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A deployed AI-enabled solution
Build or implement a workflow, assistant, automation or internal tool designed around a real organizational need.
TaskWit Forge
AI courses show you what is possible.Forge proves what you can deliver.
A 12-week applied AI fellowship where high-potential professionals solve real operational challenges for African organizations—with evidence, not excuses.
Diagnose a real workflow. Design an AI-enabled solution. Test with users. Measure results. Defend your work before practitioners. Leave with verified proof you can make AI work in the real world.
20
Fellows
5
Organizations
5
Live Challenges
12
Weeks
The problem
The world does not need more people who can talk about AI.
It needs people who can implement it.
Thousands learn prompting and automation. Organizations still struggle to turn tools into reliable results.
The gap is not knowledge. The gap is execution.
- —Can you study a workflow before recommending a tool?
- —Can you identify where AI creates value—and where it could harm?
- —Can you build something people will actually use?
- —Can you measure time saved, errors reduced, or revenue improved?
Forge develops professionals who answer with evidence.
The model
This is not another AI course.
Most programmes begin with content. Forge begins with a real operational problem.
You will work in a four-person delivery squad on a challenge from an African business, nonprofit or institution.
Every challenge has
- •A real workflow
- •A named organizational sponsor
- •Actual users
- •A measurable baseline
- •Defined operational constraints
- •A responsible internal owner
The organization does not give you a classroom assignment. It gives you a problem that matters.
Outcomes
What you will leave with
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Verified evidence of impact
Show what changed through before-and-after measures such as time saved, errors reduced, turnaround improved or work completed faster.
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A professional evidence dossier
Document your diagnosis, decisions, implementation, testing, limitations, results and individual contribution.
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Real organizational experience
Learn how to manage stakeholders, work with users, protect sensitive information and deliver within real constraints.
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An external performance review
Present your work to partner representatives and independent technical or operational practitioners.
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An earned TaskWit credential
The TaskWit Forge credential is awarded for demonstrated performance—not attendance.
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Access to opportunities
Strong fellows may be considered for jobs, contracts, implementation assignments and other opportunities across the TaskWit partner network.
Tracks
Choose your track
Forge brings technical builders and operational problem-solvers together.
AI Workflow Builder
For developers, automation specialists and capable no-code or low-code builders who can turn requirements into working systems.
You will focus on
- AI-powered workflow development
- APIs and integrations
- Automation architecture
- Prompt and system design
- Structured outputs
- Testing and evaluation
- Error handling
- Deployment and monitoring
- Technical documentation
Your final evidence will include a working solution, build record, evaluation results and handover documentation.
You do not need a computer-science degree. You must be able to demonstrate that you can build.
AI Adoption Operator
For operations, product, project and transformation professionals who can connect technology to real organizational work.
You will focus on
- Workflow diagnosis
- User and stakeholder research
- Requirements development
- Process redesign
- AI opportunity assessment
- Change management
- User adoption
- Training and handover
- ROI measurement
- Implementation planning
Your final evidence will include a verified problem analysis, adoption plan, before-and-after results and partner sign-off.
You do not need to be a software developer. You must be able to turn ambiguity into an executable plan.
Method
How Forge works
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Weeks 1–2
Phase 1: Diagnose
You begin with the organization, not the technology. Your squad will study the current workflow, interview users, establish baseline measures and identify the risks surrounding the challenge.
You will produce
- •A validated problem brief
- •A current-state workflow map
- •A stakeholder analysis
- •Baseline performance data
- •A responsible-AI and data-risk review
No project moves forward until the problem and evidence are clear.
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Weeks 3–4
Phase 2: Design
Your squad will explore possible interventions, test the riskiest assumptions and decide what should—and should not—be automated.
You will produce
- •A solution blueprint
- •A user journey
- •An architecture or implementation plan
- •A functional early prototype
- •Initial evaluation results
A clever idea is not enough. The solution must fit the workflow.
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Weeks 5–10
Phase 3: Deploy
Your squad will build, test, improve and introduce the solution to its intended users.
You will produce
- •End-to-end implementation
- •Privacy and security controls
- •User testing
- •Failure analysis
- •Controlled piloting
- •Impact measurement
- •Reliability improvements
- •User training
- •Operational handover
The goal is not merely to demonstrate the solution. The goal is to make it usable.
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Weeks 11–12
Phase 4: Prove
Your squad will consolidate the evidence, secure partner verification and present the work before the Forge Review panel.
You will produce
- •A final evidence dossier
- •A live solution demonstration
- •A documented impact assessment
- •A partner-approved handover
- •An individual contribution record
- •A 60-day continuation plan
Your certification decision will be based on what you delivered and what the evidence supports.
Schedule
The weekly experience
Forge requires approximately 10–12 hours each week.
01 · Monday
Your squad defines its weekly evidence target, responsibilities and risks.
02 · Tuesday
Attend a 90-minute live delivery studio focused on the method required for that week’s project gate.
03 · Wednesday–Thursday
Conduct user interviews, design workflows, build, test, implement and document your work.
04 · Friday
Submit your evidence update: what changed, what was produced, what failed and what must happen next.
05 · Selected Saturdays
Join optional technical clinics and specialist mentor sessions when your project requires additional support.
Working studios—not motivational webinars. Learn the method, apply it immediately.
