Self-paced courses on AI ethics, governance, and policy — grounded in African contexts. Free and paid courses for practitioners, policymakers, students, and the curious.
From foundations to advanced governance — free and paid, all self-paced. Pick a course and start today.
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A hands-on, portfolio-based course for getting into technical AI safety: evaluations with open-source tools, red-teaming and multilingual safety, interpretability, alignment approaches, research skills, and exploring opportunities. Not affiliated with any programme.
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A free, short course for everyone: use health chatbots and symptom checkers safely, know what to ask when AI is used in your care, protect your health data, spot fake cures, and know your rights.
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A free, short course for everyone: use loan apps safely, spot AI scams, deepfakes and cloned voices, protect your accounts and mobile money, and know your rights and where to get help.
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A free, short course for workers: understand AI monitoring and apps that manage work, protect your data and dignity, stay safe, and know your rights and where to get help.
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An ethical, rights-based approach to AI and climate in Africa: adaptation and early warning, agriculture and water, energy and mitigation, AI's own footprint, climate data and greenwashing, climate justice, governance and accountability.
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Govern AI's physical infrastructure in Africa: data centre energy and grids, water, land and community consent, jobs and local benefit, e-waste and minerals, data sovereignty and security, permitting, investment safeguards and accountability.
Learn with Afro-centric examples, aligned to local policy and law.
Join a peer network, office hours, and alumni channels for ongoing support.
Sessions led by practitioners in AI ethics and governance, with time for questions and feedback.
Earn a digital certificate with a unique ID that employers and partners can verify online.
The Pan-Africa Center for AI Ethics (PACFAIE) helps governments, schools, newsrooms, and companies adopt AI responsibly, with a focus solely on Africa. We design practical training, publish applied research, and advise on policies that align local realities with global standards. Our courses centre on accountability, transparency, and human rights, with case studies from across the continent. Learners leave with tools they can use immediately — audit checklists, risk registers, and policy templates. We offer live sessions, recordings, and mentorship, and issue verifiable certificates. Our goal is simple: make AI work for people, communities, and public institutions.
Our storyPACFAIE's 2024 AI Ethics Summer School turned AI ethics from theory into practice. I left with an audit checklist, a risk register, and a draft policy I used at work the next week.
The AI for Journalism sessions were rigorous and local. Case studies from African courts and ministries helped me design an accountability plan for my edtech pilot.
I finally understand how to evaluate AI systems for bias and transparency. The mentorship and templates made it easy to brief my newsroom and update our guidelines.
Free courses to begin, paid courses to go deeper.
