An online bootcamp for complete beginners. Each week a new security case lands on your desk, and you investigate it with an instructor beside you.
Sample case
Week 3
Evidence on your desk
Escalated
Fictional company and data, made for training.
Short recorded lessons you can rewatch on your phone.
Practise with your instructor twice a week. Ask questions in writing or out loud.
Work through the evidence in your own practice lab.
Hand in your findings. You are marked on your evidence, not on how many videos you watched.
Choose a step to light it up inside the cube, or drag the cube to turn it.
Each weekly case follows these four steps.
Start with Security Foundations. The next two build on it.
Not sure where to start? Book a clarity call (opens in a new tab)
Start here. No tech background needed.
Build the core security skills every role starts with, with AI built in from day one.
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Build and run defensive security systems, including for AI-enabled applications.
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Test systems the professional way: scoped, permitted, and clearly reported.
See what's insideSecurity Foundations in the Era of AI, 8-week online bootcamp
Pay in full
₦100,000
Or 2 payments of ₦55,000₦110,000 in total. No other costs.
After you register, we email you the payment details.
Monday 4 January 2027
Week 0: set up your lab
Friday 8 January 2027
Applications close
Monday 11 January 2027
Week 1 starts
Tuesday 12 January 2027
First live class
Sunday 7 March 2027
Bootcamp ends
Live classes
Tuesday and Thursday evenings (WAT)
Evenings (WAT)
All recorded. About 7 to 8 hours a week.
Instructors based in Nigeria, Europe and the United States.
Security and AI Tech Engineer, Europe
At HackSchool Africa, Catherine is focused on helping beginners develop the technical foundations, security reasoning and evidence-based working habits needed to grow into cybersecurity roles.
Catherine Isaac is an instructor at HackSchool Africa, a practical cybersecurity education company built around learning through investigation, evidence and hands-on security work.
Her professional background spans operations, policy and documentation, risk and compliance, while her cybersecurity work has included networking, Linux, cloud security fundamentals and security-focused technical projects.
She also builds practical security projects, including an AI-assisted SOC investigation project that connects security telemetry, Python and an AI investigation workflow with human approval for simulated response actions.
Elizabeth Anwuli
Cloud Engineer, Nigeria
Jason Woodworth
Security Engineer, United States
Programme Support
Joshua Fidelis
Coordinator, Europe and Africa
Real work you can show an employer.
Awarded for assessed, practical work. Add it to your CV and LinkedIn.
Graduates can ask for a reference letter and a LinkedIn recommendation, get job alerts, and be introduced to people in our instructors’ networks.
No. Security Foundations in the Era of AI is designed for complete beginners. You should be comfortable using a computer and willing to learn new tools. Security Engineering and AI, and Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing in the Era of AI, build on existing foundations.
The Security Foundations bootcamp costs ₦100,000, or 2 payments of ₦55,000 (₦110,000 in total). After you register, we email you the payment details. With 2 payments, the first is paid when you register and the second before Week 5 (Monday 8 February).
Week 1 starts on Monday 11 January 2027, after Week 0 onboarding from Monday 4 January 2027. The first live class is on Tuesday 12 January 2027. The bootcamp ends on Sunday 7 March 2027. Applications close on Friday 8 January 2027.
Yes. Join the free taster class on Saturday 14 November, 10:00 WAT, on Google Meet. Email info@hackschoolafrica.com to get the link.
About 7 to 8 hours a week, including two live classes, the short lessons and your weekly case. Every class is recorded, so you can catch up if you miss one.
Learners who meet the completion standard receive a HackSchool Africa Certificate of Completion, awarded for practical, assessed security work. It is a private training certificate issued by HackSchool Africa Limited rather than a government-accredited qualification, and it pairs with the portfolio you build during the programme. To earn it, you hand in all 8 cases, at least 6 of them must meet the standard, and your final findings report must meet the standard too. If a piece of work does not meet the standard yet, you get feedback and can hand it in again before the final deadline.
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