THE NELSON MANDELA INSTITUTION FOR KNOWLEDGE BUILDING AND THE
EIN 20-3048545
What they do
THE NELSON MANDELA INSTITUTION for KNOWLEDGE BUILDING and THE ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, INC. ("NMI"), A DELAWARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS CREATED to PROMOTE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY and EDUCATION IN AFRICA. NMI WAS CREATED AS A RESPONSE to THE DEARTH of TOP QUALITY SCIENCE and ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THAT HAS BECOME ALL THE MORE APPARENT IN AN ERA of A FAST CHANGING and GLOBALIZING WORLD. NMI REPRESENTS A NEW WAY of DOING THINGS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR IN AFRICA. IT is BASED ON A NUMBER of CORE PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INDEPENDENCE FROM GOVERNMENT, TIGHT LINKS WITH INDUSTRY, STRONG CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, and A FOCUS ON PRODUCING MEN and WOMEN WITH THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR and COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT to HELP TRANSFORM THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES and IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. IT is ALSO DESIGNED to INNOVATIVELY DRAW ON THE SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN DIASPORA IN ACADEMI
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (3)
BONAVENTURE MBIDA-ESSAMACEO
JEAN-LOUIS SARBIBDIRECTOR
NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALACHAIR
About this charity
- Location
- 1220 L STREET NW STE 100-213, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
- County
- District of Columbia
- In care of
- BONAVENTURE MBIDA-ESSAMA
- Primary officer
- BONAVENTURE MBIDA-ESSAMA, CEO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2018
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- BOND & COMPANY PLC