Action Lab for Development
Organization Details
Action Lab for Development(ACTLAB) was founded in 2016 as a not-for-profit organization and officially authorized in 2018 by the Cameroonian government, since then we have held Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2020. As of recently in 2024, Action Lab for Development was registered as an extra-provincial corporation in Alberta, Canada.
Mission and Objectives: Our mission is to maximize growth and support development by harnessing local innovators’ potential. We advance education through technical and vocational training, entrepreneurship programs, and access to learning resources for underserved communities. We promote mentorship, leadership, and ethical business practices among youth and women. ACTLAB fosters community capacity via workshops, partnerships, and digital platforms for skill-based volunteering and collaborative learning.
Support Needs
We’re looking to improve our new business development with:
CrowdfundingImpact InvestingInnovationNonprofit Operations andWeb Development
Impact Story
Action Lab for Development partnered Tobby Vision Computers (TVC) and MovingWorlds USA which sent a volunteer Mr. Carlos Eduardo Botia Diza from South America to the TVC in 2016. He trained for three months 14 trainees (10 boys & 4 girls) in Entrepreneurship in our laying down the foundation for the entrepreneurship course and developing the curriculum which we submitted to the government for approval. Trainees developed the following business projects arose from this course; Update and Publication of a Computer Science manual for secondary schools, Publication of a Mathematics Manual for technical and commercial schools, a restaurant, a bakery and a poultry farm which are all running and doing fine.
Secondly, Action Lab partnered Tobby Vision Computers (TVC) still in partnership with Movingworlds USA we trained 11 trainees (9 boys & 2 girls) enrolled in the school this April and May 2018 for three weeks in Entrepreneurship and Creative Innovation leading to Action Lab. The training was carried by a Movingworlds volunteer Jaime Garcia who came from Japan to TVCVET Center Bambui, Cameroon.
Thirdly, in partnership with Business Enablement Germany, fourteen Action Lab and School staffs and trainees (10 males and 4 females) were trained in Business Strategy by Mr. Olaf Seidel from A&O Business Enable Germany for two months last year and developed the TVC-VET Social Business Investment case for 2019 and beyond.
Diverse Social Enterprise
The TRANSFORM Support Hub is committed to accelerating diverse owned and led enterprises to build more equitable and resilient supply chains.
