UCAF
Umam Creative Arts Foundation — building the next generation of thinkers, problem-solvers, and institutional leaders.
The short version
UCAF is a youth-led non-profit founded in 2022 in Zaria, Kaduna State. Its mission is to transform education into a system that produces thinkers, innovators, and institutional leaders.
The work spans career and talent workshops, design-thinking education, teacher training, leadership programming, and community advocacy — delivered through flagship programs like EduFest, PIGTEC, and the Build Her Art Project.
UCAF is where much of the Group's method was proven: design thinking as a way to build people, not just products.
Who it serves — Students and young people across northern Nigeria, the teachers and schools that work with them, and the partners and funders who back the programs.
Core programmes
- Design-Thinking Education — hands-on programs that teach young people to empathise, define, ideate, prototype, and test.
- Career & Talent Workshops — helping students name what they are good at and see a path to it.
- Teacher Training — equipping educators to run problem-solving classrooms.
- Leadership Programming — multi-month pipelines that build confident, capable young leaders.
- Build Her Art Project — a six-month leadership and mentorship pipeline for young women in art advocacy.
- Community Advocacy — exhibitions and showcases that put youth solutions in front of the community.
Built for the people it touches
For Students
Workshops, bootcamps, and programs that turn curiosity into capability.
For Educators & Schools
Training and curricula to run design-thinking and career-clarity work in your classrooms.
For Partners & Funders
Back programs with measured outcomes — 82% improved idea articulation, 76% stronger problem-solving.
See more of UCAF
UCAF has its own home. Visit ucaf.umamgroup.org for the full picture, or talk to the Group.