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Our Impact

What the Fund has made possible

We report results with numbers and stories. Choose a year to see what each cycle delivered, or All years for the combined total.

EDUCATIONSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITY
  • Across the Fund
  • Universities & Research
  • Schools
  • Medical Scholarship
  • Communities
All yearsAcross the Fund
56+Students and researchers supported2025: 56+
All yearsUniversities & Research
3Inaugural research awardees2026: 3
All yearsSchools
24Schools reached2026: 24
All yearsMedical Scholarship
60+Medical scholarship applications2026: 60+
All yearsCommunities
97People equipped to earn a living2025: 52 · 2026: 45
2025Across the Fund
56+Students and researchers supportedAcross schools and universities, by September 2025
2026Universities & Research
3Inaugural research awardeesTwo MSc students and one postdoctoral fellow, OAU
2026Schools
24Schools reachedAcademic competition and ICT training, Ile-Ife and Modakeke
2026Medical Scholarship
60+Medical scholarship applicationsIn the first weeks of the 2026 call
2025Communities
52People equipped to earn a livingSocial Intervention Fund with Dawah Front, December 2025
2026Communities
45People equipped to earn a living2026 exercise with Dawah Front; 5 more scheduled
Milestones

Timeline

Universities & Research

OAU MoU signed

MoU with Obafemi Awolowo University to support the Professor Adebayo Shittu Molecular Biology Laboratory and an annual postgraduate research award.

Schools

Prize Giving Day returns

MoUs signed with the Junior and Senior schools of African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta.

Communities

52 people equipped

The Social Intervention Fund and Dawah Front equip 52 people, selected from 85 applicants.

Universities & Research

First research awardees

First recipients of the Professor Adebayo Shittu Research Award announced.

Communities

Sixth community exercise

73 applications, 64 interviews and 50 people approved for support, three in four of them women.

Schools

Schools competition

Support for an inter-secondary schools academic competition and ICT training for students from 24 schools.

Schools

Second Prize Giving Day

Held at African Church Grammar School, with a mentorship session for students.

Medical Scholarship

Medical Scholarship opens

First call for applications; direct livelihood grants reach 12 small business owners; solar power for two community places of worship in Olomore.

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