In April, we spent three days in Johannesburg with global executive leaders — working through AI strategy, growth, and resilient operations alongside our international consortium: Honorcrest Institute (Canada), MGibes College (Ghana), and Porto Business School. The "EI × AI" three-day certified intensive worked. We're back in Rwanda this July. Here's what's inside the programme — and how to bring it to your own leadership team.
The "AI in Business and Leadership" strategy days are not a keynote. They're not a workshop. They're a three-day certified intensive — designed for global executive leaders who need to leave the room knowing what to do on Monday.
Across three days in Johannesburg, Teet Torim led the cohort through three connected tracks:
Senior executive leaders — CEOs, COOs, divisional heads, board members — drawn from the international networks of all three consortium partners. The cohort was deliberately mixed across industries and geographies.
That's the point. AI strategy looks different in financial services than in hospitality, in mining than in retail. Cross-sector exposure is part of how the leaders pressure-tested their own assumptions.
The "EI × AI" programme is delivered through a consortium because no single institution covers the whole picture for global executive leadership. Each partner brings something the others don't.
Honorcrest Institute (Canada) — executive education credentialing and the leadership-development frame.
MGibes College (Ghana) — pan-African executive networks and the cross-continental case material.
Porto Business School — European executive education infrastructure and academic rigour.
Non-Tech AI Advisory — the AI operator perspective, the working tools, and the implementation reality check.
When the four sit at the same table, the programme covers strategy, leadership, AI capability, and global business context in one engagement. That's what "global executive" actually means — and that's what most three-day "AI for leaders" programmes miss.
Beyond the working AI playbooks and personal workflows, every graduate of the three-day intensive received the Global Excellence Business Leader Award — credentialed through the consortium and recognised across the partner networks.
The award matters because it travels. Executives apply across borders, board appointments cross continents, and credentials need to hold up in HR systems and on LinkedIn profiles. This one does.
But the practical takeaway is bigger than the certificate: every participant left with what to ship, what to kill, and what to delegate — written down, time-bound, and aligned with their organisation's actual operating reality.
We're bringing the programme back to Africa this July — this time in Rwanda. Same three-day intensive, same consortium, with the cohort drawn from Rwandan and East African executive networks.
If you lead an organisation with a presence or interest in the region, this is the one to apply for.
Beyond Rwanda, we're in conversations with partners in the Middle East and South Asia for the autumn. The bookable model travels.
What do we do at NTA? We innovate corporations by bridging the gap between powerful AI tools and real-world results.
That's the line we lead with — and that's what the three-day intensive is built to prove. Most AI training stops at "here are the tools." Most executive leadership training stops at "here are the principles." We work the gap between them, with the operator perspective our consortium partners trust enough to put their names on the certificate.
Two ways in.
1. Send your leadership team to the next open cohort. The Rwanda cohort runs in July 2026. Limited seats, application-based, drawn from partner networks. Reach out and we'll route the application.
2. Bring the programme to your organisation directly. We deliver the three-day intensive on-site for leadership teams of 10–30. Same curriculum, same certification, customised to your industry and region. Past on-site delivery has happened in Porto, Johannesburg, Tallinn, and across the Baltics.
For mid-market companies that want a tighter, more workflow-focused engagement, our AI Strategy Days is the two-day version designed for a single leadership team. The three-day Global Executive intensive is for cohorts and certification; AI Strategy Days is for one company going deep.
The three-day format works because it forces three things that one-day workshops can't: a real diagnosis on day one, real building on day two, and real plan-writing on day three.
By the time leaders walk out, they've not just learned about AI — they've used it on their own work, in front of peers, with feedback. That's the difference between AI training that stops at the door and AI training that ships. We design for the second kind.
Is this only for African executive leaders?
No. The programme is designed for global executive leaders, with cohorts hosted in different regions to enable cross-continental exposure. Past cohorts have included participants from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The Rwanda 2026 cohort is open to international applicants.
Can we book a private cohort for our own leadership team?
Yes. We deliver the three-day intensive on-site for leadership teams of 10–30. Customised to your industry and operating region, same certification structure.
What's the certification worth?
The Global Excellence Business Leader Award is credentialed through the consortium — Honorcrest Institute, MGibes College, and Porto Business School. Recognised within the partner networks and travels well in HR systems, on LinkedIn, and in cross-border CV applications.
How is this different from AI Strategy Days?
AI Strategy Days is a two-day intensive for a single mid-market leadership team — focused on producing a 90-day plan for that one company, with both founders co-delivering. The "EI × AI" three-day Global Executive programme is a cohort-based certification with our international consortium, designed for global executive networks. Same operator philosophy, different formats and audiences.
What's the language of delivery?
English. All consortium partners and materials operate in English.
Where is the next open cohort after Rwanda?
We'll announce the next public cohort once Rwanda concludes. For organisations that want a private on-site engagement before then, we can deliver in most regions on a 60–90 day lead time.