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Skills that pay. Certificates that count.

Practical courses that turn what's around you into food and income — raising chickens, goats and cattle, crops that sell, and more. Taught step by step for every generation, even if you left school long ago. Free to learn, on your phone, even offline.

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  • 20+ courses forming
  • Free to learn — forever
  • Works offline
  • Every generation welcome

Learn essential skills for life & income

Start with what's already around you — the areas most likely to put food on the table and money in hand.

The most-requested skills — what we're building at the front of the pilot.

Learn on your phone.
Even offline.

Signal is expensive and patchy. So uni is built the other way round — download a course on one bar of signal, then learn with no connection at all.

  • Free to learn — every lesson, forever
  • Short, plain-language lessons — about 0.5 MB each
  • Ask the AI tutor in your own words
  • Certify when you're ready — that part's optional
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The catalogue · curated & growing

Skills that pay across the continent

One course is live now; the rest are what we're building next. Pick a category, or search above — and join the waitlist to vote on the order.

Coming firstPoultry Raising Local Chicken for Profit Turn a few birds into steady egg and meat income. 30 lessons planned~10 hrsOfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upPoultry Keeping Chicks Alive: Disease & Vaccination Lose fewer chicks to Newcastle and other common killers. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upPoultry Broilers & Layers: Feeding for Growth Feed right, grow faster and spend less on every bird. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Coming firstGoats & Cattle Local Goat Farming Raise healthy goats and sell them at the right time. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upGoats & Cattle Goat Health & Breeding Prevent common diseases and breed for stronger kids. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upGoats & Cattle Zero-Grazing Dairy Basics More milk from one or two cows in a small space. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upGoats & Cattle Cattle Feeding & Health Keep cattle well-fed and disease-free all year. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upOther Livestock Beekeeping & Honey Start hives and harvest honey that sells. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upOther Livestock Pond Fish Farming: Tilapia & Catfish Grow fish in a backyard pond for food and cash. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upOther Livestock Rabbit Keeping for Meat Fast-growing, low-cost meat from a small hutch. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upCrops Vegetable Market Gardening Grow tomatoes, kale and onions that sell. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upCrops Subsistence → Semi-Commercial Farming Grow beyond the family plot and reach the market. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upCrops Post-Harvest Handling & Storage Waste less; keep produce fresh to sell later. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upValue Addition Basic Food Processing & Preservation Turn surplus into products that last and earn more. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upValue Addition Food Safety & Hygiene for Sellers Sell food people trust — and stay within the rules. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upTrade & Money Pricing, Records & Profit Know your costs, set a fair price, keep simple records. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upTrade & Money Savings, Credit & Mobile Money Save safely, borrow wisely, use M-Pesa with confidence. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upTrade & Money Selling on WhatsApp & Facebook Reach more buyers with the phone in your pocket. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Planned — vote it upTrades Solar Installation & Maintenance Basics Fit and fix small solar for homes and shops. OfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional Live nowDigital & Formal Understand Africa — Pan-African Certification The flagship: know the continent, from sources you can check. 6 modules36 lessonsOfflineVerifiable Free to learnCertificate · M-Pesa In draftDigital & Formal Digital Marketing Fundamentals Reach customers online without wasting money on ads. Modern skillsOfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional In draftDigital & Formal Data with Spreadsheets Keep records and see what's really making money. Modern skillsOfflineBeginner Free to learnCertificate optional

Curated, not crowdsourced — every course is built with people who do the work, and checked before it ships. The catalogue grows every season, and waitlist members vote on what comes next.

Built from primary sources you can check — every number carries its source and year

  • World Bank
  • United Nations
  • FAO
  • UNCTAD
  • African Union
  • IEA
  • USGS
  • Ethnologue

Who we're building for

Not the already-connected professional — the people formal learning usually leaves out. If you can use a phone, you can learn.

A smallholder farmer in a field
Raising livestock at home The smallholder farmer

Keeps a few chickens and a goat behind the house — and wants to lose fewer animals and sell the rest, not just feed the family.

A market trader at a vegetable stall
Selling to make a living The market trader

Sells vegetables at the market but rarely knows the real costs — and wants to price right, keep records, and use mobile money without fear.

An older woman, learning later in life
Learning again, later in life The elder who left school

Left school years ago and assumed learning had passed them by — until short lessons in plain language, on their own phone, made it possible again.

