About Us

WHO WE ARE

The idea for the establishment of the Centre was developed out of the field experiences of the founder, Olusade Taiwo (PhD), a female development policy researcher. Her idea was further validated in September 1996 during a Brainstorming Seminar on Sustainable Livelihoods, when the views of critical stakeholders were sought and the Centre was formally launched. The stakeholders, some of who are now deceased continued to be Advisors to the Centre for a number of years.

Founding Advisors of CEDAR

Prof Bolanle Awe

Former Chairperson of the National Commission for Women and First Director of MacArthur Foundation Nigeria

Prof Femi Kayode(Deceased)

Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Brainstorming Seminar

Prof. Akeredolu Ale(Deceased)

Professor of Social Policy

Mrs Fola Akintunde-Ighodalo(Deceased)

First Female Permanent Secretary in Nigeria

Our Mission

To facilitate people's access to information and support that can enable them make decisions to effectively combat unemployment and poverty.

Our Vision

The centre has a vision to become a leading organisation that can effectively tackle the causes and consequences associated with unemployment and poverty in Africa.

Structure and Legal Status

The Centre is registered as an organization Limited by Guarantee with the Corporate Affairs Commission. The registration was affected in 2003, under the Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. CEDAR operates through a Board of Directors and a group of local and international professional Advisors and Associates. The Centre engages a pool of expert multi-disciplinary associates that are committed to human development.

The Programme Staff is made up of:

Programme Officers

Part-Time Project Assistants

Local and International Volunteers and Interns

Zonal and Country Focal Persons and Representatives.

Where we Work

With Head Office in Ibadan, Nigeria, CEDAR undertakes programme activities in different communities, through Focal Agencies/Persons in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria and Country Associates in African countries (including Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya) as well as in the U.S.A and U.K.

The Centre had been a Practicum site for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA and also had an online Entrepreneurship Training Exchange collaboration with Project Empowerment International and St Augustine’s College, North Carolina.