DelonAcademy helps businesses address the tech talent gap by
reskilling non-engineers
into IT roles. Our structured training programs equip employees with
the skills to transition
seamlessly into technology-driven careers.
Addressing the Tech Talent Shortage
The technology skills gap is one of the biggest challenges faced by businesses today. As digital transformation accelerates, more IT professionals are needed to manage cloud infrastructures, cybersecurity, software development, and AI-driven automation. However, hiring skilled engineers externally is both costly and competitive, with many professionals seeking opportunities abroad. Reskilling internal employees ensures businesses can develop talent from within, filling key IT positions faster while maintaining operational stability.
Cost-Effective Alternative to External Hiring
Recruiting experienced software engineers, cybersecurity experts, or cloud specialists externally often comes with high salary demands and recruitment costs. Additionally, onboarding new employees requires time, resources, and adjustments to company culture. Reskilling existing employees is a more sustainable, cost-effective alternative—instead of paying premium salaries for external hires, companies can train their own workforce at a fraction of the cost. This strategy reduces hiring expenses, improves retention, and maximizes ROI on workforce investments.
Faster Learning Curve for Internal Staff
Internal employees already understand company processes, culture, and industry-specific challenges, which allows them to transition into tech roles more efficiently. Unlike new hires, who require extended onboarding and cultural assimilation periods, reskilled employees adapt quickly and integrate seamlessly into IT departments. This accelerated learning curve means businesses experience minimal disruptions while ensuring a steady pipeline of skilled professionals.
Faster Time-to-Productivity – Engineers Ready to Deliver from Day
One
Internal employees already understand company processes, culture, and industry-specific challenges, which allows them to transition into tech roles more efficiently. Unlike new hires, who require extended onboarding and cultural assimilation periods, reskilled employees adapt quickly and integrate seamlessly into IT departments. This accelerated learning curve means businesses experience minimal disruptions while ensuring a steady pipeline of skilled professionals.
Increased Workforce Agility & Hybrid Roles
In a rapidly evolving digital world, businesses must remain agile and adaptable. By training employees in tech-related skills, organizations can create hybrid roles where professionals can work across different functions. For example:
Improved Employee Satisfaction & Retention
Employees today seek career growth, skill enhancement, and job security. Companies that invest in reskilling programs demonstrate a commitment to employee development, boosting job satisfaction and reducing turnover rates. A structured career transition into IT roles provides employees with a clear progression path, making them more likely to stay loyal to the company. This reduces hiring churn, saving businesses from the hidden costs of employee turnover.
Customized Training for Business Needs
Unlike generic IT courses available online, our reskilling programs are tailored to match the specific business requirements and industry challenges faced by our clients. Companies receive customized learning pathways that align with their unique operational goals, ensuring employees acquire the most relevant technical skills. Our programs cater to industries such as:
Our reskilling programs are designed for companies that want to maximize the potential of their existing workforce by providing employees with the opportunity to transition into IT roles or enhance their current technical capabilities. The digital economy is evolving rapidly, and businesses need versatile professionals who can adapt to new technologies and drive innovation.
Administrative Professionals
Many administrative professionals handle data-heavy tasks, workflow coordination, and document management. With proper IT training, they can transition into business analytics, data management, or IT project coordination, playing a critical role in helping organizations streamline operations using technology-driven solutions.
Finance & Accounting Staff
The financial sector is rapidly digitizing, and professionals in accounting and finance must develop technical skills to stay ahead. Employees in this field can be reskilled into FinTech, data analytics, and cybersecurity, enabling them to work with AI-powered financial systems, risk management tools, and blockchain technology.
Operations & HR Teams
As organizations move towards automation and data-driven decision-making, HR and operations teams can benefit from training in HR tech, process automation, and IT-driven workforce optimization. This allows them to manage digital HR systems, implement AI-driven recruitment tools, and optimize operational workflows using analytics.
Customer Support Representatives
The rise of AI-powered customer experience platforms, chatbots, and CRM automation has transformed the customer service industry. Support representatives can be trained in chatbot management, AI-driven customer interactions, and CRM technology to enhance customer engagement, automate responses, and improve satisfaction rates.
Marketing and Sales Teams
Digital marketing, data-driven sales strategies, and automation tools are now essential for marketing and sales professionals. By learning SEO, digital analytics, AI-driven content personalization, and sales funnel automation, employees in these roles can enhance their ability to attract and convert customers through data-driven decision-making.
Business Analysts & Project Managers
Many business analysts and project managers work closely with IT teams but lack the technical depth required to execute digital transformation projects effectively. Reskilling programs can help them transition into Agile methodologies,software product management, cloud computing, and IT project coordination, enabling them to lead technology-driven initiatives successfully.
Supply Chain & Logistics Professionals
As businesses adopt IoT, AI, and cloud-based inventory management, supply chain managers and logistics professionals can upskill in real-time tracking, automation, and data analytics to improve efficiency and predictive demand forecasting.
Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Staff
Digital transformation is revolutionizing the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Professionals in these sectors can benefit from training in electronic health records (EHR) management, AI-powered diagnostics, medical data analytics, and regulatory compliance systems, ensuring they stay at the forefront of industry innovation.
Legal & Compliance Officers
With the growing need for cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and digital governance, legal professionals can be reskilled in data privacy laws, cybersecurity compliance (GDPR, NDPR), and digital forensics, helping organizations stay compliant with global standards.
