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Leadership Initiative for Transformation & Empowerment

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Business and Industry
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Coorporate Accountability
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Energy
  • Financing for Development
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Women

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Men and boys
  • Policy advice
  • Research
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Employment
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building

    • Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

    • Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

    • NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
  • Economic and Corporate Governance
  • Human Development
  • Regional Integration and Infrastructure
    • Geographic scope: Local
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2012
    Number and type of members: LITE-Africa has 5 board members, who are all Nigerian, and 25 staff members made up of technical specialists, managers, finance and administrative personnel with extensive experience locally and internationally. We also have international staff based in the U.S. who assist with strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and provide technical assistance and expertise in program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The organization has three operational offices in the Niger Delta with headquarters in Effurun-Warri, Delta State.
    Funding structure:
  • Grants from Governments
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
  • Other sources
    • Funding structure other: Private Sector
     
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