Fii Stephen Michael

When you’re spending real money, you learn very quickly that tools don’t save you. Thinking saves you. Strategy saves you. Understanding your audience saves you. ⁣ ⁣The tools just help you execute faster. ⁣AI works the same way. ⁣The people getting the best results from AI are not the ones with the most subscriptions or the longest prompts. ⁣ ⁣They’re the ones who know what problem they’re solving before they touch the tool. ⁣They use AI to test ideas faster, research audiences deeper, create options quicker, and analyse what’s working without spending hours in spreadsheets. ⁣ ⁣It is the thinking that determines the output. ⁣This is why I teach AI the way I do. I don’t start with the tool. I start with the business problem. ⁣ ⁣What are you trying to achieve? Who are you trying to reach? What does success look like? ⁣ ⁣Then we bring AI in to make things faster and better. ⁣AI without strategy is just busy work that feels productive. ⁣ ⁣AI with strategy is how you compete with companies ten times your size. ⁣I learned this from managing real campaigns with real budgets. And I teach it now because I’ve seen what happens when people get the order right. ⁣Thinking first, then tool after. ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

I just finished my first full-day virtual AI workshop with Queue Edge Limited. ⁣ ⁣Queue Edge Limited is a telecom infrastructure company and a partner to MTN, Ericsson, ⁣Huawei, IHS, Nokia, and others. ⁣6 hours. All carefully selected staff members. Project managers, team leads, HR, finance running the books, ops keeping installations on schedule. ⁣I'm sitting here with the tab still open, and I want to tell you what happened. ⁣Corporate trainings are highly customized and personalized to the exact results the organization wants, so we had a discovery call two months ago with the MD to understand and establish requirements. ⁣We didn't start with AI tools. We started with the work. The KYC sheet that takes three hours to clean. The per-project P&L the MD is still waiting on. The WhatsApp threads from the field nobody has time to summarise. ⁣Then we built systems for each one. ⁣The feedback has been glowing and I look forward to supporting them more closely over the next 30 days. ⁣The bottleneck is never the AI. It's how clearly the person in front of it can describe what they want. ⁣Give a smart person a vague request, you get a vague answer. Give the same person a clear Role, the right Context, the specific Task, and the Output format you need, and you get something they can actually use at work. ⁣This is the work I'm building AI Literacy Academy to do. ⁣High quality sessions that work with real teams. Real data. Real outputs before the day ends. ⁣To Queue Edge: thank you for trusting me with your team. ⁣Let’s get back to work! ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

I have been invited by the youth arm of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, launched by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, SDSN Youth Nigeria, to facilitate today's Masterclass session for the SDGs Advocate Programme, Cohort 8. ⁣This is a very important conversation. ⁣As more Nigerian businesses, schools, and young people rush into AI, are we building with the right values? Are we thinking about ethics? About inclusion? About whether the tools we are adopting actually serve the problems we face on this continent? ⁣ ⁣For the past several months, I've been deep in the study of ethical AI through the Centre for AI and Digital Policy, a research group that advises the United Nations, the European Union, the OECD, and UNESCO on AI policy. ⁣ ⁣I spent months working through the frameworks shaping how the world is thinking about AI responsibility. The EU AI Act. The OECD AI Principles. The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. The Universal Guidelines for AI. ⁣ ⁣I completed the clinic with distinction earlier this month. ⁣At the same time, I've been building AI Literacy Academy, a platform that has now trained professionals from 13+ African countries on how to use AI to grow their work and businesses. ⁣These are two parts moving together - Policy and practice. Principle and execution. ⁣Today, those two threads meet. ⁣The SDGs Advocate Programme trains young Nigerians to champion the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals across all 36 states and the FCT. These are the people who will carry these ideas into their communities, their schools, their workplaces. If they understand AI well, not just how to use it, but how to use it responsibly, then we have a fighting chance. ⁣In this session, I'll be showing them how AI is being applied to problems like education access, climate adaptation, public health, and agriculture across the continent. What the ethical guardrails look like in practice. And how young leaders can work with these tools without compromising the values that make sustainable development possible in the first place. ⁣If you care about AI and about sustainable development, this is for you. ⁣ ⁣Make AI work for you! ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

Today I graduated from the CAIDP AI Policy Clinic. With distinction. ⁣For the past 12 weeks, I've been studying AI policy with the Center for AI and Digital Policy. These are the people who advise the United Nations, the EU, and governments worldwide on how AI should be regulated. ⁣Let me tell you what this experience taught me. ⁣ ⁣I went in with an practitioner-level experience of AI. I teach it. I use it every day. I help businesses implement it. ⁣But there's a whole other side to AI that most of us never think about. ⁣ ⁣The rules. The frameworks. The policies being written right now that will shape how AI affects your job, your privacy, your rights. ⁣I studied the EU AI Act. The OECD AI Principles. UNESCO's recommendations on AI ethics. The Universal Guidelines for AI. ⁣ ⁣These documents are the foundation for how the world will govern artificial intelligence for the next decade. ⁣ ⁣And now I understand them. ⁣One of my favorite parts was the people. ⁣ ⁣Imagine being in a room with lawyers, researchers, policy experts, and technologists from over 40 countries. Every week. ⁣ ⁣Collaborating. Challenging each other's thinking. ⁣I worked with really brilliant minds, including people who are actively shaping AI policy in their countries. ⁣ ⁣That network is now part of my journey. ⁣This is definitely a leap for the work I do at the AI Literacy Academy, an edtech that teaches practical AI Skills for career professionals and business owners. ⁣This certificate is a personal achievement that represents my commitment to serving at the highest level. ⁣Thank you to Marc Rotenberg, Merve Hickok, Dr. Grace Thomson, and the entire CAIDP team. Thank you to my cohort members who pushed me to think deeper. ⁣And thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. ⁣We're just getting started. ⁣Now, let's get back to work. ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

