Demi | Tech PR & Media Strategist

In January, I taught my first paid AI course. The teaching was the easy part. Everything around it was the hard part. My classes were on Zoom. My community was on WhatsApp. Payments came into my bank account and I confirmed each one manually. Student records lived in Google Sheets. Class notes sat in Google Drive, and I had to keep managing who could access what. Five tools. Nothing connected. And every week, I was the glue holding it all together. It was tiring, and it made everything slow. The obvious solution was Skool, the platform many creators use for courses and communities. But for a Nigerian creator, it isn't that simple. There are location restrictions, so you need a VPN. To create a community, you need a dollar card. Most of my students had never used a VPN in their lives. That's when I realised this wasn't just my problem. Every Nigerian who wants to teach, build a community and share what they know hits the same walls. So I decided to build the solution myself. In July, I started building Flag Skool. I started alone, then Teniola (our CTO at FlagIQ) and David (our Lead Developer) joined me to fast-track the build. This app is still very much a work in progress and we ask that you support by using and contributing in every way possible from spotting bugs to other recommendations Today, Flag Skool is live. 🚩 → Anyone can create their own community, for free → You can join any community, free or paid → Payments are built in, no dollar card or VPN needed → Lessons work with YouTube, so creators grow their channel and their community at the same time The first community I'm bringing in is my own. FlagHub, my AI community, now lives on Flag Skool. The classes from our January course are free for the next month, and the community itself stays free. I'm not asking anyone to pay for anything. I'm asking you to test it and help improve our product Sign up, join FlagHub, watch the Fundamentals of AI class, comment, and connect with others learning AI. Then tell me what's broken, what's confusing, and what's missing. Every bit of feedback shapes what Flag Skool becomes. 👉 flagskool.com/flag-skool Built in Nigeria, for everyone with a dream to teach and learn.