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Maharah Coding School

EU-funded, UNDP-backed coding academy delivered 148 training hours of full-stack and mobile-app development to young Libyans in Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha; 142 graduates completed the programme ahead of a March 2024 hiring fair.

148 hours

Training hours delivered

142

Graduates

Cities covered

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: UNDP Libya / Libyan Spider
Period: December 2023-present
Keywords: coding education, youth employment, gender inclusion, tech training

Context

Maharah ('skill') Coding School is a Libyan coding-education initiative implemented by private training provider Libyan Spider, funded by the EU and supported by UNDP; its inaugural Coding Academy ran December 2023-March 2024 across Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha, offering parallel full-stack web-development and mobile-app-development tracks to 18-30 year-olds.

Results

The academy delivered 148 hours of training and produced 142 graduates across the three cities, who received certificates and attended a job fair; the initiative continued afterward with an Urban Tech Initiative and a Blitz Build programme.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya / Libyan Spider — accessed 2026-07-15
Maharah Coding School - official site — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya: Debugging Libya's Future through Boasting Young Tech Talent — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya: Empowering Young Women Through Coding — accessed 2026-07-15

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Quality score: 72/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 31% in this catalogue (573 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

Delivers a structured full-stack/mobile-development curriculum simultaneously across three cities spanning Libya's west-east-south divide, deliberately reaching beyond the capital in a fragile-state context, though the bootcamp format itself is standard.

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

The pilot Coding Academy was followed by two further funded activities (Urban Tech Initiative, Blitz Build), showing the programme continued beyond a single cohort rather than ending after one run.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Participant and hour counts (142 graduates, 148 hours) are self-published by the programme and its funders; no independent third-party evaluation was located.

Demonstrated reach1/1

142 named graduates across three cities is a concrete, demonstrated headcount rather than a projection.

Documented learning1/1

UNDP's published case studies document specific outcomes, including named graduates' post-programme projects and a contest-winning team, going beyond aggregate statistics.

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Evidoria. Maharah Coding School. Persistent ID: 131b6397-adbc-4766-9b6d-02bcf259d02c.

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