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SAYAI: South African Youth Artificial Intelligence

Initiatives

Real programmes, meeting youth where they are.

Completed · First edition

Future Ready Me

The first Future Ready Me programme was successfully completed. Speakers and workshops focused on practical, future-ready skills for Africa’s next generation of innovators.

This is the poster from the inaugural event. The registration invitation shown on it has closed.

Future Ready Me first-edition poster promoting AI-era skills, speakers and workshops

More work in motion

School children in a classroom

Grassroots AI Literacy Pilots

Taking tech education directly to schools across South Africa, empowering the next generation with foundational AI knowledge and hands-on learning experiences.

  • In-school workshops
  • Teacher training
  • Curriculum integration
A young person using a phone

WhatsApp CUI Beta

Testing an accessible conversational bot via Paige One, designed to reach data-poor users where they already are, on WhatsApp, making AI education truly inclusive.

  • Accessible on WhatsApp
  • Data-light design
  • Available in local languages

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