A young person on a smartphone
Building a first income The youth starting out

Between jobs, looking for a real skill to start with little money — poultry, solar, selling online — and a certificate to show for it.

Get certified when you're ready

Learning is always free. If you want proof for an employer, a co-op or a loan officer, add a verifiable certificate with a public link anyone can check — a small one-off fee by M-Pesa.

Live now

Pan-African Certification

Understand the continent, from sources you can check. 6 modules · 36 lessons.

Planned

Vocational skills

Practical trades and agriculture, assessed and certified — poultry, solar and more.

Planned

Academic bridge

A real path for the millions who leave secondary school early because of cost.

Paths to a living

Short courses stack into a livelihood. Follow a path from first lesson to selling with confidence.

The Poultry Keeper

From a few birds to a small business

  • Raising local chicken
  • Keeping chicks alive
  • Feeding & pricing for profit
See the path

The Market Gardener

Grow food that sells, waste less

  • Vegetable market gardening
  • Post-harvest handling
  • Subsistence → selling
See the path

The Small Trader

Sell smarter, keep more of what you earn

  • Pricing, records & profit
  • Savings & mobile money
  • Selling on WhatsApp
See the path
Most requested

Raising local chicken

The skill people ask for most — low startup cost, quick returns, and it works almost anywhere.

Livestock

Crops & Land

Trade & Money

How uni works

Stuck? Ask the tutor.

Every course comes with an AI tutor that knows the material. Ask in plain words — no need for perfect English or a keyboard you love.

  • Download once, learn offline — lessons run with no signal
  • Ask offline too — questions wait and answer when you reconnect
  • Use it tomorrow morning — certify only if you want to

My chicks are dying — what should I check?

Newcastle spreads fast — here's how to spot it and prevent it…

How much should I sell my goats for?

Start from your costs and the going market rate. Let's work it out…

A tutor that knows the material — answers in plain language, even offline.

The pilot cohort

Be first
in line.

Leave your mobile number and we'll text you the moment the pilot opens. Early members are invited first, get founding-member pricing on certificates — and vote on which course we build next.

Use international format with your country code — e.g. +254…, +234…, +256…

We'll only text you about uni — no spam, no sharing, and we'll delete your number on request.

Questions, answered

The honest FAQ.

What courses will you offer?

Practical, income-generating skills come first — built on what's already around you. Livestock: local chicken, goats, zero-grazing dairy, beekeeping, fish ponds. Crops: market gardening, moving from subsistence to selling, post-harvest storage. Value addition & trade: food processing, pricing and records, savings and mobile money. Modern and formal courses — digital skills and the Pan-African Certification — are there too, in a smaller way. The catalogue is curated, not crowdsourced, and waitlist members vote on build order.

I left school a long time ago. Is this for me?

Yes — especially. uni is built for people outside formal education, including older learners. There's no entry exam and no degree needed. Lessons are short, in plain language, with clear steps and pictures, and an AI tutor you can ask in your own words. If you can send a text message, you can take a course.

What will it cost?

Learning is free — every lesson, forever. You pay only if you want a certificate: a small one-off fee in local currency, by M-Pesa. An optional uni Pro subscription adds an unlimited AI tutor and every certificate. We're setting the exact prices with pilot learners — waitlist members get founding-member pricing first.

How does offline learning work?

With WiFi or signal, uni downloads a course as a small pack — text-first lessons of about 0.5 MB each, less data than a minute of video. After that, lessons and quizzes run entirely on your phone; your progress syncs automatically next time you're online.

Does the AI tutor work offline?

Straight answer: the tutor needs a connection to reply. You can still ask offline — your question waits on your phone and is answered the moment you reconnect. Lessons and quizzes never need a connection once downloaded.

What phone do I need?

Any recent Android — 3 GB of RAM is plenty, so a Tecno Spark, Infinix Hot or Samsung A-series works well. No laptop needed. iPhone comes after launch.

When does uni launch?

A small pilot cohort forms first; invitations go to the waitlist by SMS, and a wider launch follows. uni is for learners 18 and over at launch.

What happens to my phone number?

One thing only: we text you about uni's launch — a handful of messages at most. We never sell or share it, and we delete it on request: privacy@uni.africa.