For NGOs & implementing partners
Your technical or consortium partnerin Northern Nigeria.
We join as partner across four roles, backed by a decade of donor-funded implementation in the geographies other partners avoid.
Four roles
How we can join your programme.
Service delivery
We run the programme on the ground: cohorts, mentorship, community reach and donor reporting.
- IDEAS TVET: 105 completed
- GIZ MSME training: 35 Kano businesses
Proposal development
Programme design and proposal writing for donor-funded and public programmes, with local evidence built in.
- Registered on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (PIC 860264871)
- Registered on the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM No. 1041678)
Research & development
Field research, needs assessments and technology built for the context.
- Field research with Equal Access International
- Multilingual farmer platforms under TAAT
Monitoring & evaluation
Baselines, process evaluation, tracer surveys and indicator definitions you can audit.
- M&E and ICT backstopping across six North East states
- Hotline in Hausa, Kanuri and Fulfulde under NERI
Where we operate
Core presence in the North West.Real reach into the North East.
Core presence · North West
Kano
Headquarters and training hub: IDEAS TVET, farmer data, GIZ programmes, DD Hub Academy
Kaduna
Training delivery, and Kaduna Peace Connect for the State Peace Commission
Katsina
Digital and creative-media skills under the IDEAS programme
Jigawa
Training delivery
Extended reach · North East
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba
M&E and ICT backstopping, data gathering and an IVR hotline (NERI programme)
Digital agriculture pilot sites
Lafia, Nasarawa
Digital food-traceability pilot site
Calabar, Cross River
Digital food-traceability pilot site
Corporate & commercial
Abuja (FCT)
Corporate presence; policy, partner and investor engagement
Lagos
Commercial and corporate presence
Across the North and beyond
19 northern states
Peace Promoters Fellowship and CVE hackathon participants (2022)
Jordan
Technology partnerships, including Decapolis and the Embassy of Nigeria in Amman
Who we have worked alongside
Consortium experience.
- 2016–2018
Creative Associates International
Subcontractor on the USAID-supported North East Regional Initiative.
- 2018–2019
IFDC, with IITA and ICRISAT
Partner on the African Development Bank's Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation.
- From 2017
Equal Access International
Implementing and technical partner on peacebuilding and countering violent extremism.
- 2024
Kirkira Development Hub
Consortium partner on the World Bank-supported IDEAS Innovation Grant Facility.
Impact at a glance
A technical partner for data, training, M&E and community reach in the North.
105
young people completed the IDEAS TVET Creative Media programme
Documented97.1%
of graduates economically active at completion
Documented45.7%
of the cohort were women
Documented~36,000
farmer records merged, de-duplicated and validated
Documented
What this means for ngos, hubs and implementing partners
- Peace and CVE programming with Equal Access: fellowship and hackathon covering 19 northern states.
- Voice and hotline systems, and M&E backstopping, for a multi-state North East programme.
- Founding member of national innovation networks since 2017.
“The IDEAS TVET project component, delivered by Digital Development Hub, reflects exactly the kind of outcome the IDEAS Project was designed to achieve: young Nigerians moving from limited digital exposure to income-generating, industry-relevant skills within a single competency-based cycle.”
On quality assurance
“Over the course of implementation, the NPCU observed a training provider that took quality assurance seriously. DD Hub's development of an internal quality assurance framework aligned to the National Skills Qualification Framework, alongside its safeguarding, grievance redress, and occupational health and safety systems, represents the kind of institutional maturity the IDEAS Project seeks to build into its implementing partners, not just for the duration of a single programme cycle, but as lasting infrastructure for future cohorts.”
On scaling the model
“Looking ahead, the National Project Coordination Unit sees strong potential for this model to be replicated across other TVET focus areas and, subject to the standard IDEAS Project review processes, considered for scale-up in future programming cycles. DD Hub's expansion of its own training portfolio into immersive technologies, GIS, broadcasting, and digital product design suggests an implementing partner capable of absorbing that kind of expanded mandate.”
Capabilities
What we bring to a consortium.
Programme design & delivery
Competency-based training, cohort management, mentorship, internships and Demo Days, run to donor reporting standards.
Data systems & digital transformation
Survey design, KoBo pipelines, cleaning and harmonisation at 30,000+ records; IVR and hotline channels.
Monitoring, evaluation & learning
Baselines, process evaluation, tracer surveys, and indicator definitions you can audit.
Enterprise incubation & acceleration
Business coaching, pitching, formalisation support and investor linkages, including the NORTHSTAR model.
Local-language content & extension
Hausa audiovisual learning on farming, with subtitles for wider audiences.
Safeguarding & inclusion systems
Grievance redress, health and safety, and deliberate inclusion of women and persons with disabilities.
Building a consortium?Bring us in early.
Tell us the call, the geography and the role you need filled.