Projects & impact
Turning partnerships into measurable impact.
CIJ designs and implements technology, digital skills, entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives that respond to practical challenges facing young people, women, entrepreneurs, SMEs, schools and communities — with development partners, foundations, government, the private sector and communities.
Challenge → Partnership → Implementation → Results → Learning → Scale
Verified impact
Impact beyond activities.
We don’t measure success by workshops delivered. Every public figure below has a definition, a period, a data source and a responsible staff member behind it.
500+
Youth trained through CIJ programs
50+
MSMEs supported through digital, entrepreneurship and enterprise-development activities
300+
Participants reached through emerging technology initiatives
200+
Beneficiaries reached through AI-focused programming
Figures are conservative and drawn from attendance registers, reports and partner records. Reach → Outputs → Outcomes → Impact: as our monitoring, evaluation and learning framework matures we will report completion, skills gained, businesses started and progression — not just attendance.
Project areas
Interconnected development priorities.
Digital inclusion
Expanding access to digital skills, technology and opportunity.
Youth skills & employment
Practical capabilities for employment, entrepreneurship and further learning.
Entrepreneurship & SMEs
Business development, digitalisation, e-commerce and market readiness.
STEM & emerging technology
AI, robotics, IoT, drones, GIS and practical technology exposure.
Education & EdTech
Learners, teachers and schools with digital capability.
Women & girls in technology
Meaningful participation in technology, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Climate & green innovation
Technology-enabled responses to environmental and climate challenges.
Data & digital transformation
Stronger data, systems and digital capability for organisations.
Featured projects
What we delivered, with whom, and what changed.
Completed
Ongoing
Pilot
Upcoming
01
Youth Digital Innovation Program
Partner: Orange Foundation Sierra Leone · 2024 onwards · Ongoing · Freetown
Expanding practical technology learning for young people through drone technology, robotics, electronics and the Internet of Things. Participants engage in hands-on activities that move learning beyond theory and encourage creativity, problem-solving and innovation.
Key areas
Drone technology
Robotics
IoT
Electronics
Digital skills
Intended outcomes: increased access to emerging technology learning · improved practical technical capabilities · greater youth exposure to STEM · confidence using technology · practical projects and pathways into further technology learning.
02
AI & Prompt Engineering Training
Partner: Aurora Foundation · 2025 · Completed · Freetown
Practical learning focused on artificial intelligence and prompt engineering, helping participants understand how emerging AI tools support learning, productivity, entrepreneurship and innovation — including both the opportunities and the limitations of AI.
Key areas
AI fundamentals
Generative AI
Prompt engineering
Responsible AI
Intended outcomes: AI awareness → practical capability → responsible application. 200+ beneficiaries reached through AI-focused programming.
03
Africa BrandNest Hub
CIJ initiative · Funded by EU / UNDP · Live
CIJ’s enterprise development platform helping entrepreneurs and small businesses strengthen their brands, digital capabilities and market readiness — a practical bridge between CIJ’s entrepreneurship, technology and professional service capabilities.
Support
Branding
Digital marketing
E-commerce
Business coaching
Enterprise journey: Assess → Strengthen → Digitalise → Position → Connect → Grow. 50+ MSMEs supported to date.
Ongoing
Digital & ICT skills development
Computer literacy, Microsoft Office, graphic design, digital marketing, web development, data and digital safety — the core of our digital inclusion work.
Ongoing
E-commerce & SME digitalisation
Digital readiness, product photography, social commerce and online customer engagement, delivered through programs, advisory and partner projects such as ITC READY Salone.
Ongoing
STEM & school programs
Digital literacy, coding, robotics, IoT, AI awareness and STEM demonstrations, designed around learners’ age and school infrastructure.
Growing
Women & girls in technology
Digital skills, STEM, entrepreneurship, AI, robotics, leadership and mentorship — measured by participation, completion and progression.
How we deliver
Design → Deliver → Measure → Learn → Improve → Scale
Every project follows the same delivery model, so partners know what to expect and what they will get back.
01 · Understand & design
Start with the challenge
Analyse the problem, target population and context; define objectives, activities, outputs, outcomes and indicators.
02 · Prepare & mobilise
Get ready to deliver
Implementation plans, curricula, tools, staffing and logistics; engage participants, communities and stakeholders.
03 · Implement
Deliver to agreed standards
Training, enterprise support, outreach and technology activities delivered as planned.
04 · Monitor
Track what is happening
Participation, quality, outputs and emerging outcomes — reach, inclusion, delivery, learning, enterprise, progression and partnerships.
05 · Report & learn
Evidence, stories, lessons
Results and lessons for partners — what worked, what did not, and why.
06 · Improve & scale
Grow what works
Use evidence to strengthen delivery and, where results justify it, adapt the model for wider implementation.
SDG contribution (project by project):
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work
SDG 9 Industry & Innovation
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 17 Partnerships
Partners & collaborators
Building impact through collaboration.
We distinguish clearly between implementation partners, funders, technical partners, ecosystem collaborators and clients — and only list relationships we can verify.
Program partner
Orange Foundation Sierra Leone
Emerging technology and digital skills programming: drones, robotics and IoT for young people.
Program partner
Aurora Foundation
AI and digital capability development through the AI & Prompt Engineering training.
Program partner
ITC READY Salone
E-commerce capacity development and SME support with the International Trade Centre.
Ecosystem collaborator
Innovation SL
Innovation ecosystem engagement and collaboration.
Ecosystem engagement
Directorate of Science, Technology & Innovation
Technology ecosystem engagement where formally applicable.
Your organisation?
Let’s co-design something
Fund a program, co-design a project, commission training or services, support entrepreneurs, sponsor equipment or run an innovation challenge.
Listen → Co-design → Deliver → Measure → Learn → Scale. We do not begin with a predefined solution.
Let’s create measurable impact together.
CIJ works at the intersection of skills, technology, entrepreneurship and community development. We welcome partnerships that combine local implementation capability with resources, expertise and a shared commitment to results.