 Hi, my name is Robin John and I'm the president of Tuft College. I was inspired to do something about unemployment in Africa, thinking about the youth of today, having no opportunity to become creative people. So I decided to get along with some friends of mine and start the school for creative people. I just want to know, yeah, a student can come and use this for free. Yes. A student can come in and use this place 100% free for a whole year. Beautiful thing about what we're doing in here is by the time you're done, we will register a company for you so you can go out there and set up your own business. So I don't know where you are in your life at the moment, but we're here to support you. If you cannot afford school fees, we've got you covered. All you have to do if you're coming from Nigeria or if you're coming from Liberia, all you have to do is just get a flight, find a place to stay, and enjoy our tuition-free education. Just remember, when a going gets tough, tough will get you going. Once again, Africa is not perfect, but I love the fact that Africans in the diaspora are coming back home to spark a change that you and I are looking for on the continent. This is indeed commendable, and I just want you all to do me a favor for us to appreciate this brother by liking this video. It's so important to me. Please like this video. Thank you for liking. If you are new to the channel, please do me a favor, subscribe, and be part of this awesome channel. Dance something that I always thought it's impossible in Ghana. Wow. I mean, a freelancer school? Yeah. And it's free. I mean, freelancing that is free. That is free. No, tuition-free education. That's mind-blowing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, indeed. Sorry, are you a Ghanaian? I am a Ghanaian. Were you born and raised in Ghana? Yes. I've lived over two years of my life in Ghana, but I lived on as a teenager and I'm back now. You know what I do things for Ghanaians for free? Not only for Ghanaians, the whole of Africa. The whole of Africa? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, can we give you a round of applause? Just want to know, yeah, you mean students can come and use this for free? Yes, they can come in and use this place 100% free. For how long? For a whole year. This is the real free education that a person has been talking about. You're born in Ghana. Uh-huh. At what point did you live Ghana? I left when I was 17 years old. And at what point did you decide to come back home? 30 years in diaspora. I'm back now. Why would you live in the diaspora for 30 years and decide to return back to the motherland? Why would you do that? I need to check in. I need to check in when everything is okay with you, man. Why did you come back? Well, I just came to change the trajectory of many people's lives. You know, I used to come from time to time and go to, you know, public schools and teach them reading. Okay, literacy. But this time around, I said I want to do something bigger and better. Something that will be impactful and something that will change people's lives around. Yeah. You know, there's a saying that when you give someone a fish, right? They'll come back the next day for another fish. But when you give someone a boat, they will fish for themselves and feed the whole community. So I decided, I'm sick around, I'm sick and tired of giving people fishes. Like the fish. Every time, give me some cities. So this time I say, you know what, let me empower you, get you an education, then you can go out there, not to look for a job, but to start your own business. That's what freelancing is all about. That is what it's all about. And how do you intend to achieve this? Intend to achieve it very simply. Open a school like this and get people who cannot afford to pay for the tuition to come in here, school fees free, learn without any disturbances. No one will call you halfway. No head teacher will say, hey, you owe money and, you know, get out of the class. But rather, just come here in peace and study very hard. There was only a couple of days ago, just about three days ago. And there was a lady who could not pay for her school fees. So my friend was looking for money to pay for her exam fees. And she was 30 minutes late for her exams. So we had to get some money together real quickly before she could do her exam. But guess what? If you come to Taft College, you'll never have the problem. Did you say Taft College? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You need to get approved off from Taft. Taft is a registered company. Is it? In the Gambia. Oh, wow. You know, Mr. Fa? No. Oh, yeah, yeah. My adopted father is called Taft. So I'm taking the money on his behalf. Maybe what we could do is we could partner with Taft. With Taft? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we could take this concept to Gambia and to the rest of Africa. So the name of the school is Taft College. Taft College. What does the TA rule? So it's very simple. T is there, H is, M-A is African and F is Freelancers. So the Africa Freelancers College. Taft College. When a going gets tough, tough will get you going. What are the programs that are being offered in Taft College? Oh man, we have a plethora of colleges, programs. We start off with graphic design. We have classical music production and notation. And then we also have music production. Two different courses. So we want the next Mozart's to be coming out of here. We want the Hans Zimmer's to be coming out of the school. Wow. We have digital marketing. We have even auto-mechanic. You know, Ghana is now, we have so many assembly plants in Ghana. Yeah, yeah. And it's so sad because we have all these assembly plants coming to Ghana. But we don't have a very skilled workforce. So what we decided to do is get people into this trade so that we can get people straight into work before they even graduate. And then we have different courses. We have hospitality. We have a school of fashion design. And we have photography, videography, and the list goes on. If you want to find out everything about our courses, you can go on our website. Is it school that is all about material? We have the practicals. This is more of a practical-based education. It's not about all the theoretical stuff. Okay, because in where we are going as a country or the world in which we're going in, it's not just about what you know. It's also about what you could do. So what we've decided to do is get people focused on the hands on education because