A movement, not a charity.
ADA began as a single sewing class in Enugu in 2019. Today it's a national network of women refusing to wait their turn — and the partners who refuse to make them.
From the field
"Nigerian women are not lacking ability — they are lacking access."
— ADA manifesto, 2019
01 · The Name
ADA is a name. It is also a vow.
In Igbo, "Ada" means firstborn daughter. To us, it stands for what every Nigerian woman is becoming.
A
01 · A
Awakened
To her power, her voice, her place at every table she walks into.
D
02 · D
Determined
Walking the road no one paved before — and paving it for the next girl.
A
03 · A
Ambitious
Refusing the ceiling. Building beyond it. For her people.
02 · Why we exist
Nigerian women carry households, markets, farms and cabinets — and yet are systematically denied the capital, training and platform to build for themselves.
ADA exists to close that gap, one daughter at a time.
03 · How we work
With her — never for her.
Every program is co-designed with the women it serves. Dignity over pity. Opportunity over rescue. Sisterhood as infrastructure.
Founded
2019
Enugu · One sewing class
Cohorts run
0
Across Nigeria
Partners
0
Universities · NGOs · Companies
04 · The covenant
Six values. In writing.
ADA is more than an organization. It is a covenant — between every Nigerian woman and the future she has been promised.
Sisterhood
Lifting as we climb.
Dignity
Opportunity over rescue.
Co-design
With her, never for her.
Honesty
Sourced numbers, named women.
Practice
Build, ship, measure, share.
Stewardship
Of the land, the legacy, the next girl.
Walk with us