Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, has announced the launch of Learn2Earn.ng, an ambitious new platform designed to identify, train, and deploy the next generation of African talent for global opportunities.
In a statement shared on his official LinkedIn page, Aboyeji reflected on his decade-long journey working with young Africans and the lessons learned from building talent-focused ventures such as Andela. He emphasized that the world continues to underestimate what happens when “raw talent meets real opportunity,” noting that he has personally witnessed young Africans rise from obscurity to become leaders in global technology teams.
According to Aboyeji, the new initiative aims to replicate and scale that success by creating a more rigorous, performance-driven model for discovering and nurturing talent across the continent. Learn2Earn.ng, he explained, is built on the belief that genuine transformation does not come from online courses or the accumulation of certificates, but from a system that selects for grit, determination, and resilience.
“The process of building talent at scale is not for everyone,” Aboyeji said. “As the saying goes: garbage in, garbage out. The people who thrive in this journey are those who keep going when it’s hard, who outwork their limits, and who are desperate to prove they deserve the opportunity.”
At the core of Learn2Earn.ng is a three-phase system that tests reasoning ability, endurance, and applied skill. The journey begins with a 90-minute reasoning game designed to assess how candidates think, rather than what they already know. Successful participants advance to an intensive one-month bootcamp, known as the Piscine—a French term meaning “swimming pool,” a nod to the deep-immersion learning method pioneered by the renowned 42 coding schools.
Those who endure the Piscine are then admitted into a two-year, learn-by-doing program where they work on real-world projects, earn as they learn, and grow within a community of equally driven peers. This structure, Aboyeji explained, ensures that participants are not only trained but transformed through a process that mirrors the demands of high-performance professional environments.
The early response to Learn2Earn.ng has been remarkable. In just two months, over 10,000 people have taken the reasoning game across Nigeria and other parts of Africa. However, less than 15 percent have succeeded in passing the initial stage. In Lagos alone, approximately 4,000 participants played the game, and only 468 made it through.
For Aboyeji, this level of selectivity is not a flaw but a feature. “It’s tough, and that’s the point,” he said. “This is for the one percent who are all in. Excellence requires rigor. Just as diamonds form under pressure, talent must be refined through challenge.”
Aboyeji believes that Learn2Earn.ng represents a necessary evolution in Africa’s talent development model. By emphasizing performance, accountability, and reward, he hopes to demonstrate that African professionals can meet — and exceed — global standards when given the right environment to grow.
“When you get it right, when you combine great learning with earned rewards, you don’t just train people — you transform them,” he said. “And that transformation scales.”
He described Learn2Earn as the next leap forward — a model built to discover, develop, and deploy African talent capable of competing on the global stage. Beyond training, he sees it as a talent engine that rewards effort, filters for excellence, and aligns economic opportunity with hard work.
Aboyeji concluded his announcement with a call to action for two key audiences. To investors, he extended an invitation to explore how scalable talent creation can power Africa’s economic transformation. To young Africans, he issued a challenge: to test themselves, embrace the process, and “play the game” by visiting Learn2Earn.ng.
“The future of talent isn’t given,” Aboyeji declared. “It is earned.”
Anthony Nwosu Emeka
