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Redefine Success, Become the Future.
About A.V.A
Apextra Virtual Academy (A.V.A) is a mission-driven EdTech platform for Tanzania’s and the world’s emerging workforce with practical/ job-ready and virtual skills, AI-driven personalized mentorship, and coaching, enabling them to compete in the global economy (in-person or digitally) and contribute to sustainable socio-economic growth.
Whether you’re entering the job market or preparing for international opportunities, A.V.A bridges the gap between education, skills, and employability through immersive, interactive programs and hands-on experience.
What We Offer: Programs beyond the classroom
Virtual Professional Foundations
Start your journey with the essentials: digital tools, remote professionalism, and client communications.
Coaching & Mentorship
Our 3-month coaching program gets you job-ready — from mock interviews to goal-setting and global job search.
Skill-Based Courses
Learn, to name a few, Digital Marketing, Data Analysis, AI & Gen AI, and Sales & Customer Service — all locally relevant and globally aligned.
Job Readiness Assessments
Discover your strengths and gaps. Our personalized tools recommend the best learning path for you.
Packages
Basics of Becoming a Virtual Professional
- About the Course:
- Virtual professionals with a diverse set of excellent skills are in high demand by clients. In most cases, clients won’t have the means to teach you the ropes, but they should give you a general idea of how they’d like things done. That is the purpose of this course.
- It allows you to hit the ground running when you get your first client or in your new role.
- Course Outcomes/ What’s in it for you?
- Providing you with training and content on the most often encountered, at times most basic, tasks/ requests in the virtual space
NextGen Digital Marketing Mastery
- About the Course:
- This Digital Marketing Mini-Course by Apextra Virtua Academy (A.V.A.) is designed for beginners in Tanzania and across developing regions who want to gain job-ready skills in just two weeks. Whether you’re a recent graduate, a job-seeker, or a small business owner aiming to grow online, this immersive course offers a practical and accessible pathway into the dynamic world of digital marketing.
The course blends real-world Tanzanian examples, global best practices, and hands-on assignments to ensure learners can confidently create and execute digital marketing strategies upon completion.
- This Digital Marketing Mini-Course by Apextra Virtua Academy (A.V.A.) is designed for beginners in Tanzania and across developing regions who want to gain job-ready skills in just two weeks. Whether you’re a recent graduate, a job-seeker, or a small business owner aiming to grow online, this immersive course offers a practical and accessible pathway into the dynamic world of digital marketing.
3 – Months of Personalized Coaching – Becoming a Virtual Professional
- About the Program:
- This program gets deeper into the nitty, gritty details of becoming a virtual professional with more scenario-based assessments, discussions, personalized, individual feedback, mock interviews, and more. If you excel in this program, you might also get an opportunity to be matched with an internship opportunity that will test all that you’ve learned. It’s all part of your journey and our role in ensuring we’re setting you up for success.
3 – Months of Access to AI-Driven Learning and Personalized Coaching
- About the Program:
- With an added perk of being AI-driven, this program not only gets deeper into the nitty gritty details of becoming a virtual professional but also, in specific specialized fields, be it AI, digital marketing, data analysis, and more.
- You can embark on your virtual journey following your own personalized learning path, fitting where you see yourself in the market and which areas of your skillset require improvement.
- If you excel in this program, you might also get an opportunity to be matched with an internship opportunity that will test all that you’ve learned.
- It’s all part of your journey, and it is our role to ensure we’re setting you up for success.
- Requirements to Excel in This Course
- Stable internet connection
- Laptop/ Desktop/ Tablet or mobile handset
- Willingness to learn, self-discipline.
A.V.A. English Proficiency Program for Learners
- About the Course:
- The program focuses on speaking skills via Zoom sessions with American English Instructors.
- It also includes listening, reading, and writing, online, using a self-study mode and asynchronous support in cohort group setups on Sohaara platform.
- The program offers the fundamentals of English as a foundational requirement.
- Programs’ Audience:
- Our learners are high school students, undergrads, and grad students.
- Hours per Week:
- Depending on your preference, we propose 1-3 hours per week, or more, of self-study online, in addition to 2 hours of Zoom sessions per month.
