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Africa's Applied AI Workforce & Venture InstituteLearn AI. Build AI.
Learn AI. Build AI.
Launch Your Future.
AIVA equips Africa's emerging workforce, entrepreneurs and businesses with practical AI skills, powerful AI tools and pathways to employment, income, business transformation and venture creation.
- 6
- AI career paths
- Learn → Build
- Then work or launch
- Nairobi + online
- Across Africa
The journey
Learn. Build. Work. Launch.
One institute, four stages. Each stage has its own programs, tools and proof of what you can do.
Step 1
Learn
Six specialist schools teaching applied AI for marketing, software, data, business, creative work and enterprise.
Explore the schools
Step 2
Build
Every learner builds real projects with AI tools, mentors and a portfolio that stands up to employer review.
See how it works
Step 3
Work
A verified Skills Passport opens careers, freelance assignments, SME projects and global work.
Browse opportunities
Step 4
Launch
Venture Lab founders validate, build and launch AI companies, ending at Demo Day in front of investors.
Enter the Venture LabWho AIVA is for
Start where you are
Four pathways into the same institute. Choose the one that matches what you're trying to do.
I want to learn AI
Develop practical AI skills and build a career-ready portfolio.
Explore programsI want to build a company
Turn an idea into a validated, launch-ready venture.
Explore Venture LabI want AI for my business
Train your workforce and implement AI across your organization.
Explore AIVA EnterpriseI want to partner with AIVA
Fund AI talent, sponsor scholarships, provide technology or recruit graduates.
Partner with AIVAThe AIVA model
Learn → Build → Work or Launch
Everybody learns and builds. From there you either move into work and income, or you validate and launch a company.
Workforce path
- 1
Learn
Profession-based AI skills.
- 2
Build
Real projects, not exercises.
- 3
Demonstrate skills
Assessed competency.
- 4
Portfolio
Evidence an employer can review.
- 5
Work
Employment, freelance or SME projects.
- 6
Earn
Income from AI-enabled work.
Venture path
- 1
Learn
AI fundamentals for founders.
- 2
Build
Prototype with AI from day one.
- 3
Validate
Customers, problem and pricing.
- 4
MVP
A product people can use.
- 5
Launch
Go to market with support.
- 6
Scale
Operations, growth and capital readiness.
Six AIVA schools
Choose your AI career path
Profession-based programs built around the work you actually want to do. Six weeks is the flagship format.
AI Software Engineering
School of AI Engineering
Build, ship and deploy production AI applications, agents and automations.
View program AI Creative StudioSchool of AI Media
Produce commercial-grade image, video and brand work with AI creative pipelines.
View program AI Marketing & Content CreationSchool of AI Marketing
Run full-funnel, AI-accelerated marketing that measurably grows brands.
View program AI Business & EntrepreneurshipSchool of AI Business
Use AI to run leaner operations, win customers and launch new ventures.
View program AI Data & Decision IntelligenceSchool of AI Intelligence
Turn organisational data into forecasts, dashboards and confident decisions.
View program AI for Industry ProfessionalsSchool of Applied AI
Profession-specific AI workflows, implementation, ethics and risk.
View programLearn
You don't just learn AI. You use it.
Every AIVA learner gets a modern learning environment — lessons, assignments, assessments, progress, documents and support in one place.
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- Access courses and lessons
- Complete assignments
- Take assessments
- Track progress
- Download learning documents
- Request Technical Assistance
- Schedule Advisory sessions
- Receive instructor feedback
Build
Every AIVA learner gets an AI workspace
Learning AI shouldn't mean watching someone else use it. AIVA learners build with AI from day one using their own AI workspace.
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CodingAvailable
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PresentationsAvailable
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VideoComing soon
VoiceComing soon
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Market intelligenceComing soon
Venture buildingEligibility required
Capability availability is managed per cohort. Nothing is promised before it is switched on.
Prove
Projects, portfolio and the AIVA Skills Passport
A verified professional profile showing assessed competency, real projects, capstone work, certification and availability for opportunity.
Sample passport summary
- AI MarketingAIVA Certified
- Competency score91%
- AI projects14
- Real business projects3
- CapstoneCompleted
- PortfolioVerified
- AvailabilityAvailable for work
Work
Turn your skills into opportunity
Graduates who meet eligibility requirements become available for employment, freelance assignments, SME projects and global opportunities.
Launch
Don't just learn AI. Build the next African AI company.
The AIVA Venture Lab takes founders from idea to a validated, launch-ready, capital-ready company.
- 01Discover
- 02Validate
- 03Build
- 04Launch
- 05Capital Ready
- 06Demo Day
Operate
Founders get the tools to run the company, not just build the product
Selected Venture Lab founders and business participants receive a business workspace for the operating side of the company.
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The AIVA Venture Launch Stack
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OperateEligibility required
Founder Business Workspace
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Growth Tools
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Find opportunityComing soon
Opportunity Marketplace
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Get guidanceAvailable
Advisory & Technical Assistance
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AIVA Enterprise
AI for African business
AIVA helps organizations build AI-ready teams and implement practical AI across their operations — workforce training, executive programs, readiness assessment, strategy and implementation advisory.
One institute
Four engines of African AI capability
AIVA Academy
Six-week, profession-based AI programs delivered in person in Nairobi and live online across Africa.
Explore schoolsAIVA Venture Lab
Incubation for AI founders: workspace, mentorship, MVP support, investor readiness and Demo Day.
Enter the Venture LabAIVA Enterprise
Corporate AI training, executive workshops, readiness assessments and implementation advisory.
Talk to EnterpriseAIVA Research & Innovation
African AI case studies, applied research, policy engagement, fellowships and innovation programs.
See researchPartner with AIVA
Build Africa's AI workforce with us
Partner with AIVA to expand access to practical AI skills, build Africa's emerging AI talent pipeline and turn education into measurable economic opportunity.
Technology partners
Credits, compute, tools, curriculum and mentors.
Government & development
Workforce, youth employment and SME programs.
Foundations & NGOs
Scholarships and access for underserved learners.
Employers
Recruit talent, sponsor cohorts, set challenges.
Impact
We measure outcomes, not attendance.
AIVA reports on skills, portfolios, jobs, income, SMEs supported and ventures created. Tracking begins with our first cohorts.
Learners enrolledLearners graduatedWomen trainedCompletion rateCertifications earnedPortfolio projects completedCompetency demonstratedJobs obtainedFreelance opportunitiesIncome generatedSMEs supportedVentures launchedFounders incubatedCapital readiness reached
Your future won't wait for AI.
Learn it. Build with it. Put it to work.