AI literacy

Learn African AI

Free and paid courses curated for the continent — from absolute beginner to advanced African-language NLP.

Learning tracks

AI Basics

Beginner · 4 hours

Promptcrafting

Beginner · 2 hours

AI for Students

Beginner · 6 hours

AI for Teachers

Beginner · 5 hours

AI for Small Business

Beginner · 3 hours

AI for Startups

Intermediate · 8 hours

AI for Researchers

Advanced · 12 hours

AI for Government

Intermediate · 6 hours

AI Ethics

Intermediate · 4 hours

African Language AI

Advanced · 10 hours

Data Sovereignty

Intermediate · 3 hours

Building AI Tools Without Code

Beginner · 5 hours

Course directory

30 curated courses

30 results

BeginnerPaid/free auditGlobal

AI For Everyone

DeepLearning.AI / Coursera

Good executive-friendly intro

Beginner to intermediatePaid/free auditGlobal

Machine Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI / Coursera

Core ML foundations

IntermediateFreeGlobal

Practical Deep Learning for Coders

fast.ai

Hands-on practical ML

IntermediateFreeGlobal

Hugging Face NLP Course

Hugging Face

Useful for NLP and transformers

BeginnerFreeGlobal

Elements of AI

University of Helsinki / MinnaLearn

Accessible nontechnical AI basics

BeginnerFreeGlobal

Google Machine Learning Crash Course

Google

Practical ML basics

Beginner to advancedFreeGlobal

Microsoft AI Learning Hub

Microsoft Learn

Azure AI and applied AI paths

Beginner to intermediateFreeGlobal

Responsible AI Learning Collection

Microsoft Learn

Ethics, governance, responsible AI

EducatorFreeGlobal

UNESCO AI Competency Framework for Teachers

UNESCO

Framework for teacher AI literacy

Student / EducatorFreeGlobal

UNESCO AI Competency Framework for Students

UNESCO

Student AI competency framework

Beginner to advancedFreeAfrica

Masakhane African Languages Hub

Masakhane

Projects and resources for African NLP

AdvancedFreeAfrica

Masakhane Publications

Masakhane

Research papers and benchmarks

Beginner to intermediateVariesAfrica

Data Science Africa Summer School

Data Science Africa

Training and community events

Beginner to advancedVariesAfrica

Deep Learning Indaba Resources

Deep Learning Indaba

Community learning and conference resources

Beginner to intermediateFreeAfrica

Zindi Learn

Zindi

Challenge-based data science learning

IntermediateFree / prizesAfrica

Zindi Competitions

Zindi

Real-world AI practice

BeginnerFreeGlobal

Common Voice Contributor Resources

Mozilla

Speech dataset contribution and use

PolicyFreeAfrica

African Union Continental AI Strategy

African Union

Africa-wide AI strategy

PolicyFreeAfrica

AI for Africa, by Africa

UNESCO

Policy and implementation resource

Beginner to advancedVariesNigeria / Africa

Data Science Nigeria Learning Resources

Data Science Nigeria

Community and learning resources

BeginnerVariesAfrica

ALX AI Career Essentials

ALX Africa

Career-oriented AI and tech learning

Beginner to intermediatePaidAfrica

AltSchool Africa School of Engineering

AltSchool Africa

Tech training pathways

BeginnerFreeGlobal

IBM SkillsBuild AI courses

IBM SkillsBuild

Career-ready digital and AI skills

IntermediateFree/paid labsGlobal

Google Cloud AI and ML Learning Path

Google Cloud Skills Boost

Cloud AI skill pathways

Beginner to advancedPaid/free auditGlobal

edX Artificial Intelligence Courses

edX

Catalog of AI courses

Beginner to advancedPaid/free auditGlobal

Coursera Data Science Courses

Coursera

Data science learning catalog

BeginnerFreeGlobal

Kaggle Learn

Kaggle

Short practical data courses

Beginner to intermediateFreeGlobal

Prompt Engineering Guide

DAIR.AI

Prompting and LLM guide

Beginner to advancedFreeGlobal

AI for Good Learning

ITU AI for Good

AI talks, challenges, and resources

Policy / EducatorFreeGlobal

Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education

UNESCO

AI ethics and policy resources