METI UniPods AI Innovation Programme Cohort 2
timbuktoo UniPods / METI
Quick Facts
A word from Eli, founder of Rise Africa Scholars
MSc Information Security — Unicaf Scholar
While you wait for a fully funded opportunity, don’t put your education on hold. I completed my MSc through Unicaf — studying online from Nairobi while working full-time. The tuition discount made it genuinely affordable, and the degree is from an accredited UK university.
If you’re serious about advancing your career now, I’d encourage you to explore it. I only recommend what I’ve used myself.
About This Scholarship
The METI UniPods AI Innovation Programme is a capacity-building initiative designed to support early-stage innovators and technical builders developing artificial intelligence solutions. Selected participants receive technical skilling, MIT AI courses, entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and access to the wider timbuktoo network.
What This Scholarship Covers
- Access to an AI course from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- AI technical skilling and development support
- Wadhwani 14-week entrepreneurship programme covering customer discovery, business modelling, and investment readiness
- Access to technical mentors
- Access to the wider timbuktoo network
- Opportunity to attend an in-person bootcamp in Addis Ababa
Who Can Apply
- 1 Must be an individual innovator, part of a team, developer, technical builder, or early-stage founder developing an early-stage AI or AI-enabled solution.
- 2 Must reside in one of the eligible African countries including Benin, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, or Burundi.