Our Journey Thus Far
Inception : Founded September 2012
Hired its first administrator
ACAF held its first Roundtable Event
Consolidated the legal/ governance work for the Foundation
Engaged its first grantees; HBSAN, CRLE, PAU, JAN, AIMP
Council Meetings commenced
Active KPI monitoring of Grantee
Foundational Management processes established
ALA, ALIWA & NESG joined the grantee pool
Launched the ACAF website
Annual Roundtable welcomed its first keynote address “Impact Assessment”by Mr. Martin Egbeke
Concept of ACA Delegates (i.e. staff assigned to work with grantee organisations) was introduced
Enactus, FATE Foundation and GCU joined the grantee pool
Annual Roundtable keynote address on “Governance for Sustainability & Differentiation”, was delivered by Dr. Christopher Kolade
Annual Roundtable keynote speaker address on” Fundraising Strategies & Mechanism for NGOs” by Mr. Frank Aswan
Webinars for grantees introduced
OPL Academy joined the traditional grant pool and six tech grantees were engaged: Davtonlearn, Dooctora E-Health, Energy Detectors, Tradebuza, TREP Labs & Roadpreppers.
ACAF Bi-Annual Newsletter was issued
Annual Roundtable keynote address on “The Importance of Sustainability to Key Stakeholders” was delivered by Mrs. Simi Nwogugu (JAN) & Dr. Ijeoma Nwagwu (LBS)
Introduced the Technology grant stream
Annual Roundtable keynote address on “Strategy” was delivered by Dr. Omobola Johnson
Strengthened ACAF’s processes and systems
Commissioned ACAF’s First Process Audit
ACAF Grant Portal Update
Hosted First Virtual Grantee Roundtable (Webinar)
Annual Roundtable keynote address on “Technology & Remote Working for NGOs” was delivered by Dr. Mrs Funke Amobi (Stanbic IBTC)