AI & Automation.
Level-2 AI & Automation track: prompt engineering, LLM integrations, Zapier-style automation, and shipping AI into real workflows.
Level-2 AI & Automation track: prompt engineering, LLM integrations, Zapier-style automation, and shipping AI into real workflows.
By the end you'll be able to.
AI without a workflow is a parlour trick. We ship the workflow.
— AI & Automation, cohort philosophyWhat you'll build.
Four pieces of work — not toy code. Reviewed by working practitioners and published on your portfolio so recruiters can verify them.
Custom GPT / Claude project
Domain-tuned assistant with structured outputs, tool use, and an eval rubric.
Workflow automation — real ops task
Pick a recurring ops job. Automate it end-to-end with n8n or Zapier. Measure hours saved.
RAG mini-app
Retrieval-augmented generation over a private document set. pgvector + Postgres. Cited answers only.
Capstone — production AI feature
Ship a real feature with eval harness, cost report, and a stakeholder demo.
What you'll work with.
Industry tools that working professionals use today — not academic toys. The bar is what hiring managers ask about in interviews.
The journey.
What you'll be ready for.
Salary bands are typical Nigerian gross monthly ranges from recent listings; international remote ranges reflect what graduates of comparable programmes are placed at. We publish actual placement numbers on the Impact page.
How you earn the certification.
Weekly build challenges + three graded integrations + a capstone with eval harness, cost report, and live demo. Pass mark 70%. Training and weekly reviews are free; the optional Professional Certification Exam is ₦25,000 (~$30) and awards the verifiable TDF Professional Certification. Cohort outcomes published under CIRR.
Who it's for — and who it isn't.
- +Level-1 graduates ready to build with LLMs
- +Ops, marketing, and support professionals automating their own jobs
- +Graduates targeting junior AI-engineering and workflow-automation roles
- −You want an ML research focus (consider a Master's)
- −You're after a pure prompt-engineering hobbyist track
- −You can't commit 10 hours per week for 12 weeks
Free to learn. Sit the Professional Exam.
Training, live sessions, code reviews, community, recordings, and capstone feedback — all free. The Professional Certification Exam is optional: sit it, pass, and earn the industry-verifiable TDF Professional Certification that employers can check against our public outcomes register.
FREE
Sponsor-funded by Tech Diversity Foundation partners. No tuition. No platform fee. No catch.
₦25,000~$30
Optional. Pay only if you want to sit the Professional Certification Exam and earn the industry-verifiable TDF Professional Certification.
Who you'll learn from.
AI engineer shipping production LLM apps + ops-automation guest practitioners
Cohort ratio: 1:18 student-to-instructor
Capstone demos pitched to a panel of working AI engineers.
We'll publish the numbers here.
Outcome data is being collected now. CIRR-standard 90- and 180-day employment + income figures publish when the first cohort closes (January 2027). Read our commitment to outcome transparency on the Impact page.
Frequently asked.
Full FAQ →Where this sits on the ladder.
Next cohort.
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A new cohort opens 6 to 8 weeks before the next start date. Register interest and we'll notify you when applications open. No fee to apply. No fee to learn.