Tape-out milestones, Design Academy cohort openings, partnerships, and engineering insights — all from the ChipLAB team.
Milestones, cohort openings, and partnership news direct from the ChipLAB team.
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and ChipLAB have partnered to deliver industry-grade microchip design training to Nigerian youth. The inaugural cohort convenes today at the NBTE Liaison Office in Abuja, where students will be trained by global semiconductor professionals over six months through a hybrid classroom and virtual model — with a direct path to careers in the global chip economy.
Applications are open for the Spring 2026 intake of the 24-week ChipLAB Design Academy. Limited seats available — early applications encouraged.
Apply to the Academy →A new strategic partnership expands ChipLAB's access to advanced process nodes and qualifies our team on next-generation PDK environments.
Read announcement →ChipLAB in the global press — from the World Economic Forum to Africa's leading tech media.
CNBC Africa
CEO Mitch Kurylowicz joins CNBC Africa, explaining how Africa can win the semiconductor future by mastering chip design, IP, and testing — without needing mega fabrication plants.
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World Economic Forum
The WEF spotlights Africa's youthful talent pipeline and critical mineral wealth as key advantages for the global chip supply chain — naming ChipLAB as a rising star driving engineering capacity across the continent.
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ChipLAB Newsroom
ChipLAB formalises a Memorandum of Understanding with NIDCOM to channel diaspora expertise and investment into building Nigeria's semiconductor training capacity.
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AriseTV
Board Member Yen Choi joins AriseTV to discuss how ChipLAB is turning Africa's semiconductor ambitions into engineering reality through hands-on ASIC design training.
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ChipLAB
A historic ceremony in Lagos marks the graduation of Nigeria's pioneering cohort of chip designers — the first-ever in the country's history, celebrating a new generation of African semiconductor engineers.
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ChipLAB Newsroom
ChipLAB joins forces with Cadence Design Systems to ignite innovation within Africa's microchip design space, leveraging industry-leading EDA tools to accelerate semiconductor education across the continent.
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TechCabal
TechCabal profiles how ChipLAB is sparking a microelectronics revolution on the continent, building a new generation of chip designers amid a widening global engineering talent shortage.
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