6 Weeks · Fully Online

Launch your career with clarity, confidence, and in-demand skills.

A six-week intensive for students and young professionals ready to build a professional brand, secure opportunities, and earn from their skills.

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920+Graduates
10Countries
12Cohorts delivered
4Years
Who this is for

The Forge is for you if

01

You're talented and still overlooked

You're a student or young professional who is ambitious and hardworking, but you haven't been able to translate your efforts into income, visibility, or credibility.

02

You're watching your peers win

You're tired of watching people around you move while you're stuck in analysis paralysis, still figuring out where to start.

03

You have potential and no structure

You know you have it in you. What you need is the clarity, the skills, and the structure to finally turn it into something real.

04

You're ready to actually do the work

You're ready to commit to six weeks of no excuses. Showing up, doing the work, and being held accountable for it.

The curriculum

Six Weeks Structure to Build You

One week of onboarding. Four systems, each taught live with its own worksheet. One week where you present what you built.

WEEK 1

Onboarding

Why Coaching? The difference between the Coaching Model and the Advice Model, and why it changes everything.

WEEK 2

Clarity System

Two live classes: Design Your Decade, and Soul Healing. Plus two worksheets.

WEEK 3

Visibility System

LinkedIn Optimization with personalised review, your CV, and the 14-Day Consistency Challenge begins.

WEEK 4

Monetization System

Take the skill you've been learning and package it into an offer people will pay for.

WEEK 5

Influence System

Communicate, network and pitch yourself like the person they cannot ignore.

WEEK 6

Pod Presentation

Your team builds a real project with your new skill. One of you presents it. EA judges. The best Pod wins.

Running all six weeks
  • Communication exercises, 3× weekly
  • Your free skill course, self-paced
  • A dedicated learning coach tracking your accountability
  • Every session recorded
The four systems

The Forge Clarity & Execution Blueprint

Each system is a module, taught live, with worksheets you actually fill in.

System 01

Clarity System

Find your life direction and deal with the patterns holding you back.

  • Design Your Decade: map the next ten years of your life
  • Soul Healing: break the limiting beliefs and self-sabotage keeping you stuck
  • Your Design-Your-Decade Map
2 live sessions · 2 worksheets
System 02

Monetization System

Learn a real skill and package it into an offer people pay for.

  • Free access to a high-income skill course of your choice
  • Build an offer: who you serve, what they get, what it costs
  • Price by outcome, not by hours
1 live session · 1 worksheet
System 03

Visibility System

Create your own CV and position yourself on LinkedIn for jobs and opportunities.

  • LinkedIn Optimization with EA's tools and personalised review
  • A standout CV you build yourself
  • The 14-Day Consistency Challenge
1 live session
System 04

Influence System

Communicate, network and pitch yourself like the person they cannot ignore.

  • Weekly communication exercises
  • Public Speaking Masterclass
  • Networking Masterclass
Runs across the cohort
The skill library

Pick a high-income skill. We give you the course free.

You learn it during the cohort, package it in week 4, and build with it in week 6.

Product ManagementCRM / Sales ManagementVideo Editing Graphic DesignAI & AutomationContent Writing / Management Product DesignDigital MarketingData Analysis + other skills
Week 6

You won't just learn it. You'll present it.

Most programmes end with a certificate. The Forge ends with you standing in front of a room, defending work you actually built.

I want this
01You're placed in a Pod. A real team.
02Your Pod takes on a real business or company project.
03You build it using the high-income skill you just learnt.
04One person presents it publicly. EA judges.
The winning Pod takes a cash prize or an internship.
The rooms before you

You're joining something that already has a history

Twelve cohorts. 920+ graduates. Every face here sat exactly where you're sitting now.

What you leave with

Six weeks later, you're holding all of this

Practical assets you can use immediately in your career, business, or professional growth journey.

A packaged offer

Something you can sell on Monday, priced by the outcome it delivers.

A high-income skill

Learnt free during the cohort, from our course library.

An optimised LinkedIn profile

Built with EA's tools and personally reviewed.

A standout CV

Written by you, guided by a CV expert.

Your decade plan

Clarity about where your life is going for the next ten years.

The ability to present

In public, on stages, in rooms that matter.

Three completed worksheets

With personalised feedback from EA. Yours to keep and work for years.

The Alumni Network

Lifetime access to resources, finance systems and opportunities.

A certificate of completion

And, if you implement, possibly an internship.

How it runs

The structure

Duration6 weeks
FormatFully online
Live classesWeekly + replays
SupportYour own learning coach
Cohort calendar

We run four cohorts a year

Cohort 6 is the one that's open. The rest are dated so you can plan your season.

Cohort 6
September
2026 · Starts 28th
Enrolment open
Cohort 7
January
2027
Opens later
Cohort 8
April
2027
Opens later
Cohort 9
July
2027
Opens later
Esther Ayodele, Founder of Purposeful Coaching Academy
Your coach

Esther Ayodele

She has trained 920+ young people across 10 countries. Twelve cohorts in four years. Her students land internships, get hired, and get paid for skills they didn't know they could sell.

