CONTINUOUS LEARNING
A record of cybersecurity study, practical competition experience and software-development learning. Each award is described according to its documented type.
Course completions, competency awards, nanodegrees and participation — each tells a different part of the story.
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Mastermind Assurance
11 May 2025
Expires 10 May 2028
Awarded after training and a skills-based examination in the course curriculum. The document records 16 credit hours.
Fortinet Training Institute
Completion of the FortiGate 7.6 Operator Self-Paced course.
OPSWAT Academy
15 June 2026
Expires 15 June 2027
Introductory critical infrastructure protection training and graduate recognition. The document records 0.50 CPE credits.
Hack The Box
24–29 July 2026
Participated with Abyssinia Cyber. The team placed 668 of 6,744 teams, solved 41 of 136 challenges and scored 22,200 points. These are team results.
M-PESA Ethiopia / Yenetta Code Academy
30 September 2026
Introductory and project-based API integration coursework covering architecture, sandbox setup, error handling, transaction flows, SDKs and practical Bunaye Project work.
ALX Ethiopia / Sand Technologies / SecureLabs / Yekolo Temari / Gundan Technology
17–20 September 2026
Participation in the offensive and defensive cybersecurity event themed “Hack. Hunt. Harden.”
ALX Ethiopia / Sand Technologies / Yekolo Temari
19–21 September 2025
Participation in the Ethiopia CyberShield Showdown CTF event.
Ethiopian Cyber Security Association / Yekolo Temari
25 June 2026
Certificate of completion for the CTF competition held during the 24–25 June 2026 ICCA conference.
Information Network Security Administration (INSA)
October 2025 (G.C.)
Participation in the cyber talent summer camp program, with AASTU shown in the program context.
Fortinet Training Institute
Completion of introductory next-generation firewall training.
Fortinet Training Institute
Completion of cybersecurity and cloud foundations training.
Jimma University / Cisco Networking Academy
10 September 2026
Course offered by Jimma University through the Cisco Networking Academy program.
Great Learning Academy
June 2024
Completion of an introductory cybersecurity course.
ICANN
14 August 2026
Completion of the Cybersecurity Basics curriculum. The issuer explicitly describes this as a non-accredited course.
ICANN
11 August 2026
Completion of a non-accredited course introducing participation in ICANN public meetings.
Hackation — with Sequa and ZeroHunger.ai
29–30 August 2026
Participation in two days of building with AI and learning through practical prototyping.
Cursor community / Cursor Ambassador Alpha Lencho
26 July 2025
The document is headed “Certificate of Achievement”; its body recognizes hackathon participation.
Udacity
29 November 2024
Certificate of Nanodegree Program Completion in Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals.
Udacity
24 October 2024
Certificate of Nanodegree Program Completion in Programming Fundamentals.
Udacity
26 August 2024
Certificate of Nanodegree Program Completion in Android Developer Fundamentals.
Udacity
24 November 2024
Certificate of Nanodegree Program Completion in Data Analysis Fundamentals.
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