Regional AI Camps
After-term intensive camps hosted at partner universities, bringing hands-on AI training to students who would otherwise never access it.
Hammet Research Foundation
Every child deserves a futurethey helped build.
We fund and scale access to AI literacy for Nigerian secondary school students — with a deliberate focus on the learners the digital economy is most likely to overlook: girls, students in rural and low-resource schools, learners with disabilities, and children from displaced and underserved communities.
Our mission
The gap we're closing.
Nigeria has one of the youngest populations on earth, and one of the widest gaps in access to the skills that will define the next economy. Most secondary school students will graduate having never written a line of code, trained a model, or been taught how artificial intelligence actually works — not because they lack ability, but because the opportunity has never reached their classroom.
The Hammet Research Foundation exists to close that gap: funding AI literacy education for students in under-resourced schools, with a deliberate focus on the learners the digital economy is most likely to leave out — girls, students in rural and low-resource communities, learners with disabilities, and children displaced by conflict or hardship.
Our programs
How we work.
Four programs, one goal: put every Nigerian secondary school student within reach of the skills that will define the next economy.
Digital Passport Credentialing
A portable, verifiable record of every skill a student masters — recognition that travels with them beyond the classroom.
Inclusion in AI Initiative
Targeted funding and mentorship pathways for girls, learners with disabilities, and students in rural and displaced communities — getting them into AI and technology from secondary school, before the gap forms.
School & Ministry Partnerships
Working directly with schools and education ministries to embed AI literacy into the systems students already move through.
Impact
What we're building toward.
Concrete targets for our current build phase — updated as cohorts complete and programs scale across Nigeria.
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Partner schools
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Girls & underserved learners
Numbers reflect active program targets. The Foundation is in build phase — figures are refreshed each term as cohorts and partner schools come online.
Partners
Who we work with.
We partner with universities, secondary schools, ministries of education, and mission-aligned funders who share a belief that AI literacy shouldn't be a privilege reserved for the few.
Federal Ministry of Education
Nigerian Universities Commission
UNICEF Nigeria
UNESCO
Mastercard Foundation
African Union — Education
Co-Creation Hub
Tony Elumelu Foundation
MTN Foundation
National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools
Universal Basic Education Commission
British Council Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Education
Nigerian Universities Commission
UNICEF Nigeria
UNESCO
Mastercard Foundation
African Union — Education
Co-Creation Hub
Tony Elumelu Foundation
MTN Foundation
National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools
Universal Basic Education Commission
British Council Nigeria
Aligned and prospective partners across ministries, universities, and civil society.
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Who's behind this.
The Hammet Research Foundation is led by the founding team behind Hammet, an AI literacy platform already working directly with Nigerian secondary schools — combining classroom-tested product experience with a mission-first approach to funding access.
Prince Obinna
Executive Director
Leads the Foundation's mission, funding strategy, and long-term direction.
Angel Nwafor
Head of Operations & Programs
Runs day-to-day operations and delivery of programs across partner schools.
Oluebube Okafor
Head of Engineering & AI Systems
Builds and maintains the technical platform powering the Foundation's learning tools.
Ronald Ubanwa
Head of Brand & Learning Design
Shapes how the Foundation looks, sounds, and teaches — from identity to classroom experience.
Head of Partnerships
Open role — join us
We're recruiting a partnerships lead to grow relationships with ministries, funders, and universities.
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Work with us.
There are a few ways to be part of this.
For Funders & Grant Partners
Support programs that are already running and ready to scale.
Fund a programFor Schools
Bring AI literacy programming directly to your students.
Bring us to your schoolFor Institutional Partners
Universities, ministries, and NGOs working toward the same goals.
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Let's build this together.
Tell us who you are and what you'd like to explore. We reply to every serious inquiry.