Remote Trybe Adds Social Media Course to Africa’s Skills Pipeline

Remote Trybe, the digital academy founded by virtual assistance expert Egharevba Odosa, has launched a new Social Media and Creative Design course, adding content creation, brand management, and digital design to its training catalog. The course, announced this month, is built to answer employer demand for skilled social media managers, content creators, and designers who can work remotely.

The academy has reached over 2,000 individuals across 10 countries since it was founded, per a report on the launch. Odosa, who also runs an AI-powered sourcing agency that places remote workers with businesses, said the new course extends a roster that already includes the academy’s six-week Virtual Assistant Masterclass and shorter programs in business operations. The launch puts a specialized creative track alongside the generalist admin training that has defined Remote Trybe’s catalog so far. The academy has built a community of over 100,000 followers combined across its social channels.

What the New Course Covers

The Social Media and Creative Design course focuses on three areas the academy has identified as employer priorities. The curriculum is built to take learners from introductory skills to brand management work that businesses will pay for on an ongoing basis.

• Content creation for social platforms
• Brand management and ongoing client work
• Digital design for posts, ads, and campaigns

Remote Trybe’s existing VA Masterclass already touches social media management as one of roughly a dozen hands-on skills, alongside email management, calendar management, and lead generation. The new course pulls social media and design out as a standalone track, the kind of specialization employers ask for when they want to hire one person to run a brand’s online presence end to end. The shift is from breadth to depth, from a generalist admin profile to a focused creative one. Odosa positions the new program as a natural next step for VA Masterclass graduates and as a standalone entry point for learners with no prior remote work experience.

The Employer Demand Behind the Launch

Odosa framed the new course as a direct response to hiring patterns the academy’s agency side has been tracking. Businesses looking to fill remote roles increasingly ask for social media and design as a single bundle, rather than treating them as separate admin functions.

That signal has shaped how the academy designs its programs. “We built this course to help our community move from learning the basics to confidently managing brands and creating content that gets results,” Odosa told the launch coverage. The academy positions the program as job-ready training for aspiring remote professionals, not a general digital literacy primer.

Social media and creative design are some of the most requested skill sets we see from businesses looking to hire remote talent.

The same employer pull shapes the academy’s broader approach. Odosa said the agency’s direct line to hiring managers informs which skills the course teaches and at what depth, and the placement side of the business gives Remote Trybe a feedback loop other open-course platforms lack.

Who Built Remote Trybe

Odosa is a Top-Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork, a designation the platform reserves for a small share of its talent pool, and the founder and lead instructor at Remote Trybe. Her own background spans virtual assistance, project management, and customer service work for international clients, the same combination the academy now teaches. Lagos-based Odosa’s path from VA to academy builder began with one-to-one client work before the training program took shape.

She has completed 55 client jobs in under 18 months, work the academy cites as the basis for its practical, results-driven approach to skills training. Odosa also runs the AI-powered remote work sourcing agency that places skilled professionals with businesses, giving her a direct line into the capabilities employers are actively hiring for. That dual role, as both instructor and recruiter, is what Remote Trybe says sets it apart from open-course platforms that stop at video lessons. The agency side gives the academy a stream of job orders that shape what the curriculum teaches.

Where the Academy Stands Today

Beyond the 2,000 graduates, Remote Trybe has built a community of over 100,000 followers across its social channels. The academy uses those channels for more than marketing: Odosa hosts free monthly webinars on navigating the virtual workforce, including a YouTube Live session that draws thousands of views per broadcast. She is also followed by thousands of professionals on LinkedIn, where she shares insights on virtual assistance and project management.

• 2,000+ individuals trained across 10 countries
• 100,000+ combined followers across channels
• 55+ client jobs completed by founder in under 18 months
• Monthly free webinars, with YouTube Live draws in the thousands

The community layer is part of the academy’s value proposition. Graduates get lifetime access to a network of more than 800 VAs, with mentorship and job application support that continues after the cohort ends. The same network feeds the placement agency on the hiring side, closing a loop between training and paid work. For learners weighing which African digital academy to join, that loop is Remote Trybe’s clearest edge.

Inside the Existing VA Masterclass

The VA Masterclass that anchors Remote Trybe’s existing catalog is a six-week program covering the generalist admin skills international clients hire for. Cohort 10 registration closed July 5, with classes held Friday through Sunday, 4 to 7 PM WAT.

The curriculum groups its content into four buckets: workplace applications, proposal writing, an exclusive network of practicing VAs, and client acquisition and retention strategies. Hands-on skills span email management, calendar management, appointment setting, customer support, social media management, file management, lead generation, travel planning, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, data entry, project management, and internet research. Tools covered include project management platforms, CRM systems, communication apps, cloud storage, time tracking, AI tools, file sharing, social media tools, email marketing, scheduling, document conversion, video and audio, graphic design, and automation.

The masterclass lists a price of ₦32,000 or $35, with flexible payment options and early-bird discounts for select cohorts. No prior experience is required: a smartphone is enough to join the live classes and access materials, though a laptop is recommended for assignments. Graduates receive an official RemoteTrybe certification, lifetime access to the 800-plus VA community, and ongoing mentorship after the cohort ends. All live sessions are recorded and made available to students who miss a class.

The Masterclass already touches social media management and graphic design tools as items inside a wider skill set. The new Social Media and Creative Design course pulls those two threads out into a focused track. For learners weighing where to start, the academy now offers both the broad admin foundation and a specialized creative option running on the same placement pipeline.

The Specialization Bet

African digital skills training has long centered on general virtual assistance: email management, calendar handling, data entry, and the other admin tasks that international clients have been willing to outsource. The new Social Media and Creative Design course marks a deliberate move toward specialized creative work, the kind the academy’s founder says businesses ask for most often when hiring remote talent.

Remote Trybe’s existing VA Masterclass already covers social media management as one item among roughly a dozen hands-on skills. The new course pulls social media and design out as a standalone track, aimed at learners who want to specialize rather than build a generalist admin profile. That separation tracks how employers hire: social media management is its own job category in most remote-first companies, distinct from executive assistance. Remote Trybe is betting that dedicated training in the discipline will give graduates an edge over generalist admin profiles competing for the same roles.

Remote Trybe’s broader mission, the academy says, is to make remote work accessible to anyone willing to learn, a framing Odosa repeats across the academy’s YouTube Live sessions and LinkedIn posts. The new course joins that mission alongside the existing VA Masterclass and the free monthly webinars Odosa hosts. The placement agency gives the curriculum a feedback loop other open-course platforms lack, with hiring managers telling the academy which skills they want and at what depth.