About Us
About AICAD
The African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) is a regional international organization jointly funded by the Governments of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Uganda. Its headquarters are located at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Nairobi, Kenya. AICAD also operates country offices in each member state: in Kenya, the office is based at Egerton University in Njoro, Nakuru; in the United Republic of Tanzania, the office is located at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro; and in Uganda, it is hosted at Makerere University in Kampala. The core mission of AICAD is to contribute to wealth creation in Africa by strengthening human capacity through training, research, and knowledge sharing.
Our Vision
To be the leading global institute in building human capacity for effective knowledge and technology generation, sharing and transfer to communities
for wealth creation
Our Mission
To build human capacity for wealth creation through research and development, innovative training, information and knowledge sharing with
academia, industry and communities.
Our Core Values
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Empowerment
AICAD is guided by the need to develop capacity in new areas of research to benefit communities with new research innovations.
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Impartiality
AICAD is guided by fairness, equity and evenhandedness in distribution of capacity resources among the partner countries.
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Collaboration
AICAD is based on partnership and co-operation among stakeholders to foster capacity development for poverty reduction
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Accountability
AICAD is guided by the need to develop capacity to be accountable to all stakeholders while empowering communities to emancipate them from poverty.
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Dependability
AICAD shall endeavor to develop capacity that is sensitive to the dynamic community needs for poverty alleviation. Further, AICAD is to be guided by the need to promote capability to facilitate quality innovations and maintain excellence in harnessing knowledge and capacity for poverty reduction.
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Inclusivity
AICAD endeavors to provide equal access and opportunities to all for posterity.
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Innovation
AICAD continues to champion and support cutting edge research and projections into the unknown by engaging young and senior faculties in universities.