5 Tech Skills Every African Child Should Learn for a Decolonized Future

In a continent rich with culture, tradition, and resilience, Africa’s future lies not in abandoning its roots, but in fusing them with transformative tools of the modern age. At the heart of this mission is the RJB World Foundation, a rising light among the spiritual development foundations in Nigeria, dedicated to building a future where ancestral knowledge and digital empowerment work hand-in-hand.

As part of the Lightworkers movement foundation, RJB World Foundation believes that to decolonize Africa’s mind and rebuild its systems from the ground up, we must equip our children, especially the vulnerable and underserved, with practical tech skills. These skills are not just pathways to employment or innovation, but vital tools for cultural reclamation, spiritual growth, and systemic liberation

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In this article, we highlight five essential tech skills every African child should learn for a decolonized future, a future where Africa speaks her own language in code, reclaims her narratives, and leads the world with integrity, spirit, and innovation.

1. Coding and Programming: Writing Our Own Scripts in Yoruba

Decolonizing the future begins with rewriting the codes, literally. In a world run by software, being a creator instead of a consumer is a revolutionary act.

RJB World Foundation’s Ancestral Codex School, powered by solar, wind, and hydro energy, teaches children how to code in languages like Python, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS, while embedding them in a context of cultural relevance. Children are taught that coding is not just a job skill, it’s a storytelling tool.

Programming is the modern-day ink; it's how apps are built, websites are launched, and digital solutions are crafted. Teaching African children how to code gives them the power to design tools tailored to African challenges, tools that preserve indigenous languages, solve community problems, and assert cultural identity in the global tech space.

"When a child learns to code in Yoruba or Swahili, they’re not just learning tech, they're reclaiming their cognitive sovereignty."

By fostering this skill, empowerment foundations in Nigeria like RJB are shaping children into architects of a future where Africa doesn’t depend on Western software to express herself.

2. Digital Storytelling and Media Creation: Owning Our Narratives

Colonialism didn’t just take resources, it erased stories, misrepresented cultures, and installed foreign symbols. To decolonize, we must reclaim the narrative.

Teaching children how to tell their stories through blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and digital art allows them to challenge stereotypes, preserve heritage, and express spiritual insights. Whether it’s creating animations about Yoruba myths, podcasting in Igbo, or documenting oral histories with their grandparents, digital storytelling is a powerful act of resistance.

RJB World Foundation integrates storytelling into its learning model, showing that every child is a documentarian of their people. Through affordable devices and creative tools, they teach kids how to be producers of content, not just consumers.

This resonates deeply with the ethos of a lightworkers movement foundation, empowering children to shine light through truth, creativity, and voice.

3. Multilingual Tech and Translation Tools: Bridging Cultures, Reclaiming Language

Language is one of the most powerful weapons of colonization. Therefore, one of the most powerful tools for decolonization is language preservation and proliferation.

RJB’s mission includes translating global languages (like Chinese, German, and English) into Yoruba, and ultimately into other indigenous tongues. This is not just academic work, it is spiritual work. When we teach STEM in Yoruba, we affirm that intelligence isn’t English-bound.

Children are taught how to build and use translation algorithms, train Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, and develop applications that serve African languages. This skill helps not only with localization and accessibility but also with cultural preservation.

Such integration of ancestral language into modern tech systems supports Africa’s autonomy and ensures no child feels less intelligent because they think in their mother tongue.

"Every time we code in Yoruba, we send a signal to the universe that our ancestors are speaking again."

4. Renewable Energy Systems and Green Technology

Africa is blessed with natural energy sources, yet millions still live in energy poverty. As RJB World Foundation shows by powering its learning centers through solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy, the future is green, and every African child should understand it.

Teaching renewable energy to children offers both scientific and spiritual benefits. On one hand, they learn how to design and build solar panels, wind turbines, and micro-hydro systems. On the other, they are reconnected with nature and the sacred rhythms of the earth.

In a continent battling climate change, this knowledge is urgent. Children not only solve local energy issues but also become guardians of the earth, an ancestral principle deeply embedded in African spirituality.

It’s no surprise that initiatives like this define the values of a spiritual development foundation in Nigeria, where technology becomes a way to reconnect with the divine, not just consume the modern.

5. AI and Ethical Tech Development: Building with Spirit and Integrity

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping everything, from education and healthcare to finance and media. But in many ways, AI carries the same colonial biases as its creators. This makes African participation in ethical AI development not just necessary, but urgent.

At RJB World Foundation, children are introduced early to the concepts of machine learning, ethics in AI, and algorithmic justice. They learn to question how AI is trained, who it serves, and how it can be made to uplift African realities.

What’s more inspiring is that RJB grounds this teaching in spiritual ethics, asking children not just what they can build, but what they should. By embedding ancestral values into technology, they train developers who not only innovate but heal.

"AI guided by Ifá wisdom isn’t science fiction, it’s the future of sacred technology."

This embodies the mission of a true empowerment foundation in Nigeria, to raise not just capable minds, but conscious ones.

Why This Matters Now

Africa stands at a crossroads. The digital age offers opportunity, but also the risk of deeper dependency and cultural erasure. To walk the path of liberation, we need more than devices, we need direction.

By teaching these five core tech skills, RJB World Foundation ensures that African children do not just join the digital revolution, they lead it.

Whether it's by coding apps in Yoruba, preserving oral traditions through video, creating AI that respects ancestral wisdom, or powering communities with clean energy, these children are not just learning, they’re unlearning colonial scripts and rewriting their destiny.

RJB is more than an NGO. It is a lightworkers movement foundation, shining through the cracks of broken systems to build a future where African spirituality and technology walk hand in hand.

Call to Action

Are you passionate about empowering African children?

Do you believe in decolonizing education, preserving culture, and integrating spirit with science?

Join us. Partner with the RJB World Foundation. Support the next generation of tech-conscious, spiritually grounded leaders.

This is how we build from the ground up. This is how we remember who we are while building who we can become.

For collaboration, sponsorship, or volunteering:

📧 connect@rjbworld.org

🌍 www.rjbworld.org

📞 +234 805 952 2376

Together, we rise. Together, we reclaim. Together, we build.