DIS
August 11, 2026 2026-08-11 13:00DIS
Understand how organisations actually run their technology.
A diploma in digital transformation, cybersecurity, networking, cloud technologies, IT governance and enterprise systems — for people who want to keep an organisation's technology secure, governed and working. Live every Saturday, fully online, with no tuition.
The systems layer that every organisation depends on
Every organisation now runs on systems it does not fully understand. Networks, cloud services, enterprise platforms, and the security and governance wrapped around them. DIS is the diploma for people who want to be the one who does understand.
The programme builds expertise in digital transformation, cybersecurity, networking, cloud technologies, IT governance and enterprise systems. It deliberately spans both the technical layer and the governance layer, because in practice the two cannot be separated — a secure system with no policy behind it fails just as surely as a policy with no system.
It suits IT staff who want structure and recognition behind skills they already have, people moving into cybersecurity or cloud work, and non-technical staff who need to hold their own alongside technical teams.
- IT staff who want formal structure and recognition behind existing skills
- People moving into cybersecurity, cloud or IT governance roles
- Non-technical professionals who need to work credibly alongside technical teams
- Anyone responsible for systems, data or compliance in their organisation
Eight modules, from fundamentals to a systems project
DIS moves from how systems work, to how they are secured, to how they are governed — then asks you to put the three together.
Information Systems Fundamentals
How information systems are structured, how data moves through an organisation, and the vocabulary the field runs on.
Networking Essentials
How networks are built and addressed, what breaks them, and how to reason about a connection that is not working.
Cybersecurity Foundations
Threats, attack surfaces, access control and defence in depth — the practical security posture of an organisation.
Cloud Technologies
Service models, deployment models, and what genuinely changes when infrastructure stops being something you own.
Enterprise Systems & Data
The platforms organisations run on, how they integrate, and how data is stored, moved and kept trustworthy.
IT Governance, Risk & Compliance
Policy, standards, risk assessment and audit — how technology decisions are justified and held to account.
Digital Transformation in Practice
Why transformation programmes fail, and what it takes to change how an organisation actually works.
Capstone: A Systems Project
You scope, design and present a systems solution to a real organisational problem. The programme's final assessment.
From supporting systems to being trusted with them
DIS is assessed on applied understanding — you should be able to explain a system, secure it, and justify the decisions you made about it.
Skills you walk away with
- Explain how an organisation's core systems fit together and where the risks sit
- Diagnose and reason about common network and connectivity problems
- Apply security controls appropriate to a given system and threat
- Evaluate cloud options against an organisation's actual requirements
- Apply governance, risk and compliance frameworks to technology decisions
- Scope and present a systems project a decision-maker would fund
Roles this diploma points towards
Roles listed are indicative destinations, not guaranteed placements.
One day a week, built around your working life
DIS runs live every Saturday. Sessions combine technical work with the governance context around it, building towards the capstone systems project.
Apply online
Complete the DIS enrolment form. It takes a few minutes and there is no entrance examination.
Confirm your place
Pay the one-time ₦10,000 registration fee to secure your seat in the cohort.
Join your cohort
You'll receive your class details and platform access, then meet your facilitator and classmates.
Study Saturday
Live sessions every Saturday, with assessments and a capstone project across the programme.
The ₦10,000 registration fee is not tuition
Transformation College of Business & Technology is a non-profit institution, and the education is genuinely free. The registration fee is a one-time administrative charge that confirms your commitment to the cohort. There are no tuition fees, no module fees and no examination fees.
How DIS performed last semester
We publish our own record because a tuition-free college should be judged on outcomes, not promises. These figures are from the most recently completed DIS cohort.
Cohort breakdown
Highlights from the cohort
- Capstone systems projects scoped and presented across the cohort.
- Facilitated by practitioners working in IT, security and governance.
- Students joined from across Africa and the diaspora.
- Every graduate finished without paying a naira in tuition.
- EDIT — add one real, specific highlight from the last DIS cohort.
DIS students on the programme
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Start DIS this semester
Live every Saturday. No tuition. The next DIS cohort is filling now — complete the enrolment form and confirm your place.