there's a lot of people who don't want to go to universities. What do they do? They still have to be skilled one way or the other. So we focus on skills development. And that is what we are doing in TOF College. Do not only learn creativity like fashion design, but you also learn the rudimentary principles of business. So by the time you leave TOF College, you will not only be very proficient in your creativity, but you also become a fully-fledged businessman and woman. Wow! I just want to know you invested in all this by yourself pretty much. Yes, yes. Yeah, you know, it's a passion that I have. You know, it's a dream I've always had. I'm a creative director and I just wanted to change the lives and the creativity landscape of Africa because people look at us as creative people as third-class citizens. No one really respects the creators, but I believe in this millennium, creators are the newest outlets. So we need to teach these creators how to be very proficient and excellent at their work so they can start making money and they need an opportunity. So we thought this season we will create an opportunity, give them industrial machines and they can go to work. This is really mind-blowing. You invested in this by yourself. I mean, you have the vision, but your teachers don't have the same vision as you, right? No, matter of fact, I think that the teachers do because we are not just working with ordinary teachers. We have the person leading this course as a fully-fledged fashion designer called Alakam the Taylor. He's the lead in this class. You know what I mean, right? So what we have done is we have partnered with industry professionals and we've also partnered with influencers such as Alakam, Twins Don't Bank, the Hama who produces for Saqqordia, the biggest advertising agency in Ghana, and the list goes on and on. And now, guess what? We have Walter Meyer. He's joining our digital... If I'm joining now, I want to know, like... Now, guys, do you want Walter Meyer, right, to become a mentor for our digital media section? To find the script if everything is free. I mean, what we decided, matter of fact, if you look at our business plan, the business plan was designed as a fee-paying school. But then one day, I woke up, you know, me being a reverend, I woke up one day and I said, you know what, how am I impacting anyone's life if you're paying for this? So I called my accountant and I said, you know what? Unfortunately, this is going to be a free school. And he got mad at me. He said, reverend, reverend, reverend, reverend. He needs to go back and pray about it. And I said, you know what, I thank God the Lord will provide, you know. So we decided to just make it a free school and we want to partner with donor agencies, organizations, you know, if you want to do your corporate social responsibility with us, you can always assist with provision. I need to help you out in here. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. This is an amazing initiative. Thank you so much. I mean, with creatives like us, I mean, you know, I established a studio in my house just to encourage more people to come and create content for free because when I started making YouTube videos, I had nothing. And I know there's so many talent out there who are looking forward to be bigger than even what I am. There's an opportunity. The equipment are not there. So I had to create for them. But it's so hard to create for so many people. So what you've done, I think if you are watching this video and you really want to sponsor a student, please, I mean, reach out to me. No, not him. They have to reach out to you. They can't reach out to you. No, don't reach out to you. Reach out to him. You know, is there a new website? Yes, you can go on our website, visit our website at www.tafcollege.com or you can email us at admin at toughcollege.com. And if you want to send us a WhatsApp message, give us a call or anything, you can call us on with a gana code plus two three three five seven zero zero six six zero zero zero six thousand. I think Mastercard Foundation will be so much interested in this. Mastercard Foundation. My goodness. I worked with them recently. So I think I'll send them this video. Mastercard, I'm just calling you out in this video. Please. Because that's what they do. And they can actually take care of the host today. That old behavior. I think I'll reach out to them on your behalf. Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, if you like what is in here, I've got more to show you. Come on, let's go. Still got more to show you. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that a mini office or something? A small office. I mean, is it a reception or something? Yeah, that's the reception. That's where, you know, all the ladies are working. There go beautiful ladies in there. It's part of the school, man. It's part of the school, yeah. What happens in here? In here, it is our music production suite, photography, podcasting, everything is going on in there. Come on, let me show you around. Whoa. This is a world of crypts to it. Whoa, yes, yes, yes. Am I saying hello to the lady? You see the one in Chajo? Yeah, I'm sure you can, you know who it is, right? It's the one and only Natalie Ford, BBC. Wow. Yeah. Good to see you, Natalie. She came to visit us today. She's just surprised us. And she wants to see what is happening in the school. Yeah, so yes, that's what it is. First impression? Any space. It's a brilliant initiative. Yeah, I think it's a very much needed initiative. Much needed initiative. Wow. Let me show you around. I mean, this is an amazing board we have over here. This is not your normal board. It's a digital board. It's not one of those boards where, you know, you have faders and that sort of thing. It's a touch screen digital board. So you're not limited to maybe 32 tracks or 64 tracks. You can have 1,000 tracks and layer your music together. So it's super amazing. And now we have... This is just for music lovers. This is just for music production. Music production? Yes. Yes, so you've got the keyboard in. I think I need to start out music career. No, I think, you know what? That's the song you did. The word is mine. I don't know who did it. Matter of fact, we want to make you another song. Oh, really? Yeah. We're going to make you our edition of What Am I? How about that? Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Next door, we have our dual photography and podcasting studio. So on this side, you know, this one, you can come in here and take your family portraits and the videography photographers will learn how to take pictures with props and this sort of thing. And over here, obviously, we know that podcasting is a big deal. So we've been teaching our videographers how to shoot podcasts and that sort of thing. So this is our podcast slash photography room. This is impressive. Thank you, sir. Thank you. I mean, that's what I said earlier, that you've done something that I thought it's impossible in Ghana. Wow. When you hear the name Africa, what comes into your mind, man? Oh, boy. An empty book. You open a page and you can write whatever you want to write on it. You're not restricted. I think freedom, latitude, escapism, that is what Africa got dots for you. You can come in here and become a property developer. You can come to Ghana and become a school teacher and a school proprietor. I did not even think that I would become a... to have my own school. When we first met, you know, I think... I think I didn't go into details about that. I met him, like, a year ago. Johnny Wayne this year. No, no, last year. Last year? Yeah, last year. Then you told me, I live in the U.K. and I want to move back to the continent. Yeah. We finally were. I remember I watched a video of this lady in Kenya about the real estate private. 200 years. I loved it. And it was such an inspiration. So I created a whole real estate project with 170 homes. You know, I showed you the 3D animation. We have the floor plans. We have everything, you know. And then I showed you. And then I said, this is what I want to do in Ghana. Literally, I know that we'll be starting this school because I came in here and I saw the need, that this is the need, what they need first. So our prioritizer will put the real estate on the side and we're going to focus on the school, give people a career, give them confidence in life, and give them a disposable income so they can become their own captains of their own destinies. So right after this school, it means that you're capable of establishing your own business out there. You will not only be capable of starting your own business, this is what we are going to do for you. Graduated from the school, we will set up a company for you. We will pay for it. And then you can go out there and become professional. Not only that, you can still come to our campus, use our equipment, and all our facilities to become a professional freelancer. Yeah, so we have a fully functioning headdress in Southern. We did it from scratch. You can do it from barbering here. You can do your hair styling in there. You can do makeup. This is the nail bar. We're going to furnish the whole place with all the stuff. The nail bar in there, washing the whole thing, the headdries on the wall. And in this corner here, anyone have a look at this beautiful wall. You can come and brand this wall with your logos for any cosmetic company who wants to partner with us. I really want to be a student of this school. Because I believe that after graduation, you'll be so empowered. So this side has been designated for wig making. It's become very fashionable these days. So we decided to focus on wig making. Over here, we'll put an industrial wig making machine in here. We'll put some mannequins in here. There's going to be lots of hair flying all over the place. Yeah, and we're going to be teaching people how to make wigs from scratch, and how to prepare wigs. So you can come and change your frontal of your wig in here. I really want to know how can the student apply for the school. Oh, that's very, very easy. All you just have to do again is go to our website, www.tofcollege.com. Click on Contact. You see an application form. Fill it and send it back to us on our email address, www.adminatofcollege.com. You can also check our social media handles. We are on TikTok. We are on Instagram. We are on Facebook, YouTube, everything. Just click on Top T-A-F College, and then it will pop up. I just want everyone to be educated. Learn something to do with skill training, because I believe that is the future. We are living in the automated age, and very soon computers are going to take over. If you can use the sudden jobs that would always remain fashionable, the sudden jobs that computers can never take over. So it's always a good idea to learn a skill and also get your education, get your university degree, and that sort of thing. Hey, you know what? The Jews do that perfectly. They always teach their children a skill, a training, and that sort of thing. So one day, if you are unemployed, you can always revert back to your skills. That's why Jesus was a carpenter. Are you trying to replicate this school anywhere else, apart from Ghana? Ghana is just the pilot of what is to come. We are starting in Ghana. We are going to prove the concept. Next year, we are going to reinforce the concept and maybe you choose what to go next. When does the school begin? The school will begin in three weeks' time, on the 13th. But we are taking applications in a moment, so please hurry up, send your applications because the windows are closing very soon. And if you want to partake of this international outfit, please do not hesitate. I think there is one thing that is missing, which is agriculture. No matter the fact, we have an agricultural program already. We were going to start this year, but we decided no, let's focus on these ten subjects. But next year, we have some very interesting courses coming. We have a catering school on campus. We will be doing agriculture. We have partnered with different farms. We are also working with Ayunam, the Ghanaian farmer. She is a mentor on this program. So we have all of that in place already. We just cannot do it all in the first year as a new school. We cannot take too much on, otherwise we are fully burdened. So we are scaling up next year. We have shoe making and design next year. We have fashion and TV design coming next year. We have jewelry making. We have skin signs where you can make your own cosmetics and hair wash and shampoo and that sort of thing. We have quite a few subjects in the pipeline. It's only a matter of time where we will introduce it to you guys. Totally a matter of time. It's a favorite village boy, Mr. Ghana, baby. Don't forget to like this video. But I believe that you all need to share this video so that people from other parts of the world will know that there is a free school for freelancers in Ghana. I will see you all in the next one. Ayunmaya, peace out. Thank you.