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
INGOsphere9ja stands out by offering highly affordable, sector-specific training which includes personalized coaching and mentoring for new entrants and seasoned professionals in the International NGO sector in Nigeria. INGOsphere9ja aims to build Nigeria’s strongest hub for skill development
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.
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 gain ability to adapt easily to an ever changing work environment.
FIDAF Tournament
Pioneers of NGO Sports and Well-being in Nigeria
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.
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.
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.
MARKETsphere9ja
In recognition of the economic contributions of micro entrepreneurs and local traders, Marketsphere9ja reaches out to local traders in our Marketplaces to give them opportunities to be heard as they share their success stories and lessons learnt.
Through this initiative, we further gave opportunities to employees of the development sector to share their organization's success stories and impacts
We believe that access to right resources, empowers people to build efficiently as they effectively rely on own abilities to boost their potentials.
The program started as a pidgin English program and later began to be aired in English Language to meet increasing demands.