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1 Million African AI Builders. Starting with you.

Upskill Africa runs free AI study groups, a step-by-step curriculum and real build projects for young Africans, online and in rooms across the continent. Web3 too.

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OUR 2027 TARGETSGoals, not results yet
  • 30,000GOAL
    AI developers counted toward the million by end of 2027
  • 150GOAL
    AI Study Group venues running regular sessions by end of 2027
  • 36GOAL
    African countries with an active study group by end of 2027
Live counts start when Upskill AI opens.How we count →
WHO WE BUILD FOR

Laptops open. Ideas switched on.

Students, career switchers, founders and teens. If you can bring curiosity and an hour a week, there is a seat for you in a study group, online or in a room near you.

  • Students
  • Career switchers
  • Founders
  • Teens 12–17
A young woman in a green headscarf working on a laptop in Lagos
A smiling girl sitting cross-legged with a laptop and notebooks
Two teens programming a robot on a laptop

Learn together. Build every week. Prove it.

HOW IT WORKS
012.5 HOUR SESSION

Join a study group

Free sessions at hubs, campuses and American Spaces, plus online rooms. Bring a laptop and a question.

02UPSKILL AI · L1–L4
L4 · Work-ready
L3 · Agent Engineer
L2 · Builder
L1 · Explorer

Follow Upskill AI

Four levels from Explorer to Work-ready. Short lessons, weekly builds, real assessments.

03VERIFIABLE
CERTIFICATE
Upskill AI Explorer
upskillafrica.tech/verify

Get to work

Certificates you can show, hackathons, internships and a founders network looking for builders.

THE MISSION

1 Million AI Builders by 2030

Africa has the youngest population in the world and some of the hungriest builders. We're committing to help one million young Africans become work-ready AI builders by 2030, and we'll count every one in public.

TARGET TRAJECTORY · AI DEVS COUNTEDTargets, not results
2026500 goal202730k goal2028150k goal2029450k goal20301M goal
Target trajectory to one million. The first strip is you.
See the plan →
HOW WE COUNT

Counted one learner at a time.

  • AI devs counted (the million): people who passed the Explorer assessment and shipped their first AI project, reviewed by a facilitator or peer.
  • Learners joined: people who created an Upskill AI profile.
  • Each person is counted once. Every number on this page today is a target, not a result: 500 by end of 2026, 30,000 by end of 2027, 150,000 by 2028, 450,000 by 2029 and 1,000,000 by 2030. We'll publish live counts, and report against these targets every year, once the Upskill AI portal opens.

Two tracks.

TRACKS
Upskill AI4 LEVELS
E1 What AI isE4 No-code AI appsB2 Calling modelsB3 RAGB5 Evals 101A2 Tools & MCPA3 Multi-agentA5 ObservabilityA6 AI securityW1 Capstone

Upskill AI

Prompting to agents, evals to deployment. Built for African builders and African problems.

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Web3SINCE 2022
FoundationsWallets & securityStablecoinsSmart contractsOnchain appsOnchain dataWeb3 careersWhere AI meets Web3

Web3

Blockchain basics, wallets and security, smart contracts, onchain apps. Our roots, still growing.

Education, not financial advice.

Rooms we've filled

PROOF
DEC 2025ABUJA · LAGOS

Community Partner, Nigeria Blockchain Week 2025

See the announcement →
4 APR 2025ENUGU

Web3 Builders Onboarding Workshop with Base Enugu

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YOUNG BUILDERS · AGES 12–17 · CATCH THEM YOUNG

Your kids won't just use AI. They'll build with it.

AI is already in the phones, apps and homework of young Africans. We teach them to build with it, not just scroll past it. A safe, supervised path from first prompt to first app.

Three young learners building red robot kits around a classroom table
Pupils in blue uniforms at wooden desks in an African classroom
A boy in a grey jacket wiring a robot car with classmates
  1. STEP 01AI literacy
  2. STEP 02No-code tools
  3. STEP 03First app with Cursor
  4. STEP 04Weekend build

PARENTAL CONSENT · TWO ADULTS AT EVERY SESSION · PHOTO CONSENT FIRST

Communities we've worked with

Host a study group, sponsor a cohort, co-create a track or hire our graduates.

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Enugu Tech Fest logoCOMMUNITY PARTNER · 2025

Community partner, Enugu Tech Fest 2025

An audience of 15,000 across Nigeria and around the world. Dignitaries included Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, and the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah.

Sui logoCO-HOST · 2025

11+ Sui developer workshops, co-hosted

In 2025, Upskill Africa co-hosted more than 11 developer workshops with Sui.

PARTNERED WITH
  • Enugu Tech Fest 2025 logoEnugu Tech Fest 2025COMMUNITY PARTNER · 2025
  • Sui logoSuiWORKSHOP CO-HOST · 2025
  • Nigeria Blockchain Week logoNigeria Blockchain WeekCOMMUNITY PARTNER · 2025
  • Base Enugu logoBase EnuguWORKSHOP · 2025
  • TempWallets logoTempWalletsPARTNERSHIP · 2026
  • Lisk logoLiskWORKSHOP PARTNER
  • Optimism logoOptimismWORKSHOP PARTNER

Your first AI project is closer than you think.

Start freeHost a study group

We're onboarding the first venues now. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you when Upskill AI Explorer and a study group near you open.

BETA · ABOUT 2 MIN

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Tell it your goal, your skills and your country, and it suggests a track. The coach is open to approved waitlist members.

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