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Roles we deploy

Every role.
AI-trained.

Thirteen roles your business can hand off today — plus founder tracks for the builders who want to create the next African company.

For companies

Hand it off.

01

AI Consultants

Junior AI consultants trained to help teams map workflows, document systems, research tools, and support AI adoption.

  • Workflow mapping
  • Prompt systems
  • Tool research
  • AI rollout support
02

AI Virtual Assistants

AI-trained assistants for inboxes, schedules, research, reports, SOPs, documents, and daily business operations.

  • Inbox + calendar management
  • AI research summaries
  • SOP documentation
  • Google Workspace + Notion
03

AI Customer Support

Support teams trained to use AI for faster, clearer customer care across email, chat, helpdesk, and CRM workflows.

  • Helpdesk coverage
  • AI-assisted replies
  • Escalation notes
  • CRM updates
04

AI Sales Assistants

Sales support talent for lead research, prospecting operations, outreach preparation, follow-ups, and CRM hygiene.

  • Lead lists + enrichment
  • Cold outreach support
  • Meeting booking
  • HubSpot / Apollo / LinkedIn
05

AI Content Operators

Content operators trained for short-form video, scripts, captions, thumbnails, repurposing, and publishing workflows.

  • Hooks + scripts
  • Captions + b-roll
  • CapCut / Canva / Premiere
  • Daily content workflows
06

AI Data & Labeling

Data workers for annotation, cleaning, transcription review, model evaluation, QA, and structured data tasks.

  • Data annotation
  • Data cleaning
  • Model evaluation
  • Transcription QA
07

AI Automation Operators

Operators trained to support workflows in Zapier, Make, Airtable, Notion, forms, dashboards, and AI knowledge bases.

  • Zapier + Make support
  • Airtable + Notion
  • Forms + dashboards
  • Workflow documentation
08

Healthcare Admin Assistants

Administrative support for clinics and care teams, including intake, scheduling, reminders, and documentation workflows.

  • Patient intake support
  • Appointment coordination
  • Reminder workflows
  • Document organization
09

Real Estate Assistants

Operations support for real estate teams handling listings, lead follow-up, appointments, CRM cleanup, and client updates.

  • Listing support
  • Lead follow-up
  • Appointment setting
  • CRM cleanup
10

Social Media Managers

Social support for content calendars, engagement, community, analytics, scheduling, and brand consistency.

  • Content calendars
  • Community engagement
  • Analytics reports
  • Scheduling workflows
11

Design & Creative Support

Creative assistants for Canva designs, pitch decks, social assets, simple brand materials, and visual content support.

  • Canva designs
  • Social assets
  • Pitch decks
  • Brand templates
12

Website & Chatbot Support

Website and chatbot support for updates, FAQ management, live chat operations, funnel support, and AI knowledge bases.

  • Site updates
  • Chatbot training
  • FAQ management
  • Knowledge base support
13

Quality Assurance Assistants

QA assistants for checklist reviews, bug reports, process audits, content checks, and client-ready reporting.

  • Checklist reviews
  • Bug reporting
  • Process audits
  • Quality reports

For builders

Or build your own.

Not everyone wants a job. Our founder tracks train African builders to start agencies, startups, stores, and media brands — with AI doing the heavy lifting.

AI Agency Builder

Founder training for builders who want to create AI service agencies around automation, chatbots, content, websites, and operations.

Offer creation · Client discovery · AI service delivery · Portfolio projects

Startup Founder

Startup pathway for African builders learning how to validate problems, build MVPs, test markets, and pitch clearly.

Problem validation · MVP planning · Landing pages · Founder storytelling

Local Business Builder

Entrepreneurship support for people building practical local businesses with AI-powered marketing, operations, and customer service.

Business planning · Customer discovery · AI marketing · Operations systems

Ecommerce Founder

Training for online stores, product research, customer support, content, fulfillment workflows, and AI-assisted growth.

Product research · Store operations · Content workflows · Customer support

Creator Entrepreneur

Creator pathway for media brands, newsletters, short-form video channels, communities, and educational content powered by AI.

Content strategy · Audience building · Brand systems · Publishing discipline

Explore founder training

Two doors. Pick one.

Hire the team.
Or become it.