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An international NGO once approached us with an urgent recruitment request. They needed to hire quickly, but the timeline was extremely limited and the qualification requirements were high. As a training centre, INGOsphere9ja should naturally have had a pool of trained professionals to recommend. However, we soon discovered that we did not have anyone available who matched the organisation’s specific requirements. A gap that became an opportunity That experience revealed an i

As I organised FIDAF, many people assumed that I had strong connections within the development sector. It is true that I met many people and formed valuable friendships, but I kept those relationships professional and respected them without using them for personal gain. I did not make demands outside the purpose of FIDAF—the platform that brought us together. However, the continued requests for jobs made me ask an important question: how prepared were people themselves for wo

C4AIK began in 2019, after I had started FIDAF, INGOsphere9ja and Marketsphere9ja. However, the idea behind C4AIK began much earlier. In 2010, while working on the USAID MARKETS project, implemented by Chemonics International, I noticed important gaps in the development sector. These gaps inspired two major ideas. The need for sector-specific learning First, I saw the need for a training centre that would help Nigerians understand the context, dynamics and ethics applicable t