Data & AI School/ Generative AI for Workplace

Use AI Before
Your Job Uses You

A 3-week practical course on using ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Notion AI for professional work. No coding. No maths. Just the skills that make you irreplaceable in the AI era.

Duration

3 Weeks

Learning Mode

Online

Job Opportunities

Any Professional Role

Alumni Rating

4.8 / 5 ★

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Joined by 1,240+ AI-powered professionals across Africa

Why Learn With Us

AI Fluency for
African Professionals

Not an overview of AI concepts. A three-week practical sprint on using AI tools that make you measurably more productive from day one.

Immediate Productivity Gains

Students consistently report 2–4× productivity gains on writing, research, and summarisation tasks within the first week. AI fluency compounds every day.

Six AI Tools in Three Weeks

ChatGPT, Claude AI, Copilot, Gemini, Notion AI, and Perplexity — you learn which tool is best for which task, not just how to use one model.

No Coding Required

This course is built entirely for non-technical professionals. If you can write an email, you can learn prompt engineering. Zero coding, zero maths, zero jargon.

Built Around Your Job

Every exercise is adapted to real professional contexts — HR, finance, operations, marketing, law, and consulting. You practice on tasks from your actual working week.

Industry-Leading AI Tools

AI Tools You'll Master

The six AI tools reshaping professional work — and how to use each one for maximum impact in your role.

ChatGPT

Core AI Assistant

Claude AI

Advanced Reasoning

Microsoft Copilot

Office AI Integration

Gemini

Google AI

Notion AI

Knowledge Management

Perplexity

AI-Powered Research

All tools covered across 3 modules — no coding or technical background required.

Where our alumni work

Deloitte Nigeria
KPMG Nigeria
PwC Africa
EY Nigeria
MTN Nigeria
Flutterwave
Access Bank
GTBank
Andela
Interswitch
Student Support

AI Practitioners Teaching
AI Practitioners

Every instructor actively uses AI tools in their professional work — consultants, analysts, and managers who have built real AI-powered workflows at African organisations.

  • Weekly live sessions with active AI practitioners
  • Prompt library: 50+ tested prompts for your specific role
  • Peer community to share what's working across cohort members
  • Ongoing updates as AI tools evolve — not a static curriculum
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Course Curriculum

3 Modules.
Immediate Impact.

From AI fundamentals to advanced prompting in three focused, practical weeks.

3 Core Modules
3 Weeks
Live + Recorded Sessions
Professional Certification

Build a clear mental model of how generative AI works, what it can and cannot do, and where it is being applied across African workplaces — from finance and HR to operations and marketing.

How large language models (LLMs) work — without the maths ChatGPT, Claude AI, Gemini, and Copilot compared What AI can and cannot do reliably in a workplace Prompt engineering fundamentals: instructions, context, tone African workplace AI use cases: real examples from the continent

Apply AI tools to the tasks that take up most of your working week — writing, research, summarisation, data interpretation, and communication — and develop a personal AI workflow.

Drafting and editing professional documents with ChatGPT Research and summarisation with Perplexity and Claude Using Notion AI for notes, meeting summaries, and planning Microsoft Copilot: AI inside Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams Building a personal AI productivity system for your role

Move from basic prompting to advanced techniques — chain-of-thought, role prompting, and structured output — while understanding AI ethics, bias, and responsible use in professional contexts.

Chain-of-thought and step-by-step prompting Role prompting and persona-based outputs Getting structured data outputs (tables, JSON, lists) AI hallucinations: how to verify and fact-check AI outputs AI ethics, data privacy, and responsible use at work
Our Edge

What Makes
Us Different

Three weeks of practical AI application — not theory about AI, but actual skill with the tools reshaping professional work across Africa.

African Workplace Context

All prompting examples and practice tasks are drawn from real African workplace scenarios — not Silicon Valley abstractions. The context you recognise immediately.

Living Prompt Library

You leave with a 50+ prompt library tailored to your role — a working toolkit, not just course notes. This library gets updated as AI tools evolve.

12-Month Access

Your recordings and resources remain accessible for 12 months — critical in a field where tools change every few months. You stay current.

Ethics & Critical Thinking

We teach you when NOT to trust AI outputs — hallucination detection, fact-checking, and responsible AI use. This is what makes you a senior practitioner.

