More than 50 young innovators between the ages of 6 and 17 gathered for the Robotics & AI Summer Bootcamp at the Oracle Office, Lagos, Nigeria, from July 20 – 31, 2026. Nigenius, which is a platform that provides schools with STEM tutors for specialized courses like coding and robotics, joined with Oracle Academy to deliver a groundbreaking two-week learning experience for young people eager to explore the world of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Led by Oracle Academy Program Manager Bekere Amassoma, Oracle staff’s involvement was central to making the bootcamp accessible and engaging for participants. The camp’s curriculum, meticulously crafted to balance technical skills and creativity, covered everything from Introduction to Robotics, Basic AI and Robot Parts, Building a Simple Moving Robot, Training a Simple AI Model, Sensors and Robot Response, Smart Movement Robot, LEGO EV3 Robot Building, Basic AI and Smart Robot Decisions, plus a Final Project Completion and Showcase on the Demo Day.
A highlight of the camp was the introduction of Alice, an innovative educational Java platform developed by Carnegie Mellon. Alice is a free, block-based, object-oriented platform for creating 3D animations, interactive stories, and games. Oracle Academy provides the Alice platform to students and educators, bridging computer science concepts to the Java programming language and fostering digital literacy.
Throughout the bootcamp, participants engaged in teamwork challenges, collaborative project building, and mentor check-ins, all guided by a team of industry experts and innovators.
The demo day provided an encouraging stage for every participant to showcase their AI-powered robots, gadgets, and more before an enthusiastic audience of parents and Oracle Volunteers.
Oracle Academy is proud to help shape Africa’s future innovators and problem-solvers, one summer at a time, by making STEM and AI literacy, creativity, technology development and innovation, and confidence accessible to every child.
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