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Awakened · Determined · AmbitiousThe Ada has arrived

She is everywhere. She is more than enough.

Right now, a girl in Kano is learning to code.

ADA Mandate is a Nigerian NGO building the ecosystem every Nigerian woman has been waiting for — technology, climate, identity, leadership, and economic independence. We are not a charity. We are a community of women and allies refusing to wait any longer.

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#TheAdaHasArrivedAwakened. Determined. Ambitious — that's every Nigerian womanFive pillars · Six geopolitical zonesFree training in English · Hausa · Yoruba · IgboRegistered under CAMA 2020 · Corporate Affairs Commission, NigeriaShe rises. Nigeria rises.

01 · The Evidence

Numbers tell part. The women tell the rest.

Every figure is sourced, dated, and tied back to a name.

Updated · June 2026

2025

Women reached across 18 Nigerian states

ADA Annual Report, 2024 · Verified via partner roll-call

2025

States with active ADA programs

Internal program registry, Q4 2024

2025

Microgrants disbursed to women-led businesses

ADA Treasury reconciliation, 2024

2025

Graduates placed in jobs or founded ventures

Alumna survey, n=2,145 · 87% response rate

02 · Why ADA exists

The problem has never been the Nigerian woman.

It has always been that nobody built the right kind of support around her. We are tired of waiting. We are building the chance ourselves.

Field 01 · Kano

She can code. She has never owned a laptop.

FIELD · 01

UNESCO · 2023

Nigerian girls out of secondary school

A field observation

She is the young girl who came first in her class but cannot afford to continue. She is the woman in Borno whose farm flooded because of a changing climate. ADA Digital Hubs, scholarships and Ambassadors exist so she does not have to wait for permission to learn.

FIELD · 02

World Bank · 2023

₦41T

Annual GDP lost to Nigeria's gender gap

A field observation

She has a brilliant business idea but no phone, no data, no way to reach customers beyond her own street. ADA Enterprise Hubs, women-built financial products and direct market access turn her craft into capital — in her own name.

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Field 02 · Onitsha

She runs a business. The marketplace passes her by.

03 · Our Five Pillars

Five pillars. One building.

Each pillar holds up the whole building. Remove any one and the structure is weaker. Together they make ADA Mandate strong enough to create real, lasting change.

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Technology

Getting women online and in the game.

Free Digital Hubs in all six zones. A learning app in English, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. 1,000 Digital Ambassadors teaching women in their own languages.

Climate

Women at the heart of environmental action.

Women's Environmental Action Groups in 200 LGAs. The ADA Green Fund for women-led clean energy, farming and water projects. Annual climate report — read by the right people.

Identity

A safe place to be yourself and know your rights.

ADA Safe Spaces — physical and online. A 24-hour helpline. Gender awareness in schools. A national directory of Nigerian women role models.

Leadership

Training the next generation of women who will run things.

ADA Leadership Academy. Mentorship at scale. Practical campaign training for women running for office. The ADA Awards — names that should be household ones.

Economic Independence

Because a woman with her own money can do anything.

20,000 women trained yearly in business and money. ADA Enterprise Hubs. Financial products built for women — without the ridiculous collateral nobody can meet.

05 · The Programs

Programs designed in her image.

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In good company

Backed by people who already believe.

Funders, ministries, media houses and tech platforms — the wider circle around the women we serve.

Funder

Mastercard Foundation

Funder

Ford Foundation

Programme partner

UN Women

Implementation

Co-Creation Hub

Tech partner

Andela

Government

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs

Media

TechCabal

Government

Lagos State Govt.

Come and build with us

Awakened. Determined.
Ambitious.

That's every Nigerian woman.

The Ada does not wait for permission. She assesses the situation, prepares herself, and moves. Whether you are a woman who wants to be part of this community, a business that wants to make a real difference, a government agency that wants a credible partner, or a donor who wants to see their money actually work — join us.

Donate

Fund a Digital Hub seat, a scholarship, or a microgrant in her name.

Partner

Banks, telcos, universities, government — co-build a pillar with us.

Volunteer

Become a Digital Ambassador, mentor, helpline volunteer or facilitator.

Apply

Join the Leadership Academy, a Hub cohort, or the next Green Fund round.

#TheAdaHasArrivedRegistered under CAMA 2020 · Corporate Affairs Commission, NigeriaWorking across all six geopolitical zonesShe rises. Nigeria rises.info@adamandate.org · @ADAMandate

Right now, a girl in Kano is learning to code.|

Numbers tell part. The women tell the rest.

The problem has never been the Nigerian woman.

She can code. She has never owned a laptop.

She runs a business. The marketplace passes her by.

Five pillars. One building.

Technology

Climate

Identity

Leadership

Economic Independence

Programs designed in her image.

Backed by people who already believe.

Awakened. Determined.Ambitious.

Right now, a girl in Kano is learning to code.

Awakened. Determined.
Ambitious.