Our Work
Investing in the People Building Africa's Digital Future
Creating spaces for builders, researchers, and emerging leaders to grow, connect, and thrive — while closing the gaps that keep too many talented people on the margins.
The Talent Pillar
People Are the Foundation
Africa's digital future depends on the people building it. Through our Talent pillar, we invest directly in the individuals and communities shaping the continent's AI and digital ecosystem.
We create spaces for builders, researchers, and emerging leaders to grow, connect, and thrive — while working deliberately to close the gaps that keep too many talented people, especially women, on the margins of this industry.
Community & Innovation
Qubit Hub
Qubit Hub is our ecosystem and community platform, built to support innovation, collaboration, and capability-building across Africa's digital and AI landscape.
Here, builders, researchers, institutions, and emerging talent come together to exchange ideas, experiment boldly, and grow an ecosystem built to last — not just for today's breakthroughs, but for the next generation of African innovation.
Community Exchange
A space for builders and researchers to share ideas across borders and disciplines.
Bold Experimentation
Infrastructure and support for prototyping, building, and testing African-context AI solutions.
Capability Building
Learning pathways, mentorship, and peer networks designed for Africa's ecosystem.
Institutional Partnerships
Connecting talent with universities, startups, and organisations driving impact.
Fellowship Programme
IDIA Fellowship
The IDIA Fellowship addresses the gender gap in African AI research — fostering a pipeline of women researchers and practitioners who are shaping the future of AI on the continent.
The programme develops artificial intelligence in ways that are inclusive, equitable, and responsive to local African contexts — particularly for women who face structural barriers to accessing resources and information.
Programme Focus
African AI Research
Developing AI that reflects African contexts, languages, and lived experience.
Inclusive & Equitable Design
Building systems that work for the communities too often left out of AI development.
Removing Structural Barriers
Providing resources, networks, and platforms that open doors for women in AI.
Pan-African Network
Connecting fellows across the continent to build lasting research communities.
Evidence Base
AI Talent Readiness Index 2025
The AI Talent Readiness Index is an evidence base assessing AI talent readiness across all 54 African countries — led entirely by African expertise.
It gives policymakers, institutions, and partners a clear, evidence-based picture of digital skills, infrastructure readiness, and government preparedness — insight that didn't exist at this scale before, and that we believe is essential for Africa to shape its own AI future, on its own terms.
Qhala Trust
AI Talent
Readiness Index
25
54
Countries assessed
100%
African-led research
3
Core dimensions
2025
Edition
Three Core Dimensions
- Digital Skills & Human Capital
- Infrastructure Readiness
- Government Preparedness
Be Part of It
Your Talent Belongs in Africa's AI Future
Whether you're a researcher, builder, policymaker, or community leader — join the ecosystem that's building Africa's digital future from the inside out.