African Center for Skills Development and Empowerment (ACSDE) is established to identify, develop and impact skills in individuals or groups within Africa. ACSDE will use local and international resources that meet best practice to develop and impact various skills in individuals and groups that will enable personal and economic growth within Africa. The organisation will grow and expand its services to identify relevant skills globally, determine the training skills and competences required in Africa, identify critical development needs in Africa for economic growth and determine the gaps in the critical development needs area.
The organisation’s operations will include support and collaboration with relevant stakeholders to drive social change and provide consultative services on skills development where required through career traineeship and apprenticeship. Through research and development ACSDE will respond to issues affecting Africa and Africans.
The organisation will focus on creating strong national interest in skills development and understanding the application of skills development as a tool for industrialisation and national economic growth. The organisation will inspire and support individuals to develop personal skills through continuing professional development (CPD), mentoring and coaching.
Through continuous interactions, seminars, workshops and public lectures with different sectors, ACSDE will continue to advance:
- The imperative of skills development in Africa
- The need for government to see Skills development as a national emergency
- How STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and TVET (Technical, Vocational and Educational Training) can help people understanding the elements of Skills acquisition
- The Co-op Learning system – as a new way of learning through career traineeship and apprenticeship
- The role of technology in Skills development
Motto
Developing Skills for Sustainable Economic growth
Values
Our values are represented in our PASCKIF model;
- Professionalism – Maintain high standards in the discharge of your responsibilities
- Accountability – Taking ownership and responsibilities of all decisions and actions
- Social Responsibility – Ability to exhibit accountability, integrity and transparency for all decisions and actions
- Competence – Ability to acquire expertise in a chosen field and work with little or no supervision Knowledge – Level of awareness and understanding in your chosen field
- Integrity – Ability to create high degree of confidence and morals in the discharge of your responsibilities in relation to your chosen field
- Focus – Consistently committed to your course
Vision Statement
ACSDE Vision is to identify, develop and impact skills in individuals or groups within Africa.
Mission Statement
ACSDE aim to use local and international resources that meet best practice to develop and impact various skills in individuals and groups that will enable personal and economic growth within Africa.
Objectives
ACSDE objectives are as follows:
- Identify relevant skills globally
- Determine the training skills and competences required in Africa
- Identify critical development needs in Africa for economic growth
- Determine the gaps in the critical development needs area
- Provide Coaching and Mentoring support
- Provide career guidance and continuing professional development (CPD) support
- Support entrepreneurship initiatives within the limit of AC-SDE
- Assist to drive social change in educational institutions
- Assist to drive research responding to skills development issues affecting Africa and Africans
- Provide guidance to governments and Institutions on skills development where required
- Carry out such other things that in the opinion of AC-SDE will assist in the development of skills in Africa.
- To collaborate with other institutions and organisations globally involved in skills development to promote skills in various organisations across Africa to grow local economy.
Accreditation
ACSDE technical, business, engineering and management programmes are accredited and validated by renowned institutions Globally.