My view on AI and your thinking. #fiistephen #AILiteracy

This picture is AI generated… but there’s a message I want to pass. ⁣I created it using a specialized image generator app I built, powered by @Google’s @NanoBanana 2 model. ⁣There was a time that no AI model could maintain facial consistency like this. ⁣AI generated images were funny to look at… some even having 5 fingers. ⁣Today, everyone that was talking down on AI have become silent. ⁣But this is not even the best it can be… it is just one step in the process. ⁣Better models will come. ⁣More possibilities will be unlocked. ⁣All you need to do is keep learning, keep using, keep building. ⁣Make AI work for you. ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

@OfficialLoganK @zahlekhan I’m really looking forward to this. One of my biggest hassles has been how to easily continue working when the “quota limits” error comes up. I’ve tried checking for how to increase the limits or pay for it but I can’t seem to find it. Is there a doc for this?

@zahlekhan support for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions

Our AI Studio vibe coding roadmap for the new few weeks: - Design mode - Figma integration - Google Workspace integration - Better GitHub support - Planning mode - Immersive UI - Agents - Multiple chats per app - Simplified deploys - G1 support And more, should be fun : )

I’m looking forward to this. I’d really love a more user friendly way to increase limits, even if it means making payments. The “quota limits exceeded” notification should come with a one or two clicks option of what to do to increase the limits I think. (Thinking from a marketing angle)

Tomorrow we will unveil the all new vibe coding experience in @GoogleAIStudio, the team has spent 4 months rebuilding it all from scratch and smoothing out rough edges to help everyone bring their ideas to life. This is a big step forward, but just the start : )

I am happy to announce that the AI Literacy Academy has been accepted for the Build track of the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Alumni Start-ups in Transition (FAST) Program. ⁣This track gives us access to $10,000 to $15,000 of funding to support our growth and scale. ⁣It also provides high level training on Business development, Financial Management, Growth Strategies, Sales, Customer Acquisition and Investment Readiness. ⁣I am grateful to God for his very evident help, his wisdom, and divine favour. ⁣My lean but effective team has been an important part of what we are building at the academy. ⁣We are only about a year in. We are just one step out of the cave. ⁣Back to work! ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy

In 2018, one of my major goals was to work with Facebook. ⁣I started learning everything there was to learn about their products. ⁣I remember I would go to the ads manager and set up different kinds of ads. ⁣I’ll set up awareness ads, traffic ads, purchase ads, engagement ads, everything. ⁣I discovered that you don’t need money to set up an ad. You only need money to run the ad. ⁣ ⁣So there was no kind of ad I didn’t set up… learning and practicing. ⁣I studied ad policies, learnt deeply about marketing technology, built funnels, created landing pages, everything I could do. ⁣Then I found out that Facebook had certifications… ⁣The only problem was, there was a fee for each certification. I think around $100 or so at the time. ⁣I planned for it and started paying for them one at a time. ⁣I paid for 4 certifications in one year… ⁣In 2019, I got an opportunity to be interviewed to become a Facebook trainer… ⁣I was one of the 5 people selected. ⁣Then there was a lockdown in 2020… ⁣By 2021 I was in another interview, this time, to work as a marketing expert with Facebook through one of their partner companies. ⁣That was the job that relocated me from Kaduna to Lagos. ⁣I was supporting advertisers in the EMEA region… seeing many different kinds of ad setups, teaching best practices, but also learning. ⁣In 2022 I became a digital marketing consultant for a pan African governmental organization. ⁣I had a budget of $15,000 to spend in less than 2 months. ⁣In 2023 I was leading marketing advertising for a Swedish company. ⁣In 2024 I was leading advertising for an US brand, with a budget of $54,000 to spend in a month. ⁣They had to call me to put off the ads because they kept running out of stock. ⁣Every stage prepared me for the next. ⁣Every learning prepared me for the next opportunity. ⁣My rate card is currently not average… but this is over 8 years of experience with actual results to show for it. So yes, it is quite costly to work with me. ⁣But this is still a phase… ⁣ ⁣There is so much more. ⁣It is my goal that through my life, many will see possibilities. ⁣Many will dream, and then stretch themselves to become what they have dreamt. ⁣When I say “Growth will cost you but not growing will cost you more”, it is not a quote. It is the story of my life. ⁣Growth will cost you, but not growing will cost you more. ⁣Choose growth! ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen

With AI, video production can now happen in one room with laptops and an internet connection. This was part of my specialized AI training session with the team at Atreos. We used @FlowbyGoogle for an end to end video creation process. . #fiistephen #AILiteracy

@OfficialLoganK @GoogleAIStudio Thank you. Looking forward!

