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AFRICT Empowerment Initiative
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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Science and Technology
Geographic scope:
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Nigeria
Mission statement:
We are an independent, private, non-governmental, not-for-profit making organization. Our organization is currently one of the few, if not the only NGO in Nigeria engaged in pursuing the use of science, technology, engineering and ICT to empower people for the betterment of humanity; with considerable emphasis on ICT empowerment and actualization of the MDGs. Our main objects are as follows: i.) To bridge the digital divide in rural Africa by providing effective and beneficial access to ICT facilities, thereby empowering rural communities with information. ii.) To attain the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. iii.) To use science, technology and engineering to empower Africans for the ultimate goal of the betterment of humanity. iv.) To attain a modern, self sufficient and technologically advanced Africa, with its people empowered to face the challenges of the 21st century.
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