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Bilingual Plaque for the First Donation to the Afritech Inclusion Digital Academy.

The first donation has arrived

The very first donation to AIDA – Afritech Inclusion Digital Academy has now been received. This first contribution represents much more than financial support. It marks an important milestone: someone outside the project has chosen to believe in our vision and contribute directly to making it a...

Timeline of the AIDA project: association established, raising resources, technical facility, training centre

AIDA is now officially established

AIDA – AfriTech Inclusion Digital Academy was entered in the register of associations at the Strasbourg judicial court on 30 July 2026. The association now exists as a legal entity. The court approved the purpose set out in our statutes: to promote social inclusion, digital education, vocational...

Isometric indicative model of the future AIDA complex: main building, nursery, gym, medical and social centre, cafeteria, car park and primary school

What the future AIDA complex would look like

The AIDA project is not limited to a training centre. In time, the association envisages a complex bringing together training, education, medical and social support, and adaptive sport on a single site in Dakar/Rufisque. Here is what the project sets out, on a plot of around 1,283 m². Training a...

AIDA technical facility: workstations, network racks and trainer area

The start-up technical facility

Before the future AIDA centre is built in Rufisque, the association plans to begin its first activities through a technical training facility. This would make it possible to start actual classes, practical workshops and learner support in a professional environment, without waiting for the full site...

The AIDA project enters its preparation phase

The AIDA association (AfriTech Inclusion Digital Academy) is currently being formed and is awaiting approval from the court. The inclusive training centre project in Rufisque, Senegal, is in its preparation phase: seeking funding, equipment and partners to make a first start possible. No training...

Six forms of support — funding, materials, IT, furniture, accessibility, skills — converging on the AIDA project in Rufisque

How to support the AIDA project

A computer sitting unused in an office. A few hours of legal advice. A batch of chairs left over after an office move. What has outlived its purpose in one place can get a classroom started in another. AIDA is building this project from what individuals, companies, foundations, institutions, local...