Reminder: The Kifiya AI Mastery Program mock exam is live! Take the exam to prepare for the next stage.

Share this with anyone who should apply before the deadline on April 10, 2026.

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5 Days Left: Women in Ethiopia, Step Into AI

Women aspiring to build a career in tech, this is the right program for you to fast-track your journey into AI with hands-on training in real-world fintech projects.

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Learn more about the program: https://10academy.org/trainings/kaim

Curious about how much decision-making we should trust to AI?

Join us this Wednesday for a thoughtful, open conversation on whether algorithms should make life-changing decisions about humans.

This is part of our bi-weekly AI meetup; a space where anyone interested in AI and tech comes together to learn, share ideas, and connect.

 Whether you're just getting started or already in the field, you’ll find a welcoming community and meaningful conversations. No technical background needed, just bring your perspective.


🗓 April 8, 2026
 
⏰ 6:30 PM EAT
 
📍 Comet Building (next to Axum Hotel), 2nd Floor, Office 205, Addis Ababa


Feel free to come along with a friend!

“From ‘I just started’ to ‘wait… I actually did this?’
We asked our Tenacious Recruitment Program trainees to describe their Week 0 vs now.

TRP trainees are evolving for real...here’s their diaries.

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Happy weekend ☀️

We’re back with our Tenacious Recruitment Program Trainees Diaries…
👉 And we love hearing these.

The growth is real.

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We’re back with this week’s AI Meetup, and this one’s a little more fun 🤗

This time, we’re getting into AI and the human side of things: love, connection, and everything in between.

Expect open conversations, unexpected turns, and plenty of different perspectives. No pressure, just good vibes and interesting discussions.

🗓 April 22, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 6:30 PM EAT
📍 Around 22, Comet Building (next to Axum Hotel), 2nd Floor, Office 205, Addis Ababa

Bring a friend and come hang out!

So hey... at yesterday’s AI meetup, a fun conversation quickly turned into a real debate.

We found ourselves split between two ideas while talking about AI, love, and human relationships:

Would you trust AI with your dating life, sharing your experiences, highs and lows, and letting it analyze people for you?
Or would you rather turn to a real friend for honest perspective and guidance?

It got surprisingly heated (you definitely missed out if you weren’t there 😄), but we wanted to bring the question here too because we’re genuinely curious what you think.

Yesterday's conversation opened up a few distinctions worth holding in mind before answering.

The first is about information. An AI only knows what you type to it — a sample of your thoughts, often unusually honest because there's no image to protect and no social cost. A friend knows you differently: your tone, your body language, how you actually behave over years, the cultural context you share. These are different kinds of data about the same person, and each captures things the other misses.

A second distinction is about what happens during the act of sharing. When two humans share something emotionally heavy, the conversation itself does work beyond the topic — it builds a bond, strengthens trust, reinforces a relationship that may matter later in ways neither person can predict. Sharing with an AI also builds something: context. Over time, the system learns your preferences, your sensitivities, the shape of your thinking, and that accumulated context makes its help sharper. But the purpose is different. One exchange deepens a relationship between two people; the other sharpens a tool's understanding of one person.

There are other threads the group raised: whether we unconsciously shape what we tell each source, how much delivery and tone matter when receiving advice, who is accountable when the guidance turns out wrong, and how we actually go on to implement what we hear. Underneath all of it sits the balance between emotion and logic — humans can pull us toward emotional distortion, and people often turn to AI precisely to correct for that.

The poll sits on top of all of this. The question is not which source is smarter or kinder, but which one are you finding preferring to share more details of your relationships — and what you think you're really getting when you do.

One more week left until the Tenacious Recruitment Program (TRP 1) wraps up… and honestly, we’re proud to witness this journey in real time.

A few weeks ago it was confusion, Googling, trying to make sense of all the AI terms

Now?
They’re building agents, solving problems, stress-testing systems, and thinking way beyond just code.

The growth, the mindset shift, the confidence… yeah, it’s been real.

👉 Read their Week 11 Diaries

AI is evolving fast, but where do we fit in?

Join us for an open conversation on the future of AI and humanity, and how the two will continue to shape each other. 

Expect thoughtful ideas, different perspectives, and a welcoming space for everyone, no technical background needed.

Topic: How the future of AI and humanity be going together?

🗓 May 6, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 6:30 PM EAT
📍Around 22, Comet Building (next to Axum Hotel), 2nd Floor, Office 205, Addis Ababa


Come through and bring a friend!

From the series: Questions AI Researchers Are Still Exploring

Ever noticed how AI can sound brilliant… and then suddenly forget key details?
That’s not a bug, it’s one of the biggest challenges researchers are still trying to solve.

Here’s why AI memory is harder than it looks.
👇 Dive into the full piece

From the series: Questions AI Researchers Are Still Exploring

Researchers kept making AI models bigger…
and somehow, they kept becoming dramatically more capable.

Suddenly they could write code, solve complex problems, reason through tasks, and display abilities nobody explicitly programmed into them.

And here’s the surprising part:
even AI researchers still debate why this works so well.

So what exactly happens when AI scales?
And why does “bigger” suddenly lead to behaviors that feel almost intelligent?

👇 Explore one of the biggest unanswered questions in modern AI

Our co-founder, Yabebal Fantaye, is speaking at the AABS 2026 Connect Conference in Addis Ababa this Friday, May 15, from 12:30 PM – 01:15 PM on “Beyond Access: Preparing African Graduates for a Digital and Global Economy.”

Yabebal will be sharing how we’re thinking differently about graduate readiness,
moving beyond just access to education, and focusing on real digital fluency, global competitiveness, and innovation skills that matter for today’s economy.

You can attend his session online Via Whova app (the conference is hybrid)

For details on the full program and registration, visit https://www.aabschools.com/events/aabs-2026-connect-conference.

And if you’d like to learn more about what we’re building at 10 Academy, please do reach out and connect with Yabebal directly – he’d love to chat.

Getting graduates ready for a digital, connected world isn't just about giving them access to technology, It's about working together, trying new things, and having honest, sometimes tough, conversations.

That's why we were excited to be part of the Association of African Business Schools Conference in Addis Ababa. It gave us a real chance to talk about how African schools can help students become not just digitally skilled, but truly ready to compete and innovate on a global stage.

We would like to thank Philasande Sokhela, and Cosme Almeida for sharing their thoughtful perspectives along side our Co-Founder Yabebal Fantaye on working across borders, boosting employability, and what the future of learning in Africa really looks like. 

We're also grateful to the Association of African Business Schools for creating the kind of conversations that can actually shape what's next for African talent and innovation.