Community Projects
We adopt a holistic approach in selecting IADI projects by determining specific ICT gaps in local clusters within the communities and tailoring our projects and service delivery models to suit Identified needs in the clusters. With this approach, IADI shall ensure that its projects are relevant and appropriate for its beneficiaries.
Nigeria TechPro4Europe (2022 – 2024)
Specific Objective: To enable European private sector–driven labour mobility schemes focused on Nigerian talent in the construction and manufacturing sectors, while mitigating the effects of brain drain.
Project Overview: i-Novate 2100 serves as a consortium partner with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) under the €85 million EU-funded Migration Partnership Facility (MPF). The organization provides technical advisory services on skilled talent sourcing and selection and designed a Service Desk system a one-stop-shop for coordination among migration stakeholders, training institutions, and employers.
Key Achievements:
Strengthened Nigeria–Europe cooperation on skilled migration.
Developed standardized frameworks for ethical and transparent talent selection.
Established a sustainable digital Service Desk platform connecting Nigerian talent with European demand.
Project Matashi- 2021-2023 – $50 Million Kuwait Fund Programme
i-Novate2100, Kaduna State Government with support from Kuwait Fund collaborating to promote peace and security through employment and mitigate the rise in insurgence & youth restiveness in the state, by creating a value-stacked nexus of vocational training, entrepreneurial skills development, mentoring, and small business grants. This is particularly in sync with the government’s 6-Point Agenda, especially The Enhanced agricultural development and creative employment initiative for self-reliance.
Objectives:
To enhance vocational training-to-self-employment.
To engender entrepreneurship to-wealth creation
To promote Kaduna State Employment Fund (KSETF)& grants mechanism
To institutionalize long-term youth enterprise mentoring cascade
To stimulate cashless policy uptake,
To develop a statewide biometric-based youth Unemployment and Vocational Entrepreneurship databases
eGovernance Capacity Building Partnership
IADI in partnership with the Professional Learning Institute (PLI) and Global Educational Development Services (GEDS) has trained over 300 hundred Kaduna State government civil servants in the area of e-governance. This specialized training-advanced workplace digital productivity course; encapsulate the use of technology for more effective government processes, which will ensure optimal workplace productivity. The trainees among other things are grounded in the areas of IT facilities and helpdesk operation; online relation with social media-PR perspective; project productivity skills, interactive multimedia presentation and, Internet search and online research.
CCCs to knowledge hub (C2KH) (2014)
IADI reviewed the USPF-funded Community Communications Centres (CCCs) located in selected twenty seven (27) communities in Northern Nigeria, and is working to convert them into knowledge hubs for community adoption and integration of ICT in their daily activities for wholesome development. To this end our social innovative project “Zamantakewa”, was born with the aim of sustainable, innovative incubation and engagement of communities to drive human development such as employment, education, gender mainstreaming, agriculture and health using the CCCs as focal points. The CCCs will conform to these ideal qualities of a Knowledge Hub:
Neutral place – away from home and work, where people feel comfortable and can come and go at will
Little interference from host communities.
Social inclusion in terms of membership/participation
Stimulating connection with others
Accessibility in terms of hours and locations • Frequency of regulars.
Collaboration
Implementing Technical and Vocational Education through innovative partnerships.
