Mobilizing Africa's Youth to Make AI Work for People
We equip young Africans with the agency to understand transformative AI and position them strategically to help shape its future.
A Pan-African Collective
We are a regional chapter of the Global AI Youth Network (GAIN) — a collective that believes AI should work for people, not the other way around. We focus on transformative AI (TAI): the kind of AI that can have a cascading, real-life effect on how people live, work, and participate in society.
For AI to truly work for people, young Africans need to feel equipped to shape its future, confident navigating a world where AI is everywhere, and assured that the decisions being made at the top actually reflect their interests. We exist to equip youth with that agency — understanding transformative AI and positioning them strategically to help shape its future in their lives.
Education, Positioning & Civic Engagement
Action Weeks
Monthly 10-day intensive cohorts and summits that train youth on transformative AI — what it is, what it can do, and what is at stake for people.
TAI Essentials Fellowship
A structured fellowship for students and early-career professionals to build a grounded understanding of transformative AI and identify strategic career pathways.
Campus Organizing Circles
Student-led circles that build grassroots youth communities on campuses across Africa — equipped to engage with AI on their own terms.
Interactive Tools & Initiatives We Have Built
Guiding Africa's AI Safety Movement
Kayode Adekoya
Advisor
Kayode is an economist, entrepreneur, and AI Safety advocate with a strong background in research, finance, and management across both public and private sectors. An active member of the Effective Altruism community, he has facilitated programs with EA Nigeria, the Equiano Institute, AI Safety Sweden and Career Planning - EA Germany, while contributing to research initiatives at the Wheeler Institute (London Business School) and the Forecasting Research Institute. He is the founder of The AI Guardian, an advocacy platform advancing AI Safety awareness in Africa.
Ifeoma is an AI Governance Advisor and accomplished lawyer with over eight years of experience in corporate legal advisory, regulatory navigation, and governance risk management. Her technical background in data annotation gives her practical insight into data integrity, training flaws, and bias in AI systems. She bridges law and technology by translating complex AI concepts into actionable legal strategy, helping ensure AI systems are designed with ethical safeguards and strong compliance foundations.
Joyce is a global advocacy and policy professional working at the intersection of AI governance, human rights, and Global South inclusion. She engages multilateral institutions and UN processes to advance inclusive global AI policy. As part of GAIN's International Task Force, she supports research, stakeholder mapping, and strategy on AI safety and accountable governance. She also serves as Global Advocacy Officer at Sightsavers and is an AI Safety Fellow with Georgia Tech.
Meriem works across agent-based modeling, human-AI interaction, and product innovation, studying how socio-technical systems co-evolve and how governance dynamics can align collective agency at scale. She is Founder and Chief Scientist at the Tunisian Observatory on Digital Futures, Associate Policy Engineer at the Equiano Institute, and Head of Cross-Regional Strategy at GAIN MENA with doctoral research in engineering and computational social sciences.
Joseph is the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Lead for the Global AI Youth Network, where he drives initiatives in AI ethics and safety across the continent. He is also the founder of The Accelerators Program, which guides peers across Africa toward fellowships, gigs, and portfolios that unlock global opportunities. A scholar at Hacettepe University studying Public Administration, he focuses on capacity-building, regional policy strategy, and youth mobilization.