About
The pilot workshop
The AIMS Pilot Workshop is an internal dry run of the lecturer workshops as part of the AI Research Foundations for Higher Education programme.
After a month of virtual pre-work working through the first four courses of the AI Research Foundations course created by Google DeepMind on Google Skills, you’ll spend one week in person at AIMS South Africa strengthening your knowledge of cutting edge AI topics, collaborating with researchers, sharpening your teaching craft, and helping us refine the workshop before it rolls out across the continent.
The programme
About the programme
The AI Research Foundations for Higher Education programme gives African universities full support to teach a semester-long Artificial Intelligence course: a world-class curriculum developed by Google DeepMind, a blended-learning teaching toolkit from University College London (UCL), and workshops for lecturers and teaching assistants, supported by Google.org.
Through 2028, the programme will reach 30 universities across Ghana (🇬🇭), Kenya (🇰🇪), Nigeria (🇳🇬), and South Africa (🇿🇦).
- A world-class AI curriculum with 40+ hands-on Jupyter notebooks, freely available on Google Skills.
- Intensive training workshops for lecturers and teaching assistants across four countries.
- Pilot cohort hosted by AIMS South Africa in Muizenberg, June 15–19 2026.
The host
About AIMS South Africa
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is a pan-African centre of excellence for postgraduate training and research in the mathematical sciences, founded in Muizenberg, Cape Town in 2003.
- Vibrant community of students, researchers, and lecturers from across Africa and the world.
- On-campus accommodation with meals, Wi-Fi, and laundry services included.
- Steps from the beautiful Muizenberg beach, and a short train ride from central Cape Town.
- Non-smoking, alcohol-free campus.