@fiistephen @GoogleAIStudio will be fixed today or tomorrow, rolling out some changes asap!

I’ve had this blocker when trying to publish on @GoogleAIStudio for over a week now. Not quite sure how to navigate it. @OfficialLoganK

For the last 8 weeks, I’ve been doing something both exciting and challenging. I’ve been researching AI policy across nations as a research group member of the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) AI Policy Clinic. ⁣ ⁣Let me explain what that means. ⁣CAIDP runs one of the most comprehensive AI policy research efforts in the world. ⁣ ⁣Every year, they publish the CAIDP AI and Democratic Values Index. It is a report that tracks how countries are handling AI governance, regulation, and accountability. ⁣ ⁣This year, that index covers eighty countries and I’m part of the research group updating it. ⁣From week 7 to week 10, country teams of 3–5 researchers, led by Country Leads, are conducting deep research into AI policy developments between December 2025 and March 2026, scored across 12 metrics. ⁣That means reviewing government actions, regulatory shifts, institutional decisions, and how countries are actually responding to AI in practice. ⁣This passes through several layers of review by more experienced people to ensure the quality of the final output is properly vetted. ⁣The thing is I had zero policy experience before this. ⁣ ⁣None. ⁣My background is marketing, growth, AI education, and business. ⁣ ⁣Policy was a completely different world. Different language. Different frameworks. Different way of thinking about AI entirely. ⁣ ⁣And that’s exactly why I leaned in. ⁣If you’re going to call yourself an AI professional, you can’t only understand the tools. ⁣I’ve worked alongside brilliant people from multiple continents on this. Researchers, lawyers, policy experts, academics. ⁣And the support from the CAIDP team has been incredible - especially for someone like me who came in knowing this was unfamiliar territory. ⁣AI literacy isn’t just about prompts and productivity. It’s about understanding the full picture. ⁣ ⁣. ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy ⁣

I had a second AI training session with a specialized team at Atreos - the company behind Bokku Mart, Nigeria’s fastest-growing retail chain. ⁣The gap between companies that will thrive in the AI era and companies that will struggle is not about access to tools. Everyone has access to the same tools. It is not even about awareness. Almost everyone is “aware” of AI by now. ⁣The gap is about organizational learning speed. ⁣ ⁣How fast can your people absorb a new way of working? ⁣ ⁣How quickly can a team go from understanding a concept to applying it under pressure? ⁣ ⁣How soon does AI stop being “that new thing” and start becoming “how we do things here”? ⁣ ⁣That is a culture question. Not a technology question. ⁣Some companies treat AI training like a checkbox. One workshop. Done. Move on. ⁣The companies that will dominate their industries in the next five years are treating it like a discipline. ⁣ ⁣Something you practice. Something you return to. ⁣ ⁣Something you build into how your people grow. ⁣Atreos clearly understands this. ⁣ ⁣A company that scaled to over 124 stores in under three years did not get there by doing things the ordinary way. And they are not approaching AI the ordinary way either. ⁣The real question for every organization is not “have we done AI training?” ⁣ ⁣It is “are we still learning?” ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #ailiteracy

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This is of the things I shared during my AI session as a facilitator with the Business Structure Leadership & Management Academy-BUSLMA. AI has taken a lot of jobs. Displacement is real… but that is not the full story. .

Your plan to make money. . #fiistephen

Yesterday, I facilitated a specialized AI training for the staff at Atreos, the parent company behind bokku Mart. ⁣If you live in Lagos and some other parts of Nigeria, you already know bokku Mart. ⁣They went from zero to over 120 stores in 3 years. They disrupted an entire retail industry that other popular brands had dominated for years. They became Nigeria's largest grocery chain by store count. ⁣That kind of growth does not happen by accident. ⁣But here is what most people miss. ⁣The companies winning right now are not just scaling operations. They are scaling how their people think and work. And AI is at the center of that shift. ⁣That is exactly why I was brought in. ⁣Not to give a motivational talk about the future of AI. Not to show fancy demos. But to help their team understand how to actually use AI in their day to day work to move faster, make better decisions, and do more with less. ⁣When a company growing this fast invests in AI training for their team, it tells you something. It tells you they understand that the next competitive advantage is not just about location strategy or pricing. It is about how quickly your people can adapt to new tools and new ways of working. ⁣Most companies are still asking "should we look into AI?" ⁣Companies like Atreos are already asking "how do we make sure every team member knows how to use it professionally?" ⁣That is the gap. ⁣ ⁣And that gap is going to keep getting wider. ⁣I look forward to the amazing results that come from this. ⁣ ⁣. ⁣ ⁣#fiistephen #AILiteracy ⁣ ⁣

Highlights of my AI literacy and implementation training at @RainoilLimited Rainoil Limited, an indigenous integrated downstream oil and gas company in Nigeria. . #fiistephen #AILiteracy