A personal story of how I got into AI training
Every journey has a starting point. My journey into AI training didn’t begin with a grand business plan. It started with a simple question from a colleague at my old job: “Can you show me how to use this AI thing?”.
I did. Soon, another colleague asked, and then another. I realized I was onto something. This wasn’t just a casual curiosity; it was a real need. So, I decided to test the waters. I started doing free workshops, webinars, and training sessions at the University of Nairobi to see if there was a bigger audience.
At the same time, a piece of my own life clicked into place. My undergraduate project was focused on the knowledge and ethical views of University of Nairobi students concerning Artificial Intelligence. I was already researching the exact problem I was now seeing in person.
The data from my project and the faces in my workshops started telling the same story. A very specific group of people had the biggest problem: the postgraduates.
I saw brilliant minds who had been stuck in their programs for years. I discovered that a huge number of them had no idea how to use AI to help with their overwhelming research load. And the few who were using AI were doing so without a clear understanding of the ethics, putting their hard work at risk. They were struggling.
That was my “aha!” moment.
I started looking deeper, researching the market and listening to what people were saying. I realized that the postgraduate journey is a structured, repeatable process. A Master’s or PhD program follows a similar path no matter who is doing it. This meant I could build a powerful, effective training system that could be recycled and refined for every new student I met.
That’s when I knew I could build a real solution. I stopped doing general workshops and started targeting postgraduates specifically.
And then, the market gave me its answer. People started calling. They weren’t just coming for the free sessions anymore. They were asking, “This is amazing. Can we pay you for your services?”
That was all the validation I needed.
FuKazee’s focus on postgraduates was born from that discovery. It wasn’t about finding a clever business model. It was about finding a group of people who were stuck and realizing I held a key that could help them get moving again. And I have been helping them ever since.
