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1. Career talks on the computer profession for students in
over 20 secondary schools
2. Computer training for
journalists in a number of states
3.
Public lectures in various institutions of higher learning
4. Publishing a quarterly newsletter, the CompuLiteracy
News (since 1997)
5. Computer appreciation seminar for
members of the Kano Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and
Agriculture (KACCIMA)
6. Computer
appreciation and training for the staff of Kano State Library Board (July
1999)
7. Participated in the African Development Forum on
the Challenges to Africa of Globalization and the Information, organized
by UNECA in Addis Ababa, October, 1999
8. SchoolNet
Sensitization seminar for secondary school teachers (December, 1999)
9. E-commerce sensitization seminar for members of the business
community in Kano under KACCIMA in May 2001
10. Participated
at the ABANTU African Policy Forum on Gender and ICTs in Africa as
Resource Organization (April 2001)
11. Serve as resource
organization, presenting a paper on Priority Issues in the use of the
Internet for the Promotion of Democracy and Open Society in Nigeria at the
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) Consultation Forum on the
Needs Assessment (May 2001)
12. Organized an IT exhibition
for the Kano State Ministry of Education (2001)
13. Assisted
in the drafting of the Kano State Draft Policy on IT (2001)
14. Printing of public awareness campaign materials such as
stickers, leaflets, greeting cards and posters
15. IT
appreciation seminar for Lawyers in Kano (April 2002)
16.
Donated books on computer and IT to the Kano State Library Board (May
2002)
17. Secured and awarded 125 IT training scholarships
at the Hands-on Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), Kano as part
of a private sector-NGO partnership programme (2002)
18.
Computer Training for public secondary school teachers in Kano State under
the Learn and Teach Others (LATO) scheme since 2002 (four batches of over
60 teachers have so far benefited)
19. Publishing of an
online newsletter- News on ICTs in Nigeria since October
2002
20. Conducted a survey on the use of ICTs by civil
society groups in Nigeria (2002/2003)
21. Trained 94 Voter
Registration Exercise Monitors in Jigawa State for the 2002 Voter
Registration exercise (August 2002)
22. Monitored the Voter
Registration exercise in Jigawa State as part of the Transition Monitoring
Group (TMG) in September 2002
23. Conducted a survey on IT
Trade and Business in Northern Nigeria (2003)
24. Conducted
a three-month IT training for women in collaboration with the Women Health
and Development Network (WHADNET), January-March, 2003
25.
Hosted a meeting of civil society organizations to consider putting up a
proposal for the World Bank Country Gateway Project (March 2003)
26. Trained 212 monitors for the monitoring of the 2003
general elections in Jigawa State (April 2003)
27. Conducted Voter education and election monitoring
forums in 18 local governments in Jigawa State (April 2003)
28. Coordinated the monitoring of the 2003 general elections
in Jigawa State (April;/May 2003)
29. Coordinated the
Baseline Study commissioned by the National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA) in Northern Nigeria (April/May
2003)
30. Secured and awarded 300 training scholarships for
the year 2003/2004 from four computer training schools in Kano (May/June
2003 and August/September 2003)
31. Running a computer
training outreach programme at Hauwa Community College, Funtua, Katsina
for teachers and other members of the community in Funtua every Saturday
in conjunction with the Pan African Development Education and Advocacy
Project (PADEAP)
32. Conducted a training programme for NGOs
in Kano on how to use ICTs for their work (April 2003). Partnered with
AITEC for a Low Cost Website Hosting programme (five organizations have so
far taken advantage of it).
33. Trained 212 Election monitors in Jigawa State for the
monitoring of the 2003 elections in Nigeria.
34. Hosted a meeting of Civil Society Groups to consider
putting up proposal for the Country Gateway Project (March 29,
2003)
35.Coordinating an IT Baseline study in the north west and
north east zone of the country as part of the Study commissioned by the
National Inforamtion Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
36. Conducting IT training for Women groups in Kano.
37. Training for the Management Staff of the Kano State
Library Board on IT and Library Automation (December 2004)
38. Internet Training for the Staff of the Kano State
History and Culture Bureau in partnership with British Council, Kano
(January 20004)
39. Conducting GSM Consumer Satisfaction Survey for the
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) (February 2004)
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