Real Madrid, Liverpool and Andela: This is #ALCwithGoogle 3.0
Tags: learning, community, andela, learningtocode
Published: 2018-05-29 19:54:32

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I know you didn’t miss it. The UEFA Champions League Finals of Saturday May, 26th 2018.

> Keep my secret and I will keep yours: **I missed it.**

So you know the gist, I read the tweets but I have a gist.

_In Falz’s Voice_ **_This is Africa!_**

Wait…! before you continue you really need to get in the spirit of the song.

_So again_  
♪ **This is my Africa…!** ♪  
♪ Look how I’m learning now. ♪  
♪ Look how we learning now. ♪

Pause… Good…

On Saturday 26th of May 2018, **Africa** stood up and it wasn’t for the UEFA Champions League finals. _Yes you are not reading the wrong article._

Africa came together to achieve one goal and the goal was to learn. Thanks to **Andela, Google** and **Udacity**. They made this possible.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*aQKtiOSEFk4e9SRCVV0BmA.jpeg)<figcaption>Pic Credit: <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBarso/status/1000321109676478464"><strong>Chris Barsolai</strong></a></figcaption>

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*NhDBj6qPORsEBlyx4GYs5Q.jpeg)<figcaption>Pic Credit: <a href="https://twitter.com/adetayo_james/status/1001114572449878017"><strong>Adetayo James</strong></a></figcaption>

#### This is ALCwithGoogle

_I know this didn’t rhythm._  
Just so I don’t bored you with much, ALCwithGoogle is Google’s developer scholarships using Udacity’s online curriculum to build world-class problem solvers (Software developers).  
Like the TV ads will say it: _brought to you by _ **_Andela._**

#### ALCwithGoogle 3.0

Is categorized into Android and Web categories with Beginners and Intermediate Learners Track, it is currently 25% into the program as at this write up.

At the end of the program, Top 500 students will be awarded scholarships to Udacity’s Nano Degree.

But these wasn’t what happened on Saturday.  
_Are You Ready?_

♪ **This is my Africa…!** ♪  
♪ Look how I’m learning now. ♪  
♪ Look how we learning now. ♪  
♪ We all will be writing codes. ♪

Pause…

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*XiVvxgN0tlBY0Dm7.jpg)<figcaption>Pic Credit: <a href="https://twitter.com/Andela_Nigeria/status/1000365744083886081"><strong>Andela Nigeria</strong></a></figcaption>

Saturday was the first ALCwithGoogle 3.0 meet up and they called [#ALCwithGoogle Meet-up 1.0](https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=alcwithgoogle). At least, that is obvious. _Real Madrid and Liverpool ended 3-1, are you seeing the connection?_

About 16,000+ students across 15 countries in Africa attended these meet ups in there local communities.

If I told you I attended all the Meet Ups, you won’t be reading this. Are you still reading this? _I hope._

I didn’t attend all, I wish could and maybe I should but I attended one.  
_Are you with me?_

#### ♪ This is Nigeria ♪

♪ Look how I’m learning now ♪  
♪ Look how we learning now ♪  
♪ Everybody be coding now ♪   
♪ **This is Nigeria** ♪  
Pause… _Please make sure you are still in this spirit and it okay to go back up it really fun. You won’t regret it._

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*4xFAmI1_2T0DkvOX.jpg)<figcaption>Pic Credit: <a href="https://twitter.com/ajahdavid/status/1000769665801613313"><strong>Ajah David</strong></a></figcaption>

While the world was waiting for Real Madrid and Liverpool to start a Judo Fight…

Sorry…

I meant to say a Soccer Fight… Soccer Match. Well you know what they played.

The Civic Hall at Civic Innovation Lab was packed with close to 200 students ready to learn how to build world class applications.

Now during the meet up some questions were asked like, _What text-editor should I use?_ or _Why must I learn GIT?_ Let’s just say the common stuff anybody learning programming usually face.

The cool facilitators of the meet up provided lots of satisfactory responses. _Who taught meet up was not important._

So about that spirit are you still in it let’s go…

♪ This is from Andela ♪  
♪ I’m not from Andela ♪  
♪ But they have a write up on that ♪  
_That didn’t rhythm… but they do have a write up on that_. [This is Andela](https://medium.com/@senisulyman/tia-this-is-andela-33203d10975b).

Before I go, I know you are still in the spirit, _So…_

♪ **This is my Africa** ♪  
♪ Look how I’m coding now ♪  
♪ Look what I’m building now ♪

♪ **This is Nigeria** ♪
♪ Thank You for reading this. ♪  
♪ **This is Nigeria** ♪  
♪ **This is my Africa** ♪

The original song was by [Falz The BadGuy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_xEqCWrm0), which was a remake of [This is America by Childish Gambino](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY).