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AI4TheDisplaced™ · A Wouessi Initiative

Displaced from home, not destiny.

AI4TheDisplaced is a Wouessi initiative equipping displaced people and vulnerable communities with practical AI, digital and entrepreneurial skills to learn, work, create and participate in the new economy.

Displacement may change where you live. It should not determine where you can go.

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Skills› Opportunity› Income› Resilience

First Living Lab: Benue State, Nigeria

The Problem

Displacement shouldn't mean digital exclusion.

Millions of displaced people face disrupted education, limited employment opportunities and restricted access to technology and the digital economy. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how people learn, work and earn.

Disrupted education

Displacement interrupts schooling and skills development at exactly the moment AI is transforming the economy.

Limited employment

Formal work is scarce in displaced settings, and pathways into the digital economy are rarely built for the people who need them most.

Restricted access

Devices, connectivity and digital tools remain out of reach, locking communities out of how people now learn, work and earn.

Without deliberate action, the people furthest from opportunity risk being left even further behind. AI4TheDisplaced connects displaced communities to practical digital capabilities and pathways into economic participation.

The Solution

Skills. Opportunity. Income. Resilience.

We do more than deliver training. We build pathways from learning to economic opportunity.

Skills

Practical AI, digital productivity, entrepreneurship, data, digital marketing, remote work and future-of-work capabilities.

Opportunity

Connections to employers, markets, technology ecosystems and digital work opportunities.

Income

Pathways into employment, freelancing, entrepreneurship and digital services.

Resilience

Stronger livelihoods, greater economic independence and the ability to adapt to a changing economy.

Our delivery model

1Select. 2Train. 3Certify. 4Place. 5Sustain.

Why Wouessi

Backed by a firm that already delivers.

AI4TheDisplaced is powered by Wouessi Inc., a Canadian digital services company delivering AI, software engineering, cloud and digital-skills training from Toronto and Arlington, Virginia.

Foundations

Established company

Federally incorporated in Canada in 2021, with teams in Toronto and Arlington, Virginia.

Full-stack AI practice

Strategy, build, data, operations, evaluation and governance for enterprise and public-sector AI.

Training

Training delivery

An active digital-skills training practice, the same capability AI4TheDisplaced brings to displaced communities.

Recognition

Recognized supplier

Certified by CAMSC in Canada and registered on SAM.gov (CAGE 1Z1Z9) in the United States.

The initiative is new. The capability behind it is not.

Benue Living Lab

Our first proof of concept.

Benue State, Nigeria Pre-launch · Proof of concept

The AI4TheDisplaced Innovation Living Lab in Benue State, Nigeria, will serve as the initiative's first proof of concept.

The Living Lab will test how AI and digital skills, community engagement, employment pathways and entrepreneurship can be combined to create measurable economic outcomes for displaced populations.

Everything the Lab produces is designed to be evidence: what works, for whom, at what cost, and with what outcomes.

What we will measure

People trained
Youth and women reached
Training completion and digital competencies
Employment and income opportunities created
Businesses and digital services launched
Employer and market partnerships
Community outcomes and participant feedback

The road ahead

Benue› Nigeria› Africa› Haiti

Benue is the beginning, not the destination. Evidence from the Living Lab will inform expansion across Nigeria, Africa and, ultimately, Haiti.

The Business Model

Impact that can scale.

AI4TheDisplaced is a commercially sustainable social-impact initiative. It is not designed as a traditional charity programme. The model combines measurable social impact with sustainable commercial and funding pathways.

01Government contracts

02Corporate partnerships & CSR

03Enterprise AI & digital-skills training

04Certification programmes

05Workforce development & employment partnerships

06Digital services & outsourcing

07SaaS & technology licensing

08AI consulting & research

09International grants & philanthropic funding

10Impact investment

Create impact.

Demonstrate value.

Build sustainable revenue.

Scale what works.

Partnership

Building the ecosystem together.

AI4TheDisplaced is designed as a multi-stakeholder ecosystem. Technology alone cannot solve digital exclusion, and humanitarian intervention alone cannot create sustained digital opportunity.

Public sector

Governments

Deploy AI and digital workforce programmes in displaced and underserved communities.

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Community

Humanitarian Organisations

Provide community expertise, mobilisation, safeguarding and implementation capacity.

Discuss implementation ›

Private sector

Companies

Create employment pathways, sponsorships, training and market opportunities.

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Technology

Technology Partners

Provide platforms, infrastructure, tools and technical expertise.

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Capital

Funders & Investors

Finance programmes that combine measurable impact with sustainable economics.

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Work

Employers

Open pathways for trained participants to access real work.

Open employment pathways ›

Our partnership model brings together technology, community trust, capital and market access to build pathways that last.