What we work on

Eight pillars, and the one question underneath them.

Every programme we run answers a version of the same question: who is being left out of the digital economy here, and what would actually change that? These eight areas are how the answer has organised itself — each one mapped to the Sustainable Development Goals it contributes to.

A young learner assembling a robotics kit at a Toko Academy class

The areas

Eight of them, in order.

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Area 1

Digital Literacy & Foundational Skills

The first rung. Individuals, public servants, teachers and whole communities who were never taught the skills that the modern economy — and now every digital public service — quietly assumes everybody has.

  • Digital foundations & internet fundamentals
  • Microsoft Office & productivity
  • Digital safety & basic cybersecurity
  • Adult digital literacy
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 16
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Area 2

Advanced Technology, Innovation & Software Engineering

Moving developers, graduates and founders from consuming technology to building it — solutions, products and businesses made here rather than imported.

  • AI & Machine Learning
  • Blockchain & IoT
  • Web & mobile development
  • Cloud, cybersecurity & UI/UX
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
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Area 3

Data, Analytics & Evidence-Based Decision Making

Data literacy, business intelligence and MEAL training for government agencies, NGOs and development organisations — so that a decision rests on the evidence rather than on whoever spoke last.

  • Data analysis & visualisation
  • MEAL systems
  • Research methods & survey tools
  • Data-informed governance
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17
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Area 4

Workforce Development, Entrepreneurship & Creative Economy

Training tied directly to income: bootcamps, upskilling, mentorship and enterprise support for SMEs, creatives and young people looking for a job, a first client, or a business of their own.

  • Career readiness & employability
  • Entrepreneurship & SME development
  • Digital marketing, content & graphic design
  • Freelancing & the creative economy
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 8
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Area 5

Children & Youth Technology Education

Computational thinking while it is still play. Programming, game building and AI foundations for children and young people, in schools and through the holidays.

  • Programming for kids (Scratch, HTML, CSS)
  • VR game development
  • AI foundations for youth
  • School-based & holiday bootcamps
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 10
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Area 6

Gender Equality, Inclusion & Protection of Vulnerable Groups

Closing the gender gap in technology, and making sure women, girls, displacement-affected families and persons with disabilities are not the people a digital transition leaves behind.

  • Women & girls in STEM
  • Women in Uniform programming
  • GBV awareness & 16 Days of Activism
  • Scholarships & child-safe standards
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 16
Officers in uniform seated at a Toko Academy digital skills session in Yola

Area 7

Public Sector Capacity Building & Institutional Strengthening

Digital tools, AI literacy, cybersecurity awareness and data-driven practice for agencies, law enforcement and regulators — aimed at the service a citizen actually receives at the counter.

  • AI & digital literacy for government
  • Cybersecurity for law enforcement
  • Data-driven decision-making
  • Institutional digital transformation
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17
Participants at a Toko Academy session in Yola

Area 8

Climate Education, Green Digital Skills & Sustainability

Climate literacy, sustainable computing and green-economy skills — so that learners and institutions here are ready for a transition largely being designed somewhere else.

  • Climate literacy for youth & schools
  • Green digital skills (sustainable computing, climate data, e-waste)
  • Tech for climate adaptation
  • Youth-led climate action
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 15

Across all eight

Five things that do not vary by programme.

Equity & Inclusion
Gender-responsive facilitation, scholarships for low-income learners, and accessibility considered in every programme rather than retrofitted to one.
Community-Centred Delivery
Programmes co-designed with local partners and rooted in how life is actually lived in North-East Nigeria.
Evidence & Learning
Pre and post assessments, MEAL systems, and a beneficiary database that follows outcomes over several years.
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Child-safe standards, a code of conduct binding on every trainer, and zero tolerance for harassment or exploitation.
Partnerships & Multi-Sector Collaboration
Working across government, academia, INGOs, faith-based organisations and the private sector, because none of this scales alone.

Designing something that fits one of these?

We co-design with government, INGO, academic and private sector partners. Tell us the outcome you need and we will scope the work with you.