaningful conversations about your development path.
This bootcamp is designed for working IT professionals. The corporate email requirement ensures the room is filled with peers at your level — people facing the same enterprise challenges you do every day.
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