As businesses adopt more digital-first strategies, employees without prior programming experience can transition into software development roles through structured training. This program is designed to equip participants with foundational coding skills, ensuring they can build applications, manage databases, and work with modern software development methodologies.
Frontend & Backend Development
Employees gain hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Java, and database management using SQL and NoSQL solutions. The curriculum covers full-stack development, enabling trainees to build complete web and mobile applications
Agile Development & Version Control
Understanding Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and Git version control ensures that new developers can collaborate effectively within software teams, manage code versions efficiently, and deliver high-quality software in structured development cycles.
Hands-on Projects
Participants work on real-world application development projects, from simple automation scripts to enterprise-grade web applications, providing practical coding experience and preparing them for software development roles in fast-paced environments.
With the growing reliance on cloud-based infrastructure, companies need IT professionals who understand cloud services, automation, and system reliability. This training program prepares employees to manage cloud deployments, automate IT operations, and optimize infrastructure.
Cloud Platforms
Training covers Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, ensuring engineers can deploy, configure, and maintain cloud-based applications, enabling businesses to scale operations efficiently and securely.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Employees learn to automate deployments using Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker, reducing the need for manual intervention in infrastructure management and increasing operational agility.
Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD)
Training focuses on optimizing software release cycles, allowing companies to deploy updates faster while maintaining system stability, reducing downtime, and ensuring seamless software delivery.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Management
Employees gain expertise in managing workloads across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and cost-efficient resource utilization for enterprise IT systems.
With cyber threats increasing globally, businesses must equip employees with the skills to identify, prevent, and mitigate cyber risks. This program ensures that organizations maintain robust security measures, data protection policies, and compliance with industry regulations.
Cyber Threat Detection & Mitigation
Employees learn ethical hacking, penetration testing, malware analysis, and security incident detection to safeguard company assets, minimize security vulnerabilities, and proactively protect enterprise systems.
Security Frameworks & Compliance
The curriculum covers ISO 27001, GDPR, Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), and NIST cybersecurity standards, ensuring businesses comply with global and local security policies to avoid legal and reputational risks.
Incident Response & Recovery
Employees gain experience using machine learning models, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation tools to forecast trends, detect anomalies, and enhance business performance, improving decision-making and competitive advantage.
Network Security & Access Control
Practical exercises teach staff how to secure enterprise networks, set up firewalls, and implement access controls, minimizing unauthorized access and protecting sensitive business data from potential breaches.
In the digital era, data-driven decision-making is crucial for business success. This program reskills employees to handle data analysis, reporting, and business intelligence tools, empowering organizations to make informed, strategic decisions.
Data Visualization & Reporting
Employees learn to work with Excel, Power BI, and Tableau, creating dashboards and automated reports that provide actionable business insights, making data more accessible and impactful for strategic planning.
SQL & Database Management
The program covers query optimization, database structuring, and real-time data processing, ensuring employees can efficiently manage business data, enhance reporting accuracy, and streamline business intelligence workflows.
Predictive Analytics & AI Integration
Employees gain experience using machine learning models, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation tools to forecast trends, detect anomalies, and enhance business performance, improving decision-making and competitive advantage.
Network Security & Access Control
Practical exercises teach staff how to secure enterprise networks, set up firewalls, and implement access controls, minimizing unauthorized access and protecting sensitive business data from potential breaches.
Big Data & Cloud Data Management
Training includes working with Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift, and Microsoft Azure Data Lake, helping businesses manage large-scale datasets efficiently, enabling scalability, and optimizing real-time data processing for analytics-driven enterprises.
For organizations looking to improve internal IT support, this training equips employees with the skills to troubleshoot hardware, software, and network-related issues. Employees trained in this program can reduce system downtime, improve customer support, and enhance IT service management.
Hardware & Software Troubleshooting
Employees learn to work with Excel, Power BI, and Tableau, creating dashboards and automated reports that provide actionable business insights, making data more accessible and impactful for strategic planning.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
The program introduces industry best practices for IT service management, ticketing systems, and end-user support, ensuring smooth IT operations, reducing helpdesk response times, and improving customer satisfaction.
Network Security & Access Control
Practical exercises teach staff how to secure enterprise networks, set up firewalls, and implement access controls, minimizing unauthorized access and protecting sensitive business data from potential breaches.
Helpdesk Automation & AI Integration
Employees gain experience using chatbots and AI-driven IT support systems, reducing the burden on IT teams and improving customer satisfaction through automated responses, faster issue resolution, and proactive system monitoring.
A leading Nigerian bank was struggling to fill critical IT positions due to a shortage of skilled technical professionals. The bank found that hiring experienced IT specialists externally was increasingly expensive and resulted in longer onboarding periods and integration challenges. Additionally, the bank had a large pool of talented non-technical employees who were eager to transition into IT roles but lacked the necessary expertise. To address this challenge, the bank sought a cost-effective, structured reskilling program that would transform its existing workforce into job-ready IT professionals, reducing dependence on external recruitment and fostering long-term workforce stability.
DelonAcademy designed and implemented a customized, high-impact 6-month reskilling program that enabled the bank’s employees to transition from non-technical roles into IT positions. This initiative combined technical training, hands-on projects, expert mentorship, and career coaching to ensure participants were fully prepared to contribute to enterprise IT projects immediately upon completion..
The reskilling program delivered significant, measurable benefits for both the bank and its employees, demonstrating the power of structured workforce transformation.
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