Transform Your Business with Cutting-Edge AI Skills

Accelerate your team’s AI capabilities with focused 1–2 day training, building proficiency and confidence in LLMs and AI tools

Build core AI proficiency with leading LLMs in just one day

1 Day (9:00 – 17:00)

Training on 7+ leading LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
Prompt crafting & accuracy checks
Immediate business use cases

Hands-on exercises, real business scenarios

AI confidence & core skills
Productivity gains & ROI in weeks

Companies seeking rapid AI enablement in minimal time

Build core AI proficiency with leading LLMs in 1-2 Days

Day 1: Same as One-Day Workshop
Day 2: AI tools for marketing, finance, operations, administration, customer service, etc.

Hands-on projects, department-level applications, feedback loops

Multiple AI prototypes ready for deployment
Clear AI roadmap per function
In-house AI champions for long-term adoption

Organisations looking for a comprehensive AI transformation

Why AAAI’s AI Essentials Workshop Is a Game Changer

Immediate ROI

Apply AI tools in your work from day one. Participants report 30%-100% productivity increases within weeks of completing the workshop.

Hands-On Learning

No boring lectures. You'll work with7+ leading AI models (ChatGPT,Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity, Mistral) plus relevant AI tools solving real problems from your industry.

Expert-Led Training

Learn from AI practitioners who have implemented solutions for small businesses up to large corporations and understand the African business context

African-Focused

AI applications specifically designedfor African markets, challenges, andopportunities—not generic Westernexamples. We have run 70workshops in Southern and EastAfrica.

Your Transformation Journey - Workshop Agenda

9:00 AM

Opening Circle & AI Readiness Assessment

Extended introductions, experience sharing, and addressing AI fears. Setting ambitious expectations for the day.

9:45 AM

AI Landscape Deep Dive

Understanding different AI personalities: the hallucinator, the sycophant, the energy saver. Platform setup across all major AI tools.

10:45 AM

The AI Job Interview Phase

Craft your master prompt (minimum ¾ page) addressing real problems from your domain. Submit to all models simultaneously and "hire" your top 3 AI colleagues.

11:45 AM

Intensive Development Sprint

3.5 hours of deep work: scaffolding solutions across multiple models, cross-checking outputs, building toward a presentable prototype. You become the CEO of your AI team.

3:30 PM

Executive Pitch Presentations

Present your solution in 3-minute elevator pitches: 30-second problem statement, solution demonstration, peer voting for top solutions.

5:00 PM

Certification & Networking

Award ceremony, group reflection, certificate presentation, and strategic networking for ongoing collaboration.

Ready to Lead in the AI Era?

Partner with AAAI to turn ambition into action.

What You'll Master by 5 PM

  • Practical Mastery: Direct experience with 7+ AI models applied to your specific professional domain
  • Critical Evaluation Skills: Ability to identify AI hallucinations and assess output quality like an expert
  • Strategic AI Understanding: Knowledge of which models excel at which tasks and when to use each
  • Concrete Deliverable: A working prototype or solution to a real
    problem you can implement immediately
  • Professional Network: Connections with like-minded professionals and ongoing peer support system
  • Certification: Official "AI Ninja" certificate from African Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  • Future-Ready Mindset: Understanding of the "jagged frontier" of AI capabilities and how to stay ahead
This workshop completely transformed how I approach my work. Within two weeks, I had automated our entire customer service workflow using the Al techniques / learned. My productivity increased by 40% and my company promoted me to Head of Digital Innovation.

- Digital Marketing Professional
As a small business owner, I was skeptical about Al. This workshop showed me practical applications I could implement immediately. I've saved 20 hours per week on administrative tasks and my revenue has grown 60% in three months.

- Startup founder with USD10m in revenue

Meet Your Expert Facilitator

Greg Serandos:
Greg specialises in responsible AI, ethics, and enterprise adoption, helping organisations build AI implementation roadmaps in just three days. As a lecturer on AI leadership and strategy at Henley, UCT, and GIBS business schools, he and his team guide delegates through demystification of AI, strategy, responsible AI and ethical deployment, data strategy, governance, implementation plans, and more.

Credentials

Lecturer at Henley Business School, UCT, and GIBS
Leading authority on Responsible AI, Ethics & Strategy
Ex-Young & Rubicam (Tokyo), SBC/AT&T (USA)
Led Telkom SA market expansion and IPO preparation

Teaching Philosophy

AI is not about replacing humans. It is about amplifying human intelligence to solve uniquely African challenges.