Ledion Hajredinaj, 16, builds a website for a Swiss client
Ledion started at the academy at 15. A year later he has his own small studio, Ledion & Co, and has finished a website for a client in Switzerland.
Ledion started at the academy at 15. A year later he has his own small studio, Ledion & Co, and has finished a website for a client in Switzerland.
The new school year started with more new students than ever, and one of the busiest first days the academy has had.
On the show "Fundjavë", the co-founder spoke about her own path, the hard parts of building the academy, and why young people in Kosovo should learn technology.
Students from our summer camp in Kosovo joined students from the Albanian branch for a day at the beach in Qerret, Kavajë.
At the third Code Fest, 220 students showed 64 projects in programming, robotics and AI. It was held over two days with the Municipality of Vushtrri at the "Hasan Prishtina" Cultural Centre.
The local news site looks at how Vushtrri is becoming known for coding and AI, not only sport, and at the academy's part in it.
After the academy's growth in Albania, Ensar Bajrami and Fatbardha Dallku were invited to talk with Albania's Prime Minister about technology education for young people.
Representatives of the Swedish municipality of Växjö visited the academy. Växjö and Vushtrri have worked together on education projects for several years.
Together with the Municipal Directorate of Education, the academy held its fifth chess competition for primary school pupils.
Dijonit, Gresa and Elmedina, chosen for their results after several years of study, start their first work placement at Innovation Academy.
The second Code Fest was held under the patronage of Mayor Ferit Idrizi. Students showed projects they built themselves, from robots to AI.
The academy opened its first international programming office in Doha. Kosovo's ambassador to Qatar, Fuad Morina, welcomed the team.
Students Ard Braha, Amar Januzi and Behxhet Rexha started work on an HR and staff-management project for Rama GmbH in Germany.
Pupils from grades 1–5 played at the academy in the fourth competition, organised with the Municipal Directorate of Education and opened by Mayor Ferit Idrizi.
The academy's first branch in Albania opened in Kavajë, bringing its learn-by-doing classes to students there.
Lorik Rama, Rilind Rexha and Rinor Zeqiri passed the tests and interviews of London-based Creative Deer and began working for the company.
For the 17th anniversary of Kosovo's independence, more than 190 students from our English classes took part in the "Theatre Stars" acting competition.
The academy's founder and Vushtrri's Director of Education visited the Swedish municipality of Växjö to work on a dual-learning programme for students.
Two academy students won medals at the international STEM Olympiad in the Netherlands. The mayor met them before they left to represent Kosovo.
The academy held its first coding festival, where students presented projects they had built during the school year.
Minister of Health Arben Vitia met academy student Amar Dobreva and the founders, after Amar presented his "Health Digitize" project at the regional "Breaking The Boundaries Tech" competition in Tirana.
Oltion Shabani, Aris Mernica and Resul Pllana programmed a hub for the academy's services, projects and information. It was chosen as project of the month.
The Albanian ICT Awards team came to the academy to present the criteria and prizes of the nationwide technology awards to students.
For the third year in a row, the academy and the Municipal Directorate of Education organised a chess competition for primary school pupils.
Enis studied programming at the academy for three years before starting his first job at Star Labs.
After two years at the academy, Stina Haziri spent the summer as an intern at Login Software.
For representing Kosovo at HIPPO 2023, Rajana received a €650 scholarship from Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Minister Rozeta Hajdari Nagavci, and a scholarship from the Mayor of Vushtrri, Ferit Idrizi.
Academy student Rajana Podvorica took first place in Kosovo's English competition and qualified directly for the international HIPPO 2023 final in Rome.
Through the USAID-supported Diaspora for Women Entrepreneurs programme in Switzerland, Fatbardha took part in B2B meetings that led to cooperation agreements with diaspora companies.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti toured the academy and saw students' projects, saying Kosovo has strong potential in technology and innovation.
The new space has more classrooms, set up for project-based learning.
The academy certified its first group of web developers. Several were already working at programming companies.
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