Over the years, MindAfrica has implemented free digital skills training, STEM enrichment programs, vocational and youth empowerment programs in underserved communities, with a strong focus on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. These programs include:
Bridging the digital divide by providing access to technology and digital skills training in underserved communities, ensuring that children and youths have the necessary tools and resources to fully participate in the digital world. Several community schools in Rivers, Enugu and Delta States have been impacted over the years.
Our programs aim to empower underserved adolescent girls and young women in Nigeria through ICT education and skills development, leading to increased gender equality and digital inclusion. We achieve this through:
This is a flagship program promoting digital inclusion and gender equality by empowering girls and young women with the skills, confidence, and exposure to thrive in technology.
Aligned with the ITU’s Girls in ICT framework, the initiative bridges the gender digital divide by providing access to digital literacy, coding, and leadership opportunities for girls in low-resource communities.
Through hands-on workshops, mentorship, and career exploration, participants gain practical experience and insight into the ICT and innovation ecosystem.
Core components include the Annual Girls in ICT Day, connecting participants with female tech role models, and the MindAfrica Girls Code Club, where girls build coding, problem-solving, and creative digital skills.
By fostering digital competence and leadership, the initiative advances SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), driving greater female participation in the digital economy.
Launched in 2018, Girls Code Club is an after-school digital skills training program targeted at girls aged 10-17 in public and semi-public secondary schools.
The program offers a structured learning environment that enables girls to regularly engage with coding, digital literacy, and problem-solving skills through interactive workshops.
MindAfrica’s School Maker Faire is a collaborative, innovative, generative, and fun program that involves several school teams in an innovation challenge.
It is a combination of in-school activities and out-of-school activities that culminate in a public exhibition to celebrate invention, creativity, and resourcefulness.
School teams get to show what they have made and share what they have learned with others. School making develops thinkers and doers with the skills to excel in and innovate the future.
A holiday camp that engages children and teens with cool projects and hands-on activities from a combination of science, ingenuity, and creativity, providing them with opportunities to make new friends and gain new knowledge.
MindAfrica aims to tackle unemployment in Africa through comprehensive vocational training programs.
By partnering with industry stakeholders, educational institutions, and local communities, MindAfrica equips vulnerable youth and women seeking new opportunities with practical skills in high-demand sectors, including agriculture, technology, and fashion and textiles.
Through hands-on training, business mentorship, and start-up support, MindAfrica empowers participants to seize employment opportunities, contribute to economic growth, and build sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their communities.
The GROW Program is MindAfrica’s flagship women’s economic empowerment initiative designed to equip vulnerable women and girls in rural and low-resource communities with the vocational, business, and life skills they need to achieve economic independence, social resilience, and long-term well-being.
Rooted in the global goals of gender equality (SDG 5), decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), and poverty reduction (SDG 1), GROW adopts a holistic, community-based approach to strengthening women’s economic participation and leadership.
It recognises that empowering women transforms not only households but entire communities and future generations.
This is an inclusive initiative designed to equip unskilled and unemployed young people in low-resource communities with the practical skills, entrepreneurial mindset, and leadership capacity needed to achieve sustainable livelihoods and contribute meaningfully to community development.
Grounded in the principles of economic empowerment, social innovation, and sustainable development, the program bridges the gap between unemployment and opportunity by helping young people transition from dependency to productivity through skills development, enterprise creation, and employability training.