Projects
The kind of challenges you could solve
Every challenge is screened for feasibility, data access, responsible use and measurable value before it enters Forge.
Customer support
Developing a human-supervised workflow that helps teams classify enquiries, retrieve approved information and prepare faster responses.
Sales operations
Automating meeting summaries, CRM updates, follow-up preparation and sales-administration tasks.
Internal knowledge
Creating a permission-aware assistant that helps employees find approved policies, procedures and organizational knowledge.
Procurement and document review
Building systems that extract information, organize documents and flag exceptions for human review.
Reporting and administration
Reducing the time required to consolidate data, prepare routine reports and produce first drafts.
Service delivery
Using AI and automation to improve turnaround times, reduce repeated manual work and support frontline teams.
Your work must survive the real world.
A prototype that works once during a presentation is not enough. Every Forge solution is assessed across six areas.
To earn the Forge credential, you must demonstrate your individual contribution and meet the required performance standard.
There are no automatic certificates. There is no badge simply for being selected.
Selection gives you the opportunity. Delivery earns you the credential.
- 01Understanding of the operational problem
- 02Fitness and quality of the solution
- 03Responsible use, safety and limitations
- 04Credibility of the measured results
- 05User adoption and internal ownership
- 06Each fellow’s command of the work
Fellows
Who should apply?
Forge is designed for professionals who want to move from learning about AI to delivering measurable work with it.
You may be a strong fit if you
- •Have one to seven years of professional, freelance, venture or substantial volunteer experience
- •Have completed meaningful work without constant supervision
- •Can demonstrate a useful technical or operational capability
- •Are comfortable receiving direct feedback
- •Can work responsibly with confidential organizational information
- •Can commit 10–12 hours each week
- •Want evidence of your capability, not merely another certificate
- •Are ready to work as part of a multidisciplinary delivery squad
Your degree, university and job title will not determine your selection. Your evidence will.
Forge is probably not for you if…
- —You are looking for an introductory AI course
- —You only want access to recorded lessons
- —You cannot commit consistently for 12 weeks
- —You want to build only your personal startup idea
- —You are unwilling to document your decisions and results
- —You prefer working alone without accountability
- —You are more interested in the title than the responsibility
- —You expect every project to become a job, investment or contract
Forge creates access to consequential work. What you do with that access still matters.
Selection
How selection works
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Stage 1: Application
Tell us what you have completed, what capability you bring and why you are ready for real implementation work.
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Stage 2: Work sample
Shortlisted applicants complete a 72-hour practical task based on the track they selected. Workflow Builders demonstrate how they build, test and document. Adoption Operators demonstrate how they diagnose, design and measure.
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Stage 3: Structured interview
Finalists discuss their work, decisions, availability, collaboration and response to feedback.
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Stage 4: Project matching
Selected fellows are matched into balanced squads according to capability, project needs, availability and conflict considerations.
Forge 01 will select only 20 fellows: 10 AI Workflow Builders and 10 AI Adoption Operators. Four additional candidates may be selected as alternates.
Criteria
What we look for
We are not searching for the person who knows the most AI terminology. We are looking for evidence of:
Follow-through
Have you completed meaningful work before?
Applied capability
Can you demonstrate the baseline ability required for your chosen track?
Problem judgment
Do you investigate the problem before jumping to a solution?
Learning agility
Can you receive feedback, change your mind and improve your work?
Collaboration
Can other people trust you with responsibility?
Reliability
Can you make realistic commitments and keep them?
Brilliance without reliability is not enough for Forge.
Partners
Bring us a workflow worth improving.
Forge partners with businesses, nonprofits and institutions that have real operational challenges and are prepared to support a supervised implementation.
Your organization provides
- • A clearly defined workflow
- • A named project sponsor
- • Access to relevant users
- • Safe access to representative information
- • Timely decisions
- • A measurable baseline
- • An internal owner for the solution
TaskWit provides
- • A carefully selected delivery squad
- • Structured project scoping
- • Weekly delivery coaching
- • Technical and operational mentorship
- • Responsible-AI and data-risk controls
- • Project documentation
- • Independent review
- • A clear handover process
Potential partner challenges are reviewed before acceptance. We will not accept projects that require unsafe access to personal data, automate high-consequence decisions without qualified oversight or cannot be meaningfully piloted within 12 weeks.
Partners
Why partner with Forge?
Solve a real operational problem
Test an AI-enabled intervention against a defined workflow without beginning with a large transformation project.
Access emerging implementation talent
Work with professionals selected for their technical ability, operational judgment and evidence of follow-through.
Build internal understanding
Your project sponsor and users participate in the process, helping the organization develop a more realistic understanding of AI implementation.
Create a talent pipeline
Observe how fellows think, communicate and deliver before considering them for future employment or contract opportunities.
Produce measurable evidence
Finish with documented results, identified limitations and a recommendation for what should happen next.
Forge is a supervised implementation fellowship. It is not a promise that every challenge will become a production-scale system.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Real challenges. Measured delivery. Earned credentials.
Forge 01
Forge 01 is being built now.
We are currently confirming the first organizational challenges, delivery partners and specialist reviewers.
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- •Application dates
- •Selection requirements
- •Work-sample guidance
- •Programme fees and scholarship information
- •Partner challenge announcements
- •Forge 01 information-session invitations
Build capability. Deploy solutions. Prove impact.
TaskWit Forge