This holiday, your child ships a real app.

A laptop is strongly recommended. Any Windows 10/11 laptop, Mac or Chromebook with 4 GB of memory or more will do. Brand and age don't matter. We set up the AI tools for your child. Online classes run on Zoom: install the free Zoom app, or join from the browser.

No laptop? Here are your options:

1. A phone works for the browser-based AI. An Android phone or iPhone with Chrome or Safari can build and publish an app. It's slower to type on, but it works. For online classes, switching between Zoom and the AI on one phone is fiddly, so a laptop is much easier.
2. Add a Bluetooth keyboard to the phone to make typing much easier.
3. A tablet with a keyboard works the same way as a phone.
4. Benin City only: we have a small number of loaner laptops. Ask on WhatsApp before paying to reserve one.

Each child needs their own device during sessions, so siblings can't share one.

Yes. The bootcamp is built for complete beginners. Children describe what they want in plain English, and the AI writes the code. They learn to read it, test it, fix it and improve it. Students who have coded before go further in the same sessions.

Yes. Two adults in every session, no private one-to-one calls with a child, no adult alone with a child in a closed room, recordings only for that class's parents, and we contact parents, not children. Teachers supervise all AI use, check every app before its link is shared beyond the class, and teach children to check what AI tells them. See all our safety rules.

Joan Osunde leads the bootcamp, with the team that teaches the full-year "AI & Vibe Coding" subject at a Benin City secondary school, using the same teacher's edition, lesson scripts and marking rubric. Every class has two adults: a lead teacher and a teaching assistant, all adults who have had their references checked and signed our code of conduct.

Online sessions are recorded, so your child can watch what they missed and bring questions to the next session or to the optional help desk on Wednesday 30 December. Every session ends with a short task your child can finish at home. Recordings go only to that class's parents, and we never post any recording publicly without separate written consent.

Juniors are signed in and out by a parent or a named adult on your pickup list, and are never released to anyone else. Seniors may leave on their own only if you give permission on the form you fill after paying. If your child misses an in-person day, they get the recording of the online class for the same session. In-person families can switch to online at any point, for example if you travel over Christmas: just tell us on WhatsApp.

You get a full refund if you ask any time before the first session, or within 48 hours after the first session ends. After that, we can't refund, but you can transfer the seat to a sibling or a friend in the same track. If we cancel a class or format, you choose a full refund or a move to online at no extra cost. Refunds are in full, payment fees included, and go back to the account you paid from within 7 working days. To ask for a refund, message us on WhatsApp with your payment reference.

No, nothing else to buy. AI use in class is covered by the bootcamp, and the ₦5,000 Starter credit is added on Demo Day for building at home. Children build with the AfricanOps AI workspace in the browser; Seniors also try Claude Code, the professional tool used in the school course. Apps are published to the web with here.now, a free publishing service, and staff set up and manage the accounts for Juniors (10–13) in Session 1.

Juniors (10–13) sign up for nothing: staff create and manage their accounts. Seniors (14–18) create a few free accounts in class, with your consent on the form you fill after paying, using a parent's or their own email. If a service has a higher minimum age, your child uses a staff-managed account instead.

Yes. Every Demo Day app stays online after the bootcamp, published from our permanent account. Your child also keeps their AfricanOps credit to carry on building and updating their app.

Yes. It's the same sessions, tracks and Demo Day. Families abroad join at 5pm UK / 12pm US Eastern once 7 families abroad have joined, otherwise the 3pm UK / 10am ET class (Juniors 2 hours, Seniors 2.5 hours). We confirm the time with your timetable before 7 December. Demo Day is online, so grandparents in Nigeria can watch too.

You have two ways to pay. Pay the naira price (₦40,000 early bird, then ₦50,000) with the Pay buttons above, if your card or account can pay in naira. Or message us on WhatsApp for a secure Paystack link in TeachConnect's name for about £60 or $75. Either way Paystack charges in naira, so the amount on your statement depends on your bank's exchange rate and fees. Refunds go back to the same card or account.

We don't promise that, and nobody honestly can. What your child will have is a real skill, a working app with a link they can show people, and the confidence to build the next one.