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AI Fluency Is No Longer
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Join 1,240+ professionals across Africa who are using AI to do more, earn more, and stay ahead.

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Student Stories

Real Professionals.
Real Impact.

Professionals from every industry who transformed their productivity — in just three weeks.

4.8★

Average course rating

1,240+

AI-powered graduates across Africa

Week 1

Typical first productivity gain

“I went from spending three hours on a campaign brief to 25 minutes — with better output. Every manager in my company is now asking how I produce so much high-quality work so quickly.”

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Taiwo Adebayo

Marketing Manager, Lagos

“I was intimidated by AI before this course. Three weeks later I have a personal AI system for every recurring task in my job — job descriptions, policies, analysis, meeting notes. Completely transformed my workflow.”

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Chinwe Obiora

HR Business Partner, Abuja

“The advanced prompting techniques were the real value. I can now extract structured insights from documents in minutes that used to take hours of reading and note-taking. My clients notice the quality difference.”

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Kwame Asante

Strategy Consultant, Accra

“Copilot in Excel alone was worth the course. I now write formulas and analyse spreadsheets faster than colleagues who have been using Excel for years. AI genuinely levels the playing field.”

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Amara Diallo

Finance Analyst, Nairobi

“I use Claude AI and Perplexity every single day now. The research and summarisation workflow from week two saves me at least two hours every day. Three weeks was the perfect length — practical and focused.”

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Folake Akinbiyi

Operations Lead, Kano

“The ethics and responsible AI week was unexpectedly important. Understanding when NOT to trust AI output has made me more valuable to my team — not just faster, but more reliable.”

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Segun Ogundimu

Product Manager, Port Harcourt

Tuition & Payment

Flexible Payment Options

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  • Scholarship option (pay 20% only)
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Tuition rates available upon request — we accept multiple currencies across Africa. Contact admissions for full pricing details.

Application Process

Getting In Is Simple

Four straightforward steps between you and AI fluency.

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Explore the Programme

Read through the curriculum, payment options, and cohort dates. Attend a free info session or reach out with any questions.

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Submit Your Application

Complete our short application form. No technical background needed — just tell us about yourself, your role, and your goals.

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Talk with Admissions

A member of our admissions team will reach out within 48 hours to discuss scholarship eligibility and confirm your fit.

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Enrol & Secure Your Seat

Complete your registration, secure your cohort seat, and receive your pre-programme AI tool setup guide. Day one starts here.

Got Questions?

Frequently Asked

Everything you need to know about the Generative AI for Workplace course before applying.

Still have questions?

Our admissions team is happy to help you make the right decision.

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Absolutely not. This course is designed for professionals — managers, analysts, HR, marketing, finance, and operations staff — who want to use AI tools to do their jobs better. No coding, no maths, no technical background required.

ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude AI (Anthropic), Copilot (Microsoft), Gemini (Google), Notion AI, and Perplexity. We compare each tool's strengths and help you identify which ones are most valuable for your specific role and industry.

Most tools have free tiers that are sufficient for this course — ChatGPT (free), Claude AI (free), Gemini (free), and Perplexity (free). We also cover the premium features of paid plans and whether they are worth the investment for your role.

Prompting is the skill of writing instructions to AI tools that get you better, more useful outputs. It is the core skill of this course — learning how to communicate with AI models so they produce exactly what you need, consistently and reliably.

Expect 6–8 hours per week — one live session per week plus independent practice with AI tools. The course is intentionally practical — most of your time is spent actually using the tools on tasks from your real job.

This course directly addresses this question. AI does not replace professionals who can use AI effectively — it replaces those who cannot. Completing this course puts you in the group that stays ahead of the shift, not behind it.

Yes. We offer an 80% scholarship to qualifying applicants — you pay only 20% as a registration fee. Apply via our scholarship page and our admissions team will review your application within 5 business days.

Any professional role that involves writing, research, analysis, communication, or planning — which is most knowledge work. The course has been taken by professionals in finance, HR, marketing, operations, law, consulting, and government across Africa.

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AI-Powered Work

Over 1,240 professionals across Africa already use these tools every day. The question is — will you be next, or left behind?