Removing the cross-cutting barriers to value-chain transformation.

Flagship Initiative

• InitiativeEmpower Academy — premier pharmaceutical manufacturing training institution, delivered in partnership with Empower Swiss / Empower School of Health
• ProgramTwo-year scholarship cohorts for graduates, scientists, engineers & healthcare sector founders

Programme Pillars

• Technical & manufacturing skills pipeline — pharma, biologics, quality systems
• R&D & innovation bridge — connecting universities and research centres to manufacturers
• Entrepreneurial cohorts — health manufacturing, diagnostics & digital health founders

Policy & Regulatory Enablers

• RegulatoryPCN, SON & NAFDAC — workforce competency standards engagement
• PolicyHealth workforce policy advocacy across FMOH & FMITI
• PartnershipEmpower Academy Nigeria — institutional partner for curriculum & delivery

Policy Instruments

• PolicyPresidential Executive Order on Pharmaceuticals — cross-ministerial compliance coordination, list of exempted materials & manufacturers, regulatory harmonisation follow-through
• PolicyNational Supply Chain Policy — co-developed with NPSCMP (National Primary Supply Chain Management Programme)

Non-Financial Private Sector Support

• InitiativeMedipool — Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO) aggregating demand and improving procurement efficiency for local manufacturers
• RegulatoryWHO Prequalification (PQ) advocacy & capacity-building collaboration plan for local manufacturers
• Industry coalition support — PMG-MAN, HFN, PSHAN and sector groupings

Regulatory Engagement

• RegulatoryNAFDAC — regulatory harmonisation, expedited approval processes, EO implementation
• RegulatorySON — standards alignment; PCN — pharmacy council engagement; NCS — EO import monitoring

Intervention Programs

• ProgramEnhancing Local Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management for Health Commodities & Supplies in Nigeria — World Bank & NMEP
• PartnershipCo-design & implementation: Gates Foundation, UKFCDO/LAFIYA, UNICEF, EU, Expertise France, PATH, UNFPA

Flagship Initiative

• InitiativeNigeria Clinical Research Consortium (NCRC) — national coordinating gateway under NHSRII, positioning Nigeria as a regional hub for biomedical innovation
• National investment case — activation of 437 clinical trial sites via hub-and-spoke model

Governance & Regulatory

• InitiativeSTEER — Strengthening Timely Ethics Review and Coordinated Clinical Research Governance
• RegulatoryNAFDAC — clinical trial regulatory systems strengthening
• RegulatoryNHREC — national health research ethics coordination

Intervention Programs

• ProgramClinical Trial Capability Enhancement in Nigeria — CIFF-funded, implemented with Purpose Africa
• InitiativeClinical Research Community of Practice — established to connect Nigerian clinical research institutions, investigators, and ethics bodies for peer learning, coordination, and standards harmonisation
• PartnershipCEPI / IVI hub-and-spoke network — engagement to strengthen Nigeria's clinical research site network
• InitiativeClinical Research & Translational Science Skills Training — capacity building for research institutions across Nigeria

Strategic Partners

• PartnershipIVI (Technical Coordinating Partner, CEPI); CIFF; Purpose Africa; EU; ACRN