Rotimi Awaye

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Work

What I actually do, and have done: advisory, research, training, speaking, projects and partnerships.

Selected work

Project 1 Million

A national AI education initiative for safe, ethical and meaningful AI adoption among educators, students, SMEs, women and people with special needs in Nigeria, with a goal of one million people by 2030 or sooner.

Its education-focused starting point is a pilot with Lagos State Government Education District 4, training teachers, students and school administrators on AI for teaching and learning.

Advisory

AI adoption strategy for organisations, from needs assessment to a three-phase pilot (introductory workshop, hands-on labs, trainer-of-trainers) and evaluation.

  • TechCabal Media and tech
  • Landmark Africa Real estate
  • Dubas Pharmacy Healthcare
  • Main-Mat E-commerce
  • Ade Bantu Entertainment
  • GKTM Publishing and training
  • GrowthHub Professional services
  • ECO Freak Movement Advocacy

Research

The Illusions of AI series, on AI and learning and on AI and human connection, and a perspective on multimodal learning with NotebookLM. See the writing

Education and training

15+ hands-on workshops delivered within six months, training 1,000+ educators, students and professionals, with facilitator guides and reusable curriculum so local trainers can run the programmes.

  • Beginners' Guide to AI

  • Master Prompt Engineering in Simple Terms

  • AI for Academic & Market Research

  • NotebookLM Masterclass

  • Perplexity AI Masterclass

Masterclasses on

  • PerplexityPerplexity
  • NotebookLMNotebookLM

Programmes for national youth camps, pre-service teachers, executives, corporate teams and community AI literacy.

Speaking

  1. AI for Africa's Education Summit, Lagos 2026

    Pioneered and organised the summit on teaching and learning responsibly in the AI era, bringing together educators, school administrators, students, EdTech stakeholders and policymakers.

  2. OAU Education Conference

    AI and education engagement, covered by The Mirror NG.

Projects

  1. Bamise AI Agent

    A workflow builder that recommends the top five AI tools and step-by-step workflows for a task. Piloted with 100+ trainees.

  2. AI Pathfinder

    A learning guide that maps self-assessments to curated resources and starter tools, from beginner to advanced.

  3. Muyiwa AI Voice Agent

    A voice-first assistant for on-demand help, also deployed as website support.

Partnerships

  • Lagos State Government

    Education District 4 pilot

    Training teachers, students and administrators on AI adoption in Lagos State schools.

  • Perplexity

    AI Business Fellow

    One of 1,000 selected globally from about 50,000 applicants, advising on safe and practical enterprise AI use.

  • AI in Nigeria

    Community volunteer

    Community AI education initiatives, 2024 and 2026.

  • The AI Fellowship

    Chapter Director, Nigeria

    Leading the Nigeria chapter of The AI Fellowship, a global community.

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