Over 2,000 educators, school owners, and childcare professionals gathered in Lagos on July 5th, 2025, for one of Africa’s most influential education conferences.
And AI Literacy Academy was there as an official partner.
The Early Years Childcare Conference at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, brought together the continent’s leading education minds. Former Education Minister Dr. Oby Ezekwesili shared the stage with Caroline Popoola, CEO of Alpha Childcare with 14+ branches across the UK, and other transformational leaders shaping Africa’s educational future.
In the middle of these education giants, AI Literacy Academy’s FII Stephen presented “Tech-Confident Educators: Embracing AI & Digital Tools to Simplify EYFS Delivery” to an audience hungry for practical solutions to real classroom challenges.
This wasn’t just another speaking opportunity. It was recognition that AI literacy has become essential for every sector—including the foundational years that shape every child’s future.
Bringing AI Literacy to Africa’s Educational Future
Africa’s education sector is at a turning point. With over 2,000 educators, school owners, and childcare professionals gathering for conversations about the future of early childhood education, there’s a growing recognition that AI literacy can’t remain separate from educational development.
The conference theme was “The confident teacher: simplifying early years for lasting impact.” But confidence in today’s educational landscape increasingly means understanding how to integrate technology thoughtfully—not replacing human connection, but enhancing it.
We partnered with Alpha Global because we saw an opportunity to reach educators who are shaping the next generation across the continent. These are the professionals working directly with children during their most formative years, and they need practical approaches to AI that strengthen rather than complicate their teaching.
What Our Founder Shared That Changed How 2,000 Educators Think About AI
During the session, our Founder – FII Stephen introduced “The Tech-Confident Educator Framework”—a systematic approach we’ve developed that transforms how anyone thinks about AI integration.
The framework has three simple components:
Skills: The essential abilities you need to work confidently with AI tools. Not technical programming—strategic thinking that helps you evaluate and implement AI solutions in your specific work.
Tools: The specific AI applications that simplify your most time-consuming tasks. For educators, lesson planning and assessment. For business owners, operations and client communication. For freelancers, service delivery and project management.
Use Cases: Real examples of how professionals save hours weekly while improving quality. Not theoretical possibilities—actual implementations creating measurable results.
The response was remarkable. Educators who had been skeptical about AI left excited to try these tools in their classrooms. School owners realized they could support their teachers better with strategic technology integration. Parents understood how AI could enhance their children’s learning without losing the human connection.
But the most significant response came from attendees who recognized our framework applies far beyond education. The principles that create tech-confident educators also create tech-confident business owners, freelancers, and professionals across every industry.
The Response That Surprised Us All
Our invitation to partner with Africa’s leading education conference signals something important about AI literacy’s expanding relevance.
When education leaders prioritize AI skills, they’re acknowledging these capabilities will be essential for the children they’re teaching. But they’re also recognizing that educators, administrators, and support staff need these skills now to remain effective.
This creates a ripple effect across every sector. If early childhood education is integrating AI strategically, every other industry must accelerate their AI literacy development or risk falling behind.
Education represents one of the most human-centered, relationship-dependent fields. If educators can integrate AI tools while maintaining the personal connection that makes their work valuable, any professional can learn to do the same.
Our framework introduced at the conference—Skills, Tools, Use Cases—applies directly to business operations, freelance services, and career advancement. Organizations across every sector are now actively seeking professionals who can bridge the gap between AI capabilities and human insight.
The demand isn’t for AI replacements—it’s for AI-literate professionals who can enhance their work through strategic technology integration.
The Impact of This Partnership
Our partnership with the Early Years Childcare Conference demonstrates that AI literacy has evolved from a business optimization tool to an essential professional capability across every sector.
When Africa’s leading education conference features our approach to AI literacy as a core theme, it signals that these skills are no longer optional for professional success. Organizations across every industry are recognizing that their competitive future depends on having teams who can integrate AI strategically while maintaining the human capabilities that create lasting value.
This creates unprecedented opportunities for professionals who develop comprehensive AI literacy skills now, while others are still debating whether AI will affect their work.
At AI Literacy Academy, we teach the complete approach to AI mastery that creates the confidence and capabilities we demonstrated at the conference. Our participants learn the same systematic frameworks for AI integration that work across any professional context, from education to business operations to freelance services.
The difference between understanding AI concepts and mastering AI implementation is the difference between watching transformation happen and leading it in your field.
While others wonder about AI’s impact on their industries, our Academy participants build the strategic capabilities that position them as leaders in AI-enhanced professional practice.
Our next cohort begins August 4th, 2025. Join ambitious professionals from around the world who are developing the AI literacy skills that create lasting competitive advantages across every aspect of their work.
Learn the same systematic approaches to AI integration that we shared with Africa’s education leaders—approaches that transform any professional practice into strategic advantage, whether you’re working in education, business, consulting, or any field where human insight combined with AI capabilities creates superior results.
Visit www.ailiteracyacademy.org to secure your spot in our August 4th cohort and discover how the same AI literacy principles we’re using to transform education can transform your professional capabilities and competitive positioning.