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The OCH Cyber Career Pocket Buddy

Five minutes
a morning.
Sixty-one mornings.
One coach in your pocket.

Debbie, your cyber-career coach, lives on WhatsApp. A drill every morning, hints instead of answers, and coaching that ties every skill to the business you’ll protect.

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Good morning Amani 🌅 Today’s drill is ready: Spot the M-Pesa scam (about 5 min). Reply DRILL to start.6:30
drill6:41 ✓✓
A SACCO clerk gets an SMS: “M-Pesa refund pending, confirm your PIN here.” Strongest red flag? A the time B the sender C it asks for your PIN D the amount6:41
hint6:42 ✓✓
Hint 1: it’s not A. Think about what the message wants you to do.6:42
C 36:43 ✓✓
✅ Correct. 🎯 Sure and right: well calibrated. One more step: why is that right?6:43

Before we ask for anything

Try this morning’s drill.

This is exactly how it works on WhatsApp. Pick an answer, say how sure you are, take a hint if you need one. Get it right and Debbie asks you why. No sign-up needed to play.

Drill · Defender · 5 minHints used: 0/2

A SACCO clerk gets an SMS: “M-Pesa refund pending, confirm your PIN here.” What’s the strongest red flag?

How sure are you?

Why it works

Not answers on demand. A coach that builds the skill.

Where it leads

The defender only you can be

Our goal is to journey with you until you are the most valuable cyber defender a business can have: so good, and so close to the business, that only you can do what you do.

Why it sticks

Hints, never answers

Students who were handed answers by an AI did 17% worse in exams; a tutor that gave only hints removed that harm (Bastani et al., PNAS 2025). So Debbie hints, asks how sure you are, and makes you explain.

How fast

Your first drill in minutes

Register, tap one button, press Send. You're paired, Debbie says hello, and your first drill is one reply away. Not next week. This morning.

How much effort

Fits in a matatu ride

No app to install, no laptop, no data-heavy videos. Five minutes on the WhatsApp you already use, on any phone.

What your Pocket Buddy does for you

🌅

A drill every morning

A short cyber drill lands at sunrise, so you practise even on your busiest days.

💡

Hints, never answers

Stuck? Reply hint. You get a nudge, not the answer, so the skill ends up yours.

🎯

How sure are you?

Answer with your confidence, like B 3. Learn the gap between feeling sure and knowing.

💬

Explain it back

Got it right? Tell Debbie why. Explaining it is what makes it stick.

🏢

Think like the business

Every skill tied to the business you protect: its money, its people, its real risk.

🧭

A coach who knows you

Debbie knows your track, your progress and your next step. Ask her anything, anytime.

The launch

Free for 6 more days. Then the doors open.

  1. 1

    18 Oct· you are here

    Testers start

    150 free seats

  2. 2

    31 Oct

    Free access ends

    Cybersecurity Awareness Month gift

  3. 3

    1 Nov

    Doors open

    The Founding 500

  4. 4

    7 Nov

    Doors close

    Or when the 500th joins

  5. 5

    31 Dec

    61 mornings later

    Founding access runs to here

From 1 November · 500 places

The Founding 500.

61 mornings with a cyber coach in your pocket.

  • ✓Debbie on WhatsApp every day of November and December
  • ✓A drill every morning, plus a fresh one whenever you reply DRILL
  • ✓The hint ladder, the confidence check and explain-back on every drill
  • ✓Debbie's full coaching on the web too, including her deeper model
  • ✓Career questions answered any time, grounded in your own progress

What it costs

Students, normally
KES 1,100 for 2 months
Everyone else, normally
KES 3,000 for 2 months

The Founding 500, for everyone

KES 550

for November and December together.

That’s KES 275 a month, about KES 9 a day.

  • 🎁 Try it free first: testers pay nothing until 31 October
  • 🔁 Nothing renews automatically. You pay only if you choose to
  • ✋ Reply STOP any time and the messages stop
  • 📱 Pay by M-Pesa right inside WhatsApp: reply PAY

Doors open 1 November and close 7 November, or when the 500th person joins. Whichever comes first.

150 tester seats

Claim seat #45.

Testers get the full Pocket Buddy free until 31 October. We set up your OCH account for you; one tap on WhatsApp and Debbie says hello. In return, tell her what's confusing or broken.

Happening now

  • A student from Chuka university claimed tester seat #44· 20 h ago
  • A student from dedan kimathi universty claimed tester seat #43· 2 days ago
  • A student from karatina university claimed tester seat #42· 2 days ago
  • A student from Dedan Kimathi University claimed tester seat #41· 3 days ago
  • A student from University claimed tester seat #40· 3 days ago
  • A tech professional from Kabarak University claimed tester seat #39· 3 days ago

Questions people ask

Do I need a laptop or an app?+

No. Everything happens in WhatsApp on any phone. The web app is there if you want it, not required.

Will I be charged automatically on 1 November?+

No. Nothing renews automatically. If you want to keep Debbie after 31 October, you reply PAY and confirm an M-Pesa prompt yourself. If you don't, nothing happens.

I already have an OCH account. Can I still test?+

Yes. Register with the same email. We'll send the one-tap WhatsApp link to that inbox, so only you can pair your account.

What does a tester actually do?+

Use it most mornings until 31 October and tell Debbie when something is confusing or broken. That feedback shapes what the Founding 500 get.

Who sees my number?+

Only OCH, to run your coach. We never share it or show it on this page; the live activity shows only role and institution.

How do I stop the messages?+

Reply STOP on WhatsApp. Reply START to resume.