Esther is a Talent Development Expert and the founder of Purposeful Development Ltd, a coaching and consulting company for young achievers. She is President of the Purposeful Teens and Twenties Community, present in 10 universities.

She doesn't teach this from theory. She built the system, ran it twelve times, and refined it on real people with real results.

  • 5+ years digital entrepreneurship experience, scaled to 8-figure revenue
  • Certified Professional Life Coach, Transformation Academy (UK)
  • Alumna, Young Women Leadership Programme, LEAP Africa
  • Alumna, McKinsey Forward Programme, McKinsey & Company
  • JCIN OAU Top 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award, Community Leadership
  • Author of seven books and journals, read by thousands globally
Expert masterclasses

You also get recorded masterclasses from specialists

Ofeoritse AmoshukaCV Writing Expert
Recorded masterclass · Yours for the full cohort
Wesley AjiboyeBrand Strategist · Policy & Governance
Recorded masterclass · Yours for the full cohort
Wins from past cohorts

Their words, not mine

Nonye's message about shifting to product design inside The Forge and landing an internship
Nonye was a frontend engineer for two years. She shifted to product design inside The Forge, then landed an internship. It came with a monthly stipend.
Nonye's internship offer letter from MedixDeck Health Solutions
The offer letter itself. MedixDeck Health Solutions, Frontend Engineer Intern, working on a live product with mentorship. It came with a monthly stipend.
Roseline's message about landing a foreign gig after optimising her LinkedIn in The Forge
Roseline landed a foreign video editing gig she never applied for, purely from the LinkedIn exercise in The Forge. It paid a little above half a million, on a monthly retainer. She has landed two more jobs since.
Precious selected for an internship at Fluxt
Precious was selected for an internship at Fluxt. "Thank you for your labour of love, ma."
John Jesse's testimonial about six weeks in The Forge
John Jesse co-founded Girls Impact and reached 800+ girls, built a community, and secured speaking engagements and international opportunities.
Dr Lash's message that he got the job
Dr. Lash got hired as a cybersecurity trainer and GRC consultant. "Esther I got the job ohh."
Oreoluwa closed 9 clients with 11 more in the pipeline using the Knowledge Monetization Framework in The Forge
Ofeoritse made 6 figures from her skill and taught 100+ students after joining The Forge
Prince got a salary increase in one month against a company standard of six
Lawanson Peter earns monthly from remote graphic design work and got paid in pounds for the first time
Ifeoluwa closed her first 6-figure deal as a brand consultant using The Forge Framework

There are plenty more where these came from.

Read more testimonials
Enrolment

One price. Everything included.

Early bird · until 14 September
₦25,000 ₦30,000

$20 for international payments

  • Weekly live sessions on each system as a module
  • Three worksheets, with personalised feedback from EA
  • One high-income skill course of your choice, free
  • LinkedIn Optimization + personalised page review by EA
  • Recorded CV masterclass with a CV expert
  • Public Speaking + Networking masterclasses
  • Live Q&A session with EA
  • Skill Pods: peer accountability groups
  • Pod Presentation with cash prize or internship
  • Your own learning support coach
  • Certificate of completion
Register here

Instalment plans available. Ask us before you talk yourself out of it.

You also get these bonuses

  • The Goal Setting Course
  • AI Prompt to Image book, for generating clean professional headshots
  • Printable growth resources for continuous use
  • Lifetime access to the Alumni Network: opportunities, resources and finance systems
FAQ

Questions people actually ask

How long is The Forge?

Six weeks. Week 1 is onboarding, weeks 2 to 5 are the four systems, and week 6 is your Pod Presentation.

What happens after I pay?

Once your payment is confirmed you'll get a WhatsApp message with your onboarding details and a link to join the student group, plus a confirmation email. If you don't hear from us within 24 hours of payment, message us and we'll sort it immediately.

What if I miss a session?

Every live session is recorded and available within 24 hours, so you won't fall behind. But show up live where you can. The real-time coaching, the Q&A and the room energy are where the shift actually happens.

What makes this different from other programmes?

Most programmes give you information. The Forge gives you structure. We don't just teach concepts, we walk you through applying them to your life, your goals and your situation. Then in week 6 you build something real with a team and present it. And your coach is a young African who built from nothing and understands this economy and this generation.

I'm a student with limited income. Is this still for me?

Yes. We understand financial pressure. The instalment plan exists specifically for you. Reach out before you talk yourself out of it.

Do I need to already have a skill?

No. You get free access to a course in a high-income skill of your choice: Product Management, CRM and Sales, Video Editing, Graphic Design, AI and Automation, Content Writing, Product Design, Digital Marketing, Data Analysis and more. You learn it during the cohort and package it in week 4.

How much time will this take each week?

Plan for four to six hours weekly. One live class, your skill course, communication exercises three times a week, and your worksheet.

Will I really make money from this?

Our students have landed internships, jobs and paying clients. Some with fewer than 1,000 LinkedIn followers. But results depend on your implementation, and they vary from student to student. We give you the system and the accountability. You do the work.

Your next six weeks

Build your life with Clarity and Direction

Six weeks from now you could still be figuring it out. Or you could be holding an offer, a profile and a plan.