From Digital Skills to Economic Opportunity: 5,112 Women and Girls Reached in August
The Agenda-WINNIG project, focused on addressing the gender digital divide and expanding business opportunities for women and girls in Northern Nigeria, recorded its strongest monthly performance in August 2026. Across Kano, Bauchi, Itas and Jama’are, the project conducted 73 training sessions, reaching 5,112 women and girls—more than four times the adjusted monthly target of 1,223. […]
Turning Local Challenges into Livelihood Opportunities in Kilankwa II
For women in Kilankwa II, farming often comes with another challenge after harvest: processing their produce. High costs, long distances and the physical effort involved can make it difficult to turn their agricultural activities into sustainable income. To address this, a new community milling and grinding facility was provided to the community by the Centre […]
Kano Women Human Rights Defenders Strengthen Their Digital Defences
As more women human rights defenders, journalists and activists take their work online, digital threats are increasingly becoming part of the risks they face. From hacked accounts and online harassment to impersonation, surveillance and exposure of personal information, staying safe online has become essential to continuing their work. To strengthen their ability to respond, CITAD, […]
Equipping Women Human Rights Defenders to Stay Safe Online
For women human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists, visibility online is essential to their work but it can also expose them to harassment, account hacking, surveillance, doxxing, impersonation and technology-facilitated gender-based violence. To help women navigate these risks, CITAD, with support from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), trained 40 women human rights […]
CITAD ILERIS: Kano traditional ruler urges youths to remain resilient, committed
By Buhari Abba The Danmalikin Kano and District Head of Rimin Gado, Auwal Mudi Yakasai, has urged young Nigerians to remain resilient, committed and focused in their pursuit of personal and professional goals. Mr Yakasai, a former labour leader and public administrator, gave the advice on Wednesday while speaking as the guest speaker at the […]
Empowering Youth with Digital Storytelling Skills for Community Advocacy
To commemorate the 2026 International Youth Day, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with support from ActionAid Nigeria under the Partnership and Local Rights Programme (P&LRP), organised a two-day Content Creation and Video Editing Training for youth representatives from 18 Local Rights Programme communities in the Federal Capital Territory. Held in Gwagwalada from […]
CITAD trains 551 women, girls, PWDs in digital literacy across Kano
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has trained 551 women, girls and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in digital literacy, online safety and digital hygiene across eight local government areas of Kano State in a single week. The seven-day training, held from August 10 to 16, was organised under CITAD’s ongoing two-year Addressing the […]
CITAD Takes Digital Literacy Training to Women, Girls in Kano, Bauchi
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has trained 848 women and girls in Kano and Bauchi states on digital literacy, online safety and digital hygiene as part of efforts to bridge the gender digital divide in Northern Nigeria. The two-day training was organised under CITAD’s ongoing two-year Addressing the Gender Digital Divide and […]
Rogo youths commend CITAD over digital training
The Youth Progressive Forum in Rogo Local Government Area of Kano State has commended the Centre for Information Technology and Development for organising digital literacy training for women and young women in the area. The forum also appealed to the organisation to extend the programme to more women and young people in the local government. […]
When a Community Speaks, Who Listens? CITAD Takes Rafin Zurfi Concerns to Gwagwalada Chair
For the people of Rafin Zurfi, development is not an abstract idea. It is a school where children can learn safely, a road that connects them to other communities, and a government that listens when they ask for change. These concerns brought representatives of Rafin Zurfi community, alongside the Centre for Information Technology and Development […]
