A trades school & working shop · Ibadan · First cohort January 2028

Master a trade. Build real things. Shape your future.

The Skill Center is where people master world-class, in-demand trades by working with real tools on real problems — taught by people who do the work — and leave with mastery: the ability to build, create, and lead.

Re-industrializing Africa — one master builder at a time.
Why a trade

Skill is the surest foundation there is.

A trade is not a fallback.

It is a foundation. A skill you truly own earns, it travels, and it can grow into an enterprise of your own.

The world runs on makers.

Every home, farm, workshop, and city is built and kept running by people who can make and mend.

Not software alone.

Africa's future will not be written in code alone — it will be forged in metal, machines, and hardware.

One path, five stages

Learn → Practice → Build → Work → Create

Every trade runs the same arc — from your first day to your own enterprise.

01

Learn

Master a trade under people who do the work.

02

Practice

Sharpen it on live projects and problems.

03

Build

Make, repair, design, and improve the things people use.

04

Work

Step into a genuine career and new opportunity.

05

Create

Turn your mastery into an enterprise of your own.

The trades

Open now — Phase 1

Two full programs open with the first cohort. More trades follow as demand grows.

The full planned set, added as demand grows:

AutomotiveMetalwork & FabricationWoodwork & LeatherworkPlastics & MouldingPlumbing, Electrical, HVAC & BuildingElectrical & ElectronicsSolar & Battery SystemsRobotics & Mechatronics3D PrintingFashion & DesignMedia & PrintingMusic & Performance
The cost to you
Tuition is free.

The Skill Center is a working shop. Client work funds the teaching — so the mastery is free to earn. You bring the commitment.