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Our entrepreneurship intervention seeks to support initiatives that improve the lives of individuals and families through income generation and economic empowerment. The focus is hinged on Vocational Education & Skills Acquisition and Financial Literacy & Inclusion. This will tackle the rising rate of unemployment and underemployment.
Clintonel Innovation Centre is a solar-powered STEM centre, makerspace and hardware business incubator that provides training, mentoring and equipment for young people to create engineering innovations and build indigenous products.
Through its Engineering for Industry (E4I) program, which ACT Foundation supports, CIC bridges the skills gap between engineering students in the Eastern part of Nigeria and the industry, thus enhancing the employability of graduates and facilitating the growth of indigenous industries. University lecturers, students and graduates are trained on industry-relevant skills whilst secondary school students are trained on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills that enable them to excel in STEM careers and prepare them for the future of work.
Nigeria imports over 95% of the engineering products which it consumes, as the gross engineering skills gap in Nigeria leads us to depend on expatriates to meet our engineering needs. Engineering skills are required to design and build machines for industries as well as to develop indigenous products. This skills gap inhibits industrial development in Nigeria and consequently results in massive unemployment, especially amongst the youth.
Furthermore, CIC hosts an Annual Engineering Challenge each year, also known as the Nigerian Genius, and brings together Nigeria’s brightest minds from tertiary institutions to solve our most complex engineering and manufacturing challenges.
Over the years, Clintonel has grown beyond ACT Foundation’s support and secured partnerships and certifications to further the impact of its work. In 2022, they received recognition from the federal government as the Most Outstanding MSME in Nigeria for building the blocks for a true industrial revolution in Nigeria. As a powerhouse in product design, fabrication and manufacturing, CIC remains on a mission to drive sustainable industrialization in Nigeria.
Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is a grant making organization established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non - profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent.
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