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Our impact

Ambition you can hold us accountable to.

These are the measurable targets that anchor our strategy, written to transfer directly into donor log-frames and results frameworks, and tracked through rigorous, longitudinal monitoring.

Headline targets

What we're working toward in three years.

50K
Young people enrolled in accredited digital-skills programmes (50% female) across 5 Nigerian states
20
Community digital learning hubs in underserved urban and peri-urban areas
70%
Target employment or self-employment rate among programme graduates
200K
Residents reached by AI-powered flood early-warning systems across Lagos State
300
Youth-led tech startups incubated across Nigeria and three more African countries
200
Data scientists & AI practitioners trained (40% female) via the Africa AI Fellowship

…alongside USD $2M facilitated in access to finance for beneficiaries, and a publicly accessible Africa Tech-for-Development data dashboard.

Strategic aims & objectives

Five aims, twelve SMART objectives.

Each aim defines our institutional ambition; each objective is specific, measurable, and time-bound.

01

Democratise access to digital & AI education

Design and deliver inclusive, high-quality digital-skills and AI-literacy programmes that equip young people, women, and marginalised communities with future-ready competencies.

  • a.Enrol 50,000 young people (50% female) in accredited digital-skills programmes across 5 Nigerian states within 36 months of operations commencing.
  • b.Establish 20 community digital learning hubs across Lagos, Abuja, and Kano by end of Year 2, each serving at least 500 learners annually.
  • c.Achieve a 70% employment or self-employment rate among graduates within 12 months of completion, tracked through longitudinal monitoring.
02

Accelerate climate-smart technology solutions

Develop, deploy, and scale locally relevant technology that strengthens community resilience, reduces environmental degradation, and supports sustainable urbanisation.

  • a.Deploy AI-powered flood early-warning systems in 10 flood-prone communities across Lagos State within 24 months, reaching at least 200,000 residents.
  • b.Support 500 smallholder farmers to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Northern Nigeria within 36 months.
  • c.Reduce measured carbon footprint by 15% in 5 target urban communities through technology-enabled waste and energy interventions by end of Year 3.
03

Build Africa's ethical AI ecosystem

Advance the responsible development and application of AI for social good, ensuring local ownership, inclusive data governance, and equitable access to its benefits.

  • a.Publish 6 peer-reviewed research papers on AI for African development within 36 months, with at least 2 informing national or continental policy.
  • b.Train 200 data scientists and AI practitioners (40% female) through an Africa AI Fellowship by end of Year 3, with fellows placed in social-impact organisations.
04

Create pathways to youth economic empowerment

Connect education and skills to livelihoods through tech-enabled entrepreneurship, market and finance access, and sustainable economic pathways.

  • a.Incubate 300 youth-led tech startups across Nigeria and 3 additional African countries within 36 months, with 60% generating revenue within 18 months.
  • b.Facilitate USD $2 million in cumulative access to finance for beneficiaries through microfinance, impact investors, and development finance partners by end of Year 3.
05

Strengthen the evidence base for technology-led development

Generate, publish, and disseminate rigorous evidence and policy insight on the impact of technology interventions in development.

  • a.Establish a publicly accessible Africa Tech-for-Development Data Dashboard tracking key indicators across all programme areas within 18 months.
  • b.Convene 3 annual Africa Technology for Development Conferences (physical and virtual), attracting 500+ participants each, with proceedings disseminated to policymakers.
Theory of change

How activity becomes lasting impact.

Africa's youth population is projected to double by 2050. Our programmes follow a deliberate pathway, from activities to enduring impact, that meets the results-based management standards funders expect.

Activities

We deliver

Training, hubs, AI fellowships, climate-tech deployment, incubation, and research.

Outputs

People gain

Learners trained, startups launched, early-warning systems live, evidence published.

Outcomes

Lives change

Employment and income rise, communities grow more resilient, policy is better informed.

Impact

Africa thrives

Inclusive, climate-resilient, technology-enabled prosperity, created and owned locally.

These goals need partners.

Funders, delivery partners, and collaborators turn ambition into measurable change. Let's talk about your role.