Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries (UCT, free online course)
University of Cape Town (on Coursera)
Open to any nationality
Free courseRemoteNo closing date published
Free courses open to people anywhere in Africa
Free training. Some is online and some is in person, and each card says which. Some ends with a certificate you can show an employer.
Every one opened at the organisation's own website and checked: real, open now, no rule that keeps Africans out, and free to apply for (a few show a fee on the card). How we check.
Showing 217 to 240 of 243 open to people anywhere in Africa. That is 243 on these pages and 968 more behind the “more from” lines, 1,211 in all. The pages show up to 2 from each organisation, so one large employer cannot fill them. Tap “more from” to see the rest of its listings. Counted as of 22:02 on 1 November, Lagos time. 69 short free lessons are on the Learn list: under two hours, with no certificate, so not counted here. Every listing, wherever it is open
The listings
Bioinformatics for Biologists: Linux, Bash Scripting and R (free online course)
Wellcome Connecting Science
Open to any nationality
Free courseRemote, FutureLearnCloses 21 Mar 2027
Bioinformatics for Biologists: Analysing and Interpreting Genomics Datasets (free MOOC)
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnline, FutureLearnCloses 4 Apr 2027
Youth and Peacebuilding (PTP.2026.22), free online course (UNITAR)
UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Training toolkit on Labour Migration in Africa (free, self-paced)
ITCILO (ILO International Training Centre)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnline, ITCILO eCampusNo closing date published
Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE), free self-guided ITCILO course
International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Tools for Quality Apprenticeships in Enterprises, free self-guided online course (ITCILO)
International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Free courseKenyaNo closing date published
Reshaping our Economies: free self-paced green economy e-course (UNITAR, UN CC:Learn, PAGE)
UNITAR, with the Partnership for Action on Green Economy
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Introduction to Sports for Climate Action, free self-paced online course (UNITAR with UN Climate Change)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Inclusive Learning Design (free UNITAR online course with certificate)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Improving the Digital Competencies of Literacy Educators, free self-paced online course (UNESCO UIL)
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Graphic Design (Adobe certified), fully funded GOMYCODE training (Nomu Al Ghurair Gomycoders)
GOMYCODE Tunisia
For people living in TunisiaPosted in French
Free courseTunisiaCloses 8 Jan 2027
Generative AI, fully funded GOMYCODE training (Nomu Al Ghurair Gomycoders)
GOMYCODE Tunisia
For people living in TunisiaPosted in French
Free courseTunisiaCloses 8 Jan 2027
Foundations of SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation (self-paced e-learning)
UNITAR Global Water Academy
Open to any nationality
Free courseRemoteNo closing date published
Empower+, free AI and digital skills learning paths for young people in Africa (Microsoft and Education Plus)
Microsoft Elevate and Education Plus (UNAIDS-hosted initiative)
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Microsoft Learn: Develop AI apps and agents on Azure (AI-103T00-A), self-paced
Microsoft
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Elements of AI: Introduction to AI, free online course
MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnline, worldwideNo closing date published
AWS Data Visualization Demonstrated (AWS Skill Builder microcredential)
AWS Training and Certification
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnline, AWS Skill BuilderNo closing date published
AWS Data Streaming Demonstrated (AWS Skill Builder microcredential)
AWS Training and Certification
Open to any nationality
Free courseOnline, AWS Skill BuilderNo closing date published
5 Million Ethiopian Coders: free coding and data courses
Ethiopian Coders Initiative (Government of Ethiopia with the UAE)
For citizens of Ethiopia
Free courseOnline, EthiopiaNo closing date published
Free courseAfricaCloses 7 Feb 2027
Free courseRemoteNo closing date published
Free courseOnlineNo closing date published
Prefer one long page? Show all 243 on one page (a large download, about 100 KB on a phone).
To see only what fits you, answer simple questions. This list then becomes yours, sorted for you.