Hey everyone! 👋

We’re excited for our next AI Discussion Meetup coming up tomorrow, on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

Got a topic you’d love us to dive into? We’re all ears!

This is your space to share, connect, and spark great conversations with fellow participants.

Drop your topic ideas in the comments 👇

AI, Privacy & the New Wave of Digital Threats: Join This Week’s AI Meetup!

This week, we’re exploring a topic that’s been on a lot of people’s minds lately:

“How is AI, especially deepfakes and voice cloning: being used for hacking, pranks, and privacy violations, and how can we protect ourselves?”

We’re keeping the conversation open and easy for everyone, no matter your experience with AI. Just bring your curiosity and join in.

🗓 Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM EAT
📍 Location: 22, Comet Building (next to Axum Hotel), Office No. 205, Addis Ababa

Come be part of the conversation, and feel free to bring a friend!

This Week’s AI Meetup: Deepfakes, Digital Trust & Even Gemini (AI Model) Joined the Conversation 😊

At this week’s 10 Academy AI Meetup in Addis Ababa, we explored how deepfakes and voice cloning are reshaping digital trust, from scams and hacking to the growing challenge of knowing what’s real online.

We touched on the race between harmful AI and detection tools, the limits of regulation, the risks for communities with lower digital literacy, and the creative possibilities these technologies unlock. And yes, even Gemini had something to say when we asked it about the topic in Amharic.

👉 Want to explore the full reflection?
Read the complete recap on our blog: https://10academy.org/blog/deepfakes-voice-cloning-and-the-new-era-of-digital-deception-how-do-we-protect-ourselves

Join Us for This Week’s AI Meetup, Guided by Gemini (AI Model), Live & With Sound

This week’s meetup is a little different, and a lot more fun. 🙌

We’ll be having a live conversation guided by Gemini, an AI model that will listen, respond, and help shape the discussion in real time.

Together, we’ll explore how to explain AI to people who are new to digital tools, and how they can actually use AI in practical, everyday ways.

📅 December 24, 2025
⏰ 6:00 PM EAT
📍 22, Comet Building (next to Axum Hotel), 2nd Floor, Office No. 205, Addis Ababa

AI Could Add Up to $1 Trillion to Africa’s Economy, But There’s a Catch

• AI has the potential to contribute up to $1T to Africa’s GDP with the right infrastructure and policy support
• 80%+ of African organizations say AI skills are their biggest constraint
• Africa still receives less than 1% of global AI investment, limiting scale and local innovation
• The real advantage will go to countries building local AI talent, data systems, and ecosystems
The data is clear: AI can transform Africa, but only if skills and infrastructure scale now.

👉 Read more on LinkedIn to understand what’s holding Africa back, and what needs to happen next.

✨ Happy New Year from 10 Academy! ✨

As we wrap up 2025, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to our partners and learners. Your trust, collaboration, and commitment made this year possible.

In 2025, 4,500+ applied, 900+ were admitted, and nearly 400 graduated; with 100+ women and 50%+ women in Kifiya AI Mastery Training Cohort 8. Together, we scaled AI4E, delivered AI education, and grew Tenx into a national AI learning and career platform.

Here’s to 2026 and even greater impact!

Join the Top 1% of AI Engineers.

Do you have the potential, curiosity, and work ethic to join the top tier of global engineering talent?

Tenacious, in partnership with 10 Academy, is launching a direct training-to-employment pathway for Ethiopia’s brightest technologists.

This is a 3-month intensive recruitment program (Feb–Apr 2026), delivered by 10 Academy’s world-class team. You will:
👉 Master Agentic AI
👉 Build autonomous systems
👉 Deliver real-world international projects
👉 Join a rich community of elite peers

We are looking for talent, not just trainees. Every participant who successfully completes the program and meets our performance bar is guaranteed a full-time, paid position as an Agentic AI Engineer at Tenacious’ Addis delivery HQ.

Join the community with a 95% placement success rate. 

Are you ready? Apply here: http://apply.10academy.org

What if you could build AI systems for international companies, without leaving Addis?

10 Academy’s Intensive + Tenacious Recruitment Pathway is a selection-driven career launchpad for engineers ready to operate at a global level.

In just 3 months, top performers will:

- Work on real international AI projects
- Design and deploy agentic, autonomous systems
- Learn how modern AI teams actually build products
- Join a high-performance peer network, not a classroom

This program is competitive by design.
We don’t optimize for volume, we optimize for capability.

If you meet the bar and excel, you just don’t “graduate.” You’re hired by Tenacious into a full-time, paid AI engineering role, delivering global work from Addis Ababa.


📅 Applications close: Jan 30, 2026
🔗 Apply: http://apply.10academy.org

🌟 Job Opportunity: Technical Tutor at 10 Academy!

Are you passionate about teaching and shaping the next generation of African tech talent? 10 Academy, a community-owned not-for-profit, is preparing African learners for high-impact roles in the global digital economy. We are looking for a Technical Tutor to guide learners in AI, advanced software systems, and emerging technologies, helping them become job-ready professionals.

⦿ Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
⦿ Employment Type: Full-time, 4-month contract (Feb – May 2026)

Requirements & Qualifications:
✔ Expertise in software architecture and scalable systems
✔ Problem decomposition and structured thinking skills
✔ Human-in-the-loop AI workflow experience
✔ Knowledge of prompt engineering and AI validation
✔ Adaptable AI mindset with evolving tools and methods
✔ Strong communication skills in collaborative learning

Personal Attributes:
Passionate about teaching and AI, empathetic, organized, and committed to preparing learners for real job performance.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Full details and application instructions are available👇🏾👇🏾
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PS7yseToQZjNvmh-kYRq7yk1fmWTaLnt4k1VfKTVn3Y/edit?usp=sharing