- Profile of English Course Creators and Instructors: The experience of our course creators and instructors ranges between 10 and 25 years of teaching English to professionals, in tens of countries. They also have this passion to pass their expertise of language while connecting
AI & Generative AI Course Suite
- About the Course:
- This beginner-friendly AI & Generative AI Mini-Course by A.V.A equips Tanzanian and Global South learners with the skills to understand and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in real-world business and creative contexts — even with zero technical background.
- In just two weeks, learners will explore how AI is shaping work and innovation, learn how to use tools like ChatGPT, DALL·E, and Microsoft Copilot, and gain confidence navigating the future of work.
- Core Topics Covered
- Intro to AI & Gen AI: What AI is, how it’s trained, and why it matters now.
- AI Tools in Everyday Work: Productivity, research, and task automation.
- Using Generative AI Creatively: Text generation, image creation, video tools, and ethical use.
- Requirements to Excel in This Course
- Basic computer literacy and internet access
- Curiosity and willingness to test tools and explore use cases
Intro to Data Science Mini-Course
- About the Course:
- This course introduces non-technical learners to Data Science, one of the world’s most in-demand career paths. Designed for learners in Tanzania and the Global South, this course explains what data science is, where it’s used, and how learners can start small, using real-world tools and simplified models to understand and solve problems using data.
- Course Outcomes/ What’s in it for you?
- Understand how data science works from question to insight
- Interpret basic datasets and clean, organize, or visualize them
- Identify data-driven career opportunities
- Start a simple project using free tools (Google Sheets, Colab)
- Requirement to excel in this course
- Analytical mindset
- Internet and basic spreadsheet skills
- Openness to learn simple Python or logic
- 1–1.5 hours/day for 2 weeks
A.V.A. English Proficiency Program For Professionals
- About the Course:
- The program focuses on speaking skills via Zoom sessions with American English Instructors.
- It also includes listening, reading, and writing, online, using a self-study mode.
- The program offers the fundamentals of English as a foundational requirement.
- Additionally, it offers English for Office to most majors, Medical English for Medical students and
- Doctors, IT English for engineering students and technical professionals, English for Hotel professionals, and English for Accountants.
- Programs’ Audience:
- Our learners are in executive roles, seasoned professionals, and those in continuing education, as well as Learning & Development within companies.
- Hours per Week:
- Depending on your preference, we propose 1-3 hours per week, or more, of self-study online, in addition to 2 hours of Zoom sessions per month.
For Seasoned Professional or Company – Specialized Program
- About the Offer (to be customized based on your requirements):
- Depending on a professional’s needs to transition or upgrade their career, this specialized offer from A.V.A. can include a number of items, including what’s in the other packages. For example, it can include how to transition to being a virtual professional, personal branding, a LinkedIn audit, advice on redrafting your resume, project management, presentation skills, and so much more.
- Requirements to Excel in this Program and as a Virtual Professional:
- At least 3 years of work experience
- Basic – Expert level of understanding, speaking, and reading of English as a Second language
- Stable internet connection
- Laptop/ Desktop/ Tablet or mobile handset
- Willingness to learn, self-discipline.
- Get in touch with us for a quote
Why us?
Your Success is Our Curriculum
Personalized Learning
No two learners are the same. Our courses adapt to your goals, learning style, and career path.
Global Relevance, Local Roots
We don’t just train for today’s jobs — we train for tomorrow’s world. And we start in Tanzania.
AI-Powered Coaching & Talent Insights
Get customized advice and course recommendations based on your self-assessment. Plus, it will become part of our growing talent database for employers.
What our learners say
Marko
It’s a very amazing course since I thrive on my experiences on how to thrive on social media and how to brand marketing. Also, add value on things to consider when designing posters.
Doreen
I loved how easy it was to navigate the course. The content was digestible and clear enough for anyone with no experience to understand. I look forward to furthering my job-ready and virtual skills.
Evelyn
This course is great. The instructor is knowledgeable and offers valuable insights and advice to help me advance in my career and profession. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in starting or growing their virtual assistance career.
Cedric
The course is absolutely fantastic because it provides you, as a learner, with great opportunities to learn different extracurricular skills that are applicable in the real world.
Danny
The course is a future light bulb for many of the youth who are willing to give all it takes to own their life and build their own life rules as they go. It’s a game-changer for virtual world enthusiasts.
Who It’s For
- University/ College students
- Young professionals seeking global opportunities
- Anyone wanting a digital career edge (e.g. Executives, Leaders)
