AI & Digital Workforce
Preparing people for an AI-enabled world of work
Reskilling and career development for professionals and emerging talent as AI reshapes the workplace.
About Botlab
Building skills for the next era of technology
Botlab is a technology capacity-building organization focused on preparing people and communities for a rapidly changing digital future.
Our story
Our story began with a simple belief: access to technology matters, and the skills and knowledge to participate in it matter just as much.
Over the years, Botlab has delivered more than 60 training programs and 100 technology webinars, reaching over 5,000 participants across 10 countries. Our work has brought together technology companies, industry practitioners, educators and communities to build practical skills across networking, cybersecurity, data, digital tools and the wider technology ecosystem.
Today, we are building on that foundation for the next chapter of technology.
Our Focus
Building capacity for Africa’s digital future
We develop practical skills, career pathways and technical capacity in areas critical to Africa’s evolving digital economy.
AI Governance
Building capacity to shape how AI is governed
Training and convenings that strengthen African participation in AI policy, risk and accountability.
Cybersecurity
Strengthening Africa’s digital resilience
Skills, expert-led learning and career pathways that grow the talent behind a safer digital ecosystem.
Internet Infrastructure
Strengthening the foundations of Africa’s digital economy
Capacity development in network operations, connectivity and peering, built on Botlab’s networking roots.
Coming Next
Responsible AI and AI Safety
As AI capabilities advance, Botlab is developing future programming focused on Responsible AI and AI Safety. The goal is to build African capacity to understand emerging risks and participate meaningfully in shaping safer AI systems.
Looking ahead
As AI capabilities evolve, Botlab will continue expanding its work into Responsible AI and AI Safety, helping grow African capacity to understand, evaluate and contribute to the development of increasingly powerful AI systems.
Our focus remains what it has always been: turning technological change into opportunities for people to learn, participate and lead.
Leadership
Led by practitioners
Botlab is a women-owned and women-led organization. Our programs are shaped by people who work in the technologies they teach, from network operations and cybersecurity to data governance and AI.
That combination of instructional design and industry practice is what keeps our learning outcomes measurable and our content current.
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Mercy Njue
Founder and Chief Executive
An award-winning technology leader with more than 14 years of experience across Kenya and the United States, Mercy designs and curates technology programs that build measurable capacity in organizations and communities. She founded Women in Data Nairobi and serves on the board of KeNOG.
Top 40 Under 40
Business Daily Africa
2023
Women in Tech Award
International Telecommunication Union
2022
Cisco Edge Program
Inaugural cohort member
2023
SheTrades Ambassador
ITC and UKAID
Ongoing
5,000+ participants. 60+ training programs. 100+ technology sessions. 10+ countries.
One evolving mission: building the human capacity behind Africa’s digital future.