Providing Credible & Relevant Information via Training, Sports & Radio Media
A unique, all-in-one platform for Nigeria’s NGO and development sector
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CENTRE FOR AID INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE (C4AIK) AT A GLANCE
The Centre for AID Information and Knowledge (C4AIK) is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization based in Abuja, Nigeria. Under relevant teaming agreements, we provide credible information, impact stories, knowledge support, work-life-balance, consulting, coaching, and practical training to promote positive and sustainable impact among NGOs and development-sector organizations across Nigeria, including those working in the North-East Our work supports NGOs, development-sector professionals, young people, community groups, and others seeking to learn, grow, and improve their effectiveness. C4AIK is not currently funded by donors. Our work is sustained through INGOsphere9ja services, partnerships, and other legitimate sources of support. C4AIK is uniquely positioned in Nigeria as an affordable, dedicated, and diverse NGO-focused training and knowledge-support center. We are committed to making useful knowledge more accessible as well as helping individuals and organizations turn information into practical /realistic action
Vision:
To create opportunities for well-being through affordable, credible knowledge, awareness, and practical guides that people can understand and apply.
Mission:
To provide information and knowledge support that contributes to sustainable positive impacts.
What we do:
C4AIK promotes well-being through FIDAF Tournament, supports knowledge and skills development through INGOsphere9ja and promotes impact stories and opportunities through MARKETsphere9ja. Explore our training, sports and impact stories pages and Blog to learn more about what we do
Values:
Our work is guided by:
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Inclusivity – creating space for diverse voices and experiences
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Openness – sharing knowledge clearly and responsibly
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Accountability – acting with honesty, professionalism, and care
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Contact: 09050090849, correspondence@c4aik.org
Making A Difference, Making Positive Impacts
We Get You Prepared and Sustainably Empowered To Excel within the Development Sector
Since 2017, INGOsphere9ja stands out by its offering of highly affordable, sector-specific training which includes personalized coaching and mentoring for new entrants and seasoned professionals in the International NGO sector in Nigeria.
Our knowledge hub exists to curate credible ideas, practical insights, and sector-relevant lessons, and to synthesize them into applied learning that strengthens the capacity of professionals in Nigeria’s development sector. We bring together useful knowledge from diverse sources, adapt it to the Nigerian context, and turn it into usable training that improves performance, supports continuous learning, and helps workers do their jobs better. INGOsphere9ja aims to build Nigeria’s strongest hub for skill development
We provide practical, Nigeria-focused professional development for NGOs and development organizations by connecting recognized standards with local realities, workplace challenges, and organizational goals—helping staff apply what they learn and organizations achieve greater value from training.
Through INGOSPhere9ja, C4AIK engages in employability strategy for youths' access to productive employment and decent work. In order to substantially reduce the proportion of youths not in productive employment, we visit churches and mosques on our outreach programs to mentor and coach them in the area of their employment needs, empower them to discover their potentials and career path, develop a job search strategy, obtain the right perception of what they have to offer an employer job wise, how to confidently meet their employers' work expectations and also gain ability to adapt easily to an ever changing work environment.
FIDAF Tournament
Pioneers of NGO Sports and Well-being in Nigeria
In 2011, C4AIK initiated Nigeria’s first NGO tournament, (FIDAF) creating a unique platform for connection, teamwork, healthy living, and staff well-being across the development sector.
FIDAF Tournament (Randrsports9ja), a leisure sports platform is established to create work-life-balance for the ever-busy employees of the development sector It is an eight (8) days tournament featuring indoors and outdoors games (six each). FIDAF stands for Federation of International Development Agencies Football.
FIDAF is not a profit-making venture but a product of passion, a desire to bring people together under a common ground to promote work-life balance.
The tournament features at least twenty two (22) AID organizations in Nigeria and a minimum of twelve games; Football, Volleyball, Table tennis, Lawn Tennis, Basketball, Badminton, Ayo, Whot, Scrabble, Chess, Draft and Ludo.
Each organization is at liberty to decide whether to participate during each year's outing
Participating organizations include, British Council, DFID, USAID, African Development Bank and the United Nations.
The trophy for the maiden edition was won by the EFCC football team.
Since 2022, C4AIK training hall serves as current venue for FIDAF annual draws.
MARKETsphere9ja
Marketsphere9ja was aired every Saturday afternoon from 2018 to 2020, first on HOT FM and later on Kiss FM. It was a platform for dialogue where development organizations discussed their work with members of the public while giving them a chance to ask the questions that mattered to them.
The programme grew from a simple observation that people may not fully value or participate in development interventions if they do not understand who is providing them, why they are being provided, and how the organizations involved operate.
Including market traders in the programme helped listeners see that NGOs actually work with beneficiaries and do not segregate; but practice inclusion by engaging people from different backgrounds and communities during the phone in sessions. Their participation made the conversation more representative and that development work is ultimately about people.
The chairpersons of market places across the Federal Capital Territory, market leaders and managers, including women leaders, the two key managers of market places in Abuja (AMML and Urban Shelter representatives) also participated.
The word market was not only the inspiration for the name; it was also a place where people could be reached, heard and included in conversations about development.
We continue the passion till date by showcasing project impact stories and events as well as providing project activities MCing services within the development sector only.
Independent Platforms
FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
IMPROVING NOTIONS FOR GREATER OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA'S DEVELOPMENT SPHERE
INGOsphere9ja
MAKING ACTIVITIES, RESULTS, KEY EXPERIENCES TENABLE IN NIGERIA'S DEVELOPMENT SPHERE