Clarity
No jargon for its own sake. If we cannot explain it simply, we have not understood it.
Africa's first dedicated school of AI
We are the first school in Africa built only to teach artificial intelligence, with our campus in Sokoto State. The people who most need AI skills, such as workers, students, teachers and business owners, rarely have a free weekday to learn them, so we built the school around their lives.
Our mission
Make practical AI skills accessible to everyone in Sokoto, across Nigeria and beyond
We teach by building. Every course ends with a project you can show an employer or use in your own business.
Classes are small, instructors are practitioners and nobody is left behind.
How we teach
Four ideas shape every class, from a first lesson for beginners to advanced engineering.
Practice
You learn AI by building AI. Lectures are short and labs are long.
Responsibility
Ethics, privacy and safety are part of every course, not a separate module.
Community
Cohorts, alumni and mentors who stay in touch long after the certificate.
What makes us different
Five choices we made so that busy people can learn AI properly and finish what they start.
Small classes of 15
No more than 15 learners in a class, so your tutor knows your name and your project.
Three sessions
Morning and evening classes from Monday to Thursday, and weekend classes on Saturday and Sunday.
Campus and online
Join in person at Bello Way or live online, and switch week by week at no extra cost.
Local datasets and problems
You practise on problems from our markets, farms, clinics and banks, using the same tools as teams worldwide.
Project-based assessment
You pass by building something that works and explaining it, not by memorising answers.
Founder and president
Adebayo Tolu
A registered nurse and software builder based in Sokoto. He is CEO of Academic Nightingale, a nursing education platform used by more than 60,000 learners, founder of InstitutionApp and CTO of Network Paper. He works closely with language models and AI agents, and founded the School of Artificial Intelligence to help people build with AI, not just talk about it.
"I believe in action over dreaming."
- Academic NightingaleCEO and founder · 60,000+ users
- InstitutionAppFounder · schools and online learning
- Network PaperCTO and founder
- NMCNCheckFounder · nursing-school discovery
How we work
We ship more than we talk
The school is run by people who build things for a living. That shapes how you learn here.
Build from week one
You write code and use real tools in your first class, not after weeks of theory.
Finish with something live
Every course ends with a working project you can show, not just a certificate.
Learn from builders
Tutors teach what they use at work, and our founder has built learning platforms used by more than 60,000 people.
"You can't reject light forever." Adebayo Tolu
Visit our campus in Sokoto
Our campus is in Godiya Allah Plaza, Bello Way, a short walk from Aliyu Flyover. Every classroom is set up for learning AI.
Our campus
Shop B2, Godiya Allah PlazaBello Way, by Aliyu Flyover, beside Union Bank, Sokoto
- Large teaching screens
- Laptops provided in class
- Air-conditioned classrooms
- Reliable internet
- Power backup
Open Monday to Sunday during class hours.
Ready to start?
Apply in about five minutes. The application form fee is ₦9,999, and course fees are paid only after admissions confirms your seat for 3 November 2026.