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Sector № 01 · May – Jul 2026
AI in Health — 8 Fridays + Final Bootcamp, guided by industry professionals
GHS 50≈ $4 USD/ week

Each week covers your live Friday session + a full webinar from a renowned industry professional.

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The 8-week journey

One Friday at a time. Eight weeks to job-ready.

Every Friday, a working professional from the healthcare industry walks you through the real questions students are asking about AI careers — no theory lectures, just honest career orientation. Attend all 8 and unlock 20% off the final bootcamp.

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Week 101
Fri · 15 May 2026

Is AI Really Taking Healthcare Jobs?

with Hospital CIO · 15+ yrs in digital health
Friday webinar
  • Which clinical roles AI augments vs. replaces
  • New hybrid careers: clinician + data scientist
  • What employers in Ghana & Africa hire for right now
Online class
Foundations of AI in Healthcare
  • The healthcare AI landscape
  • Clinical data types
  • Ethics & patient privacy
You build: Map where AI is reshaping African health systems.
You leave with: A clear, honest map of where the jobs actually are.
Week 202
Fri · 22 May 2026

Do I Need to Be a Doctor to Work in Health AI?

with Health-tech Product Lead · ex-Big Pharma
Friday webinar
  • Entry paths for non-clinical graduates
  • Background vs. skills: what really matters
  • How to position yourself with zero hospital experience
Online class
Working with Patient Data
  • EHR & EMR basics
  • Cleaning clinical datasets
  • HIPAA & data governance
You build: Prepare a real patient dataset for modelling.
You leave with: Know exactly which door fits your current degree.
Week 303
Fri · 29 May 2026

Patient Data, Privacy & the Ethics Question

with Clinical Data Governance Lead
Friday webinar
  • HIPAA, GDPR & Ghana's Data Protection Act in practice
  • How real teams handle consent & de-identification
  • Ethics interview questions you WILL be asked
Online class
Disease Classification Models
  • Logistic regression
  • Decision trees
  • Confusion matrix in clinical settings
You build: Build a classifier that flags at-risk patients.
You leave with: Speak confidently about responsible health AI.
Week 404
Fri · 5 Jun 2026

Medical Imaging, Radiology & the AI Myth

with Radiologist working with AI tools daily
Friday webinar
  • What AI radiology tools actually do in 2027
  • Careers building/validating imaging models
  • Certifications that matter (and those that don't)
Online class
Medical Imaging with AI
  • Image preprocessing
  • CNN intuition
  • X-ray & scan classification
You build: Train a model to read chest X-rays.
You leave with: Understand the fastest-growing corner of health AI.
Week 505
Fri · 12 Jun 2026

Predictive Health: From Diabetes to Pandemics

with Epidemiologist & ML Engineer
Friday webinar
  • Risk scoring & early-warning systems in Africa
  • Public health AI roles (WHO, CDC Africa, NGOs)
  • How to build a portfolio project that gets noticed
Online class
Disease Prediction & Risk Scoring
  • Time-series patient data
  • Risk score modelling
  • Model evaluation
You build: Predict diabetes risk from real patient features.
You leave with: A portfolio idea you can start that same weekend.
Week 606
Fri · 19 Jun 2026

LLMs, Clinical Chatbots & the New Scribe Economy

with Founder of a clinical-LLM startup
Friday webinar
  • Where GPT-class models are really being used in clinics
  • AI scribe, triage & decision-support careers
  • Prompt engineering as a medical specialty
Online class
Natural Language for Clinical Notes
  • NLP for medical text
  • Symptom extraction
  • LLMs in healthcare
You build: Pull structured insight from doctor's notes.
You leave with: See the job titles that didn't exist 2 years ago.
Week 707
Fri · 26 Jun 2026

Getting Hired: Interviews, Portfolios & Salaries

with Health-tech Recruiter & Hiring Manager
Friday webinar
  • What a strong junior health-AI CV looks like
  • Typical interview loops & take-home tasks
  • Salary ranges in Ghana, remote Africa & abroad
Online class
Deploying Healthcare AI
  • From notebook to API
  • Privacy-safe deployment
  • Real-world MLOps
You build: Ship a working model behind an endpoint.
You leave with: An action plan to apply within 30 days.
Week 808
Fri · 3 Jul 2026

Your Next 12 Months in Health AI

with Panel · 3 industry leaders + alumni
Friday webinar
  • Live Q&A on the questions you've been saving
  • Mentorship, internships & graduate programmes
  • Bootcamp briefing: what to build next Saturday
Online class
Capstone Prep & Industry Panel
  • Project briefing
  • Q&A with health AI leaders
  • Bootcamp logistics
You build: Walk in with a capstone idea ready to build.
You leave with: Walk into the bootcamp with a real 12-month plan.
Final Saturday · 11 Jul 2026 · In-person or Online

Health AI Bootcamp — Hybrid

One full day with mentors. Join us in-person in Accra or live online from anywhere in Africa. Build a real, working AI application for a Ghanaian health use case and leave with a portfolio piece + industry certificate.

★ Attended all 8 Fridays? You pay GHS 440 (20% off).