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Practitioners with years of experience, not just theory
Every NPDA instructor has managed real campaigns, real budgets and real African clients. We hire people who are still doing the work.
The teaching bench
Browse the coursesWho teaches at NPDA
Each instructor leads one track and teaches the work they do day to day.
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Hakeem Okunola
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the search track. Author of the academy's digital marketing pillar guide.
SEOAI searchStrategy
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Benjamin Shotala
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the paid media and media-buying track.
Meta adsGoogle adsMedia buying
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Funmilayo Akinsanya
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the analytics and measurement track.
GA4Search ConsoleLooker Studio
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Kafilah Jimoh
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the content and editorial track.
Content strategyEditorial
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Babatunde James
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the social media track.
Organic socialCreators
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Jahswill Ojoobasuyi
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading career preparation, portfolio review and placement support.
PortfoliosInterviewsPlacements
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Fortuna Horsfall
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the fundamentals track for career starters.
FundamentalsStrategy
EA
Esther Ayoade
Practitioner-instructor on the NPDA teaching bench, leading the AI tooling layer that runs through every track and the Web & AI Design programme.
AI toolingAutomationWeb and design
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- The courses they teach on the platform, and how many lessons each one carries
- The specialisms they work in, and the city they work from
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Editorial
Read the blogWriters and editorial
Who writes the guides on the blog, and who checks them before they publish.
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Blessing Offiong
SEO content writer at Nerdy Pixels Digital Academy. Writes the search-led guides that make up most of the current blog.
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Olorunfemi Gerald
Content writer at Nerdy Pixels Digital Academy, covering fundamentals and affiliate marketing.
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NPDA Editorial
Articles written by the NPDA editorial desk and reviewed by a practitioner instructor before publication. Reviewer is named on each article.
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