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Your pathway into
AI Safety
starts here.

APEx is a free, structured 3–4 week virtual programme for Nigerian tertiary students. Explore the AI safety field, find where your skills fit, and build a concrete pathway into high-impact work — no technical background required.

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3–4
Weeks
Free
No cost, ever
100%
Virtual
All
Disciplines
⬡ LAW CS POLICY ECON SOCIAL ⬡ AI Alignment ★ Governance
What is APEx?

Built for you.
Built for now.

APEx — the AI Safety Pathways Exploration Programme — is a free, structured 3–4 week virtual programme run by AI Safety Hub Nigeria. It guides tertiary students through the AI safety field, helps them find where they fit best, and gives them a clear, actionable next step.

What is AI Safety?
AI safety is the field of research, policy, and governance dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence systems are built and deployed in ways that are safe, beneficial, and aligned with human values. In Nigeria and across Africa, AI is already shaping financial inclusion platforms, healthcare delivery, elections, and content moderation — often without local oversight. The norms being set today will govern this technology for decades. APEx exists to ensure Nigerian students help shape those norms.
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Explore the full landscape
Technical alignment, interpretability, governance, policy, field-building, communications. You will understand what each area involves and what skills it draws on.
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Find your best fit
AI safety needs people with backgrounds in law, economics, social science, and policy — not just computer science. APEx helps you see exactly where your skills apply.
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Build your Pathway Plan
Every participant leaves with a written Personal Pathway Plan: a specific, honest account of their direction and their next three concrete steps.
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Connect to the global field
Fellowship referrals, mentorship matching, and direct connections to organisations like BlueDot, Apart Research, MATS, and GovAI for high-performing graduates.
What you gain

Six things you walk away with

APEx is not a course. It is a structured exploration that ends with clarity, community, and a plan.

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A clear picture of the field
No more vague impressions. You will understand what AI safety and governance actually involves, what the major debates are, and why the work is urgent in a Nigerian context.
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Clarity on your best fit
You will know which area of AI safety aligns with your skills, background, and long-term goals — whether technical alignment, governance, policy, research, or communications.
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Your Personal Pathway Plan
A written, specific, actionable plan for your next steps: what to study, where to apply, and what skills to build — tailored entirely to you.
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Access to the ecosystem
Curated resources, fellowship pathways, and mentorship matching with experienced practitioners for the strongest participants.
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A real community
A cohort of Nigerian students serious about this work. The most important professional networks in this field started exactly this way.
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Honest self-knowledge
APEx will also tell you honestly if AI safety is not your highest-impact path, and point you toward adjacent high-impact work that is a better fit.
Programme Structure

Four weeks. One clear direction.

4–5 hours per week, fully virtual, structured for students with full timetables.

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Week One
What Is AI Safety Really?
The full landscape of AI safety: technical alignment, interpretability, governance, policy, and field-building. What the risks are, why they matter, and what is at stake for Nigeria specifically. Local governance gaps, representation challenges in the global field, and why your context gives you a distinct — and necessary — perspective.
📝 Output: First reflection on where you might fit
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Week Two
The Pathways
A deep look at each major pathway: technical alignment, AI governance, policy, research, field-building, and communications. What the work involves day-to-day, what skills it requires, and what high-impact organisations and roles exist within each pathway that are accessible to Nigerian students.
📝 Output: Personal fit reflection — what excites you and why
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Week Three
From Exploration to Action
How to evaluate specific opportunities: fellowships, research programmes, graduate study, and roles at impactful organisations. Honest assessment of your readiness and skill gaps. What meaningful contribution looks like at different stages of a career.
📝 Output: Completed Personal Pathway Plan (PPP)
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Week Four · Optional
Presentation and Mentorship
Present your Personal Pathway Plan to the group and receive structured feedback. Guest sessions with practitioners in AI safety and governance. High-performing participants are considered for mentorship matching and referrals to fellowships and organisations.
🌟 Output: Mentorship connections and fellowship referrals
Who Is This For

Tertiary students across Nigeria. All disciplines.

APEx is designed for you if you are curious about AI safety but do not yet know where you fit — or even if you fit at all.

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Undergraduates
Students at any stage of their undergraduate degree across any discipline who want to explore AI safety before committing to a direction.
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Postgraduate Students
Masters and PhD students who want to understand how their research skills and expertise translate into high-impact AI safety work.
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Final-Year Students
Students approaching graduation who need clarity on what high-impact next steps look like: fellowships, graduate programmes, or roles at impactful organisations.
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Cross-Disciplinary Thinkers
Students in law, policy, economics, social science, or humanities who sense that AI safety is relevant to their work but do not know where to begin.
You do not need any of these to apply
✗ A CS or ML background ✗ Prior AI safety knowledge ✗ Research experience ✗ Technical skills ✗ A specific career plan

What you do need: genuine curiosity about AI and its implications, willingness to engage seriously with complex material, and 4–5 hours per week. That is all.

Help us understand the barriers Nigerian students face

We are running a short 6–8 minute anonymous survey to build the evidence base for APEx. Your responses directly shape how the programme is designed. If you are a Nigerian tertiary student, please take 8 minutes.

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Expression of Interest

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The pilot cohort opens Q2/Q3 2026. Register your interest now and we will reach out first when applications open.

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