Freetown – November 09, 2026 -- Agilix Labs has secured an AI and cloud technology grant from Amazon Web Services (AWS) through the AWS Education Equity Initiative to support Sierra Leone's Finder Program, which formally launches Nov. 10 with a second Community Learning Center at Freetown Polytechnic.
Learners' AI work moves to AWS via Amazon Bedrock
Under the grant, learners' AI work will run on AWS through Amazon Bedrock. Lessons are delivered on Agilix Dawn, a platform that keeps working when the mobile signal drops. The source does not disclose the grant's monetary value.
Future Learning Institute operates under a 2025 ministry agreement
The Future Learning Institute (FLI) runs the program. Agilix Labs established FLI in 2025 under an agreement with Sierra Leone's Ministry of Technical and Higher Education. Its first center opened in Kono District in March 2026.
Year-long program targets university-qualified youth without places
The program is aimed at young Sierra Leoneans who qualified for university but could not secure a place. It explicitly includes young women, students with disabilities, and young people from rural and low-income families.
Over the year-long course, learners take questions from local businesses and community groups and work with AI to answer them. A "Finder" uses AI with local judgment, checks the output, and returns something a trader, farmer or teacher can use.
Curt Allen, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Agilix Labs, said of the model: "Finder is the job we're training them for."
Mustapha Turay, President of FLI Centers in Sierra Leone, said the Freetown center follows the Kono launch and builds on local knowledge of communities.