WorksAfrica Academy
Learn the AI skills businesses pay for
Free, practical training for African professionals. Pick an AI service track, learn from the best free videos on the web with our own notes and exercises, pass short quizzes, earn badges and get certified for paid work on WorksAfrica.
No fees, ever. Learn at your own pace on any device.
How the Academy works
Choose a track
Start with Foundations, then pick one AI service track that fits the work you want.
Watch and learn
Each module pairs a hand-picked video from a respected creator with our objectives, key notes and a practical exercise.
Pass the quiz
Answer a short quiz to unlock the next module. Retake as often as you need; your best score counts.
Earn badges and certificates
Complete a track for its certificate. Foundations plus one track makes you eligible for paid, QA-reviewed tasks.
Tracks
Every track is built around services WorksAfrica customers buy.
Academy Foundations · required for everyone
Every learner starts here. Understand what generative AI can and cannot do, how to prompt it for professional results, and the standards WorksAfrica expects on every task.
AI Web & Commerce
Build websites and online stores for real businesses
Learn the structure of web pages, build sites with WordPress, set up Shopify stores and write product pages that sell, using AI to move faster without cutting corners.
- Read and edit HTML and CSS
- Launch a WordPress site for a client
- Set up and test a Shopify store
- Write accurate, benefit-led product listings
AI Data Operations
Clean, structure and check business data
Work confidently in spreadsheets, clean messy data, extract structured records with AI and prove accuracy with validation and reconciliation checks.
- Structure data in spreadsheets
- Clean duplicates, spacing and formats
- Extract data with AI and verify it
- Reconcile and validate results to 99%+ accuracy
AI Content & Growth
Write, optimise and edit content that performs
Write for the web, apply SEO fundamentals, edit AI drafts into a brand’s own voice and plan social media content that is consistent and on-brand.
- Write scannable, persuasive web copy
- Optimise pages for search intent
- Edit AI drafts to a brand voice
- Plan and design social posts
AI Agents & Automation
Automate repetitive work with no-code tools and AI agents
Map business processes into triggers and actions, build automations in Zapier and Make, and design safe AI agents in n8n with a human in the loop.
- Design trigger and action workflows
- Build and test Zaps
- Build and test Make scenarios
- Design AI agents with safe limits
AI Virtual Assistance
Support busy professionals and their customers
Learn what great virtual assistants do, run an inbox and calendar professionally, handle customer support with AI help and write clear business email.
- Work reliably and confidentially for remote clients
- Manage email and calendars
- Resolve customer requests with AI support
- Write clear professional email
Join learners across Africa building AI-ready careers
Study at your own pace, practise on real business tasks, and move from learner to certified operator taking paid, QA-reviewed work.
Join the Academy freeBadges you can earn
Badges mark your progress and show clients and reviewers what you've mastered.
Milestones
First Steps, Momentum, Perfect Score and Never Give Up.
Track badges
One for every track you complete, with a printable certificate.
Certified Operator
Foundations plus a complete skill track unlocks paid work.
Skill levels
Intermediate, Advanced and Specialist, earned through QA-approved work.
Training is always free
WorksAfrica never asks operators for fees: not for work, training, certification or equipment. If anyone asks you to pay, don't.
Videos play in YouTube's own player and belong to their creators. We credit and link every creator, and add our own notes, exercises and quizzes around their work.
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