Study area · Technology

AI Agents and Automation

Building software that takes a sequence of actions and checking it without watching over its shoulder: planning, tools, and the guardrails.

This programme sits inside Technology, one of the four study areas in the wider Programmes catalogue.

  • AGA
  • Diploma
  • Kendahouse, Nairobi
A robotic arm in a factory

What the training covers.

Every session runs as a workshop, not a lecture. You practise the routines of the job until they are second nature, with instructors who have done them for a living.

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  • 01 Task decomposition: breaking work an agent can actually do
  • 02 Tool use: defining, integrating, and restraining the actions available
  • 03 State, memory, and resuming work that failed halfway
  • 04 Guardrails: limits, validation, and what the system refuses to do
  • 05 Evaluation and monitoring: does it still do the job after two weeks
  • 06 Human-in-the-loop: escalation, review points, and who is accountable
  • 07 Building the automation nobody supervises, and knowing when it should not be

Programme facts

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Dates, fees, and instalment options are confirmed with admissions. Nothing is quoted until you ask, and applications close four weeks before each intake starts.

The work it prepares you for.

The training aims at front-line roles like these across the industry.

  • Automation engineer building internal tools
  • AI engineer integrating tools with a model
  • Platform engineer wiring workflows
  • Technical operations lead owning automation

Who it suits.

Developers who want to automate a workflow they already understand. Bring working Python; the agent part is taught, the programming is assumed.

Pair it with a language

Pairs with Generative AI Essentials for the prompting and evaluation judgment underneath the automation.

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Other technology routes.

Start your application

Full programmes go through the Student Applicant form. Short programmes and online-only study enrol in the LMS.

Questions by phone: +254 714 772 289

Questions about AI Agents and Automation? Call +254 714 772 289 or message admissions.