Target

Mission

To enhance Africa's development by creating the enabling environment and opportunity for Nigerian professionals and indeed those of African descent to invest their immense intellect, expertise, and skills in the economies of Africa; to bridge the widening economic and scientific gap between Africa and the rest of the world.

Vision

Vision

The Vision of the DTCA is to attract African Experts to enhance Africa’s development by creating the enabling environment and opportunity for professionals in Nigeria and indeed, those of African descent to invest their immense intellect, expertise and skills into the economies of Africa with the goal of bridging the widening economic and scientific gap between Africa and the rest of the world.

Mandate

Mandate

The Directorate has the following six-pronged programme mandate:

Ø  Scientific and Technical Exchange Programme (STEP) under the Nigerian Technical Cooperation Fund (NTCF);

Ø  Compilation and Management of Database of Experts;

Ø  Advocacy;

Ø  Collaboration with other Organizations;

Ø  Capacity Development Programmes; and

Ø  Technical Programmes.

Meet Our Director General

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Amb Rabiu Dagari, mni, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Venezuela with concurrent accreditation to Colombia and Ecuador, had while in service, served in the Nigerian Missions in Paris as Ambassador/Deputy Head of Mission, London, Rome, Dublin and Brussels.

At the Tafawa Balewa House, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Dagari also served in various departments, particularly as the acting director, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Director of Consular Affairs and Deputy Director, Protocol, Office of the Head of State, State House.

Ambassador Dagari was a member of a committee that produced a comprehensive report on the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

An indigene of Nguru, Yobe State, Dagari is also a member of the Senior Executive Course 28, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.

Dagari holds a BSc Political Science degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and a Master of Arts in Governance and Development Policy – CERIS/L’Universite Paris, Sud.

He was appointed the substantive Director General of the DTCA with effective date of March 15, 2021.

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