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Campus 42 Lomé — Togo's Tuition-Free, Peer-to-Peer AI and Digital Skills Campus

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In April 2026 Togo launched Campus 42 Lomé, West Africa's first 42 Network campus, offering free, instructor-free peer-to-peer training in programming, data science and AI with no academic prerequisites, backed by the government, France and the Axian Group.

Campus 42 Lomé — Togo's Tuition-Free, Peer-to-Peer AI and Digital Skills Campus

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Togo Ministry of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, with the 42 Network and Axian Group
Period
Launched April 2026
Keywords
digital skills, coding education, artificial intelligence, workforce development

Context

In April 2026, the Togolese government, led by Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation Cina Lawson, launched Campus 42 Lome at the University of Lome -- the first campus of the international 42 Network to open in West Africa.

Activities

The campus uses the 42 Network's signature model: no teachers, no lectures, no tuition fees and no formal academic qualifications required for admission, with peer-to-peer, project-based learning in programming, data science and artificial intelligence. It is financially and technically supported by the Axian Group (through its Togo subsidiary), the 42 Network, France and the European Union, and the government says the campus will train "hundreds" of Togolese youth annually.

Conclusions

As a newly launched initiative, Campus 42 Lome has not yet published enrolment, completion or learning-outcome figures, so its results cannot yet be independently verified; the practice is recorded here at the pilot/launch stage.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Togo Ministry of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, 42 Network (curriculum and peer-learning model), Axian Group (financial/technical support via Togo subsidiary), France and the European Union (co-funders)

Conditions for success

  • Free tuition and no academic prerequisites lowering entry barriers
  • Multi-partner funding (government, Axian Group, France, EU)
  • Hosted at an established university (University of Lome)

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