PIN ICT4D Projects

"AFARA" pilot project

PIN proposes a practical approach in form of a project to help solve the problem of IT knowledge availability in local languages, using the Yoruba language as a pilot. In Africa’s Nigeria (which is the setting for this project), “come” can be translated as, “wa”, “zo”, “bia”, etc. Actually, there are as many local languages as there are dialects – and there are over 300 dialects! Unfortunately, the official language (English) is not understood or spoken by a good percentage of the population and that means that the task of taking the gospel of IT literacy to the grassroots is not a simple task – but it must be done.

AFÁRÁ, which seeks to deliver IT lessons in Yoruba (one of Nigeria’s popular languages), is a project which will serve as a model for other initiatives (some of which may already be existent – a fact that we do not doubt). This will help Southern initiatives to join all possible forces in combating this multiheaded monster that may throw us years behind civilisation – the digital divide. Details Here


“What's In the Box" Project

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria focuses on equipping the Nigerian Youths to take advantage of advancements in technology. This goal is to develop and introduce incentives, initiatives, seminars and workshops specifically designed to encourage Nigerian Youths to use available ICT tools as efficiently as possible in solving the problems within their community.

Strategic Purpose

I. Peer to Peer Sharing of ICT skills: Encouraging the sharing and re-use of information, and create incentives for the same.

II. Impartation of knowledge on trends in the world of IT with Students and how it could fit into their chosen careers.

III. Improve the rate at with the Nigerian Youths embrace ICT in their daily activities.

IV. Encourage, and hence where appropriate support, the execution of ICT4D projects among Nigerian Youths. Details Here