AI is changing the foundations of how we learn and work, and it is no longer merely an experimental tool as workforce models and educational institutions adjust to the reality of digital revolution.
In Nigeria and beyond, technologists and product leaders are exploring how generative AI, educational technology (EdTech), and intelligent automation can deliver scalable career development, HR transformation, and workforce readiness.
One such leader is Ayodele Toluwani Fajinmi, a Nigerian HR Tech and EdTech advocate. Drawing from his experience designing and deploying enterprise HR systems at a major financial services company, Ayodele believes we are entering a new era of agentic learning where individuals shape their development with AI-enhanced precision.
“The next wave of learning is not about content delivery, it is about control,” Fajinmi explained in a recent thought leadership forum. We are seeing the evolution of platforms that empower people to build career assets such as CVs, interview narratives, personal brands and learning modules, which can now all be dynamically generated from data and refined with machine intelligence.”
From AI-generated job applications to systems that coach interview performance or assess candidate profiles in real time, EdTech is rapidly evolving into an ecosystem that merges skills acquisition, personal branding, and employability support, regardless of geography.
The nature of labour is changing as AI-powered platforms start to bridge the gap between education and income. Fajimi asserts that this change is philosophical in nature rather than merely technological.
“AI, when designed ethically, will be a tool of empowering learning and education through technology. It transforms passive learning into agentic self-advancement and turns people management chaos, such as job search, employee development and skill matching, into structured opportunity,” he added.
