Bronze Partner and keynote
BLAST Conference 2.0: Beyond the Classroom
A full day for primary and secondary school students in Akure about the world beyond school: technology, solving real problems and the careers waiting for them. We sponsored it and our founder gave the keynote live from Tokyo.
- Date
- 27 May 2026
- Where
- TI Francis Auditorium, FUTA, Akure
- Audience
- Primary and secondary school students
- Our role
- Bronze Partner, keynote speaker
- Organiser
- Blass College and Blass Educational Foundation
Why we do this
6 in 10
Africans are under 25.
Source: UNFPA; UN World Population Prospects 2024
Africa is young. The skills gap is real.
Every year millions of young Africans finish school and look for work that asks more and more for digital skills: working with data, building software, using AI well. Schools cannot close that gap alone. If young people learn these skills early, the size of this generation becomes the continent's advantage.
Why a young company is already giving back
Jemirae is still an early stage company. We don't have a foundation or a big budget. What we do have is knowledge of digital work and part of what we earn, so we put both into classrooms. We sponsor events that teach young people digital skills, we speak and mentor, and our team turns up on the day.
What we did
- 01Sponsored the conference as Bronze Partner, paid for from our own profits.
- 02Our founder gave the keynote live from Tokyo, “The World Outside the Classroom: Problems Waiting for You to Solve”, then took questions from the students.
- 03Gave students free copies of his book, The Sovereign Blueprint, as a guide they can keep.
- 04Our team helped run the event on site in Akure.
- 05The organisers gave Jemirae a Certificate of Recognition.
What we bring to a training programme
These events are how we work with young people today. The same team can help deliver a larger skills programme, alongside schools, universities and the organisations that fund them.
Teaching tied to real work
Digital skills, AI and product thinking, taught through real problems and the careers behind them.
Speakers and mentors
People who build technology for a living, in Nigeria and in Japan, in person or online.
Funding from our own revenue
We sponsor events from what we earn, not from a grant, so support does not stop when a budget does.
A team on the ground
Our people turn up on the day in Nigeria and help run it, and we document each event for partners.
Proof
From the day
Running a youth skills programme?
We train, mentor and sponsor young people in digital skills, in person in Nigeria and online. If you are building a programme, we would like to